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Pinkster · 09-06-2002, 04:10 AM

i doubt the validity of any waterblock shootouts these days. although it helps us determine poor designs or super outstanding designs (btw they dont exist

), i have noticed that often temps do not tell the compete story for faily closely matched blocks...

for example in one comparison of the maze 3 versus the cyclone 5 there was only between a .2 to .5 difference in temp depending on the cpu overclock, with the cyclone ahead, but the cyclone 5 was a full 20-50mhz faster stable than the maze 3. he also mounted and tested them several times and got consistant results. he was also using one of those flat external probes that touch the outside of the core.

I think if minute temperature differences such as this can have such a big effect, then perhaps to get an accurate result as to which blocks perform better you would need rediculously accurate equiptment and a lot of skill to mount blocks perfectly every time.

i think that perhaps the most accurate way to tell which blocks are better is to test there maximum overclocks at different flow rates and heat loads. sure u dont get a c/w vakue, but... who cares if its able to determine which blocks are better? and how accurate are c/w values anyway

09-06-2002, 04:10 AM	#119
Pinkster Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: adelaide, australia Posts: 61	i doubt the validity of any waterblock shootouts these days. although it helps us determine poor designs or super outstanding designs (btw they dont exist ), i have noticed that often temps do not tell the compete story for faily closely matched blocks... for example in one comparison of the maze 3 versus the cyclone 5 there was only between a .2 to .5 difference in temp depending on the cpu overclock, with the cyclone ahead, but the cyclone 5 was a full 20-50mhz faster stable than the maze 3. he also mounted and tested them several times and got consistant results. he was also using one of those flat external probes that touch the outside of the core. I think if minute temperature differences such as this can have such a big effect, then perhaps to get an accurate result as to which blocks perform better you would need rediculously accurate equiptment and a lot of skill to mount blocks perfectly every time. i think that perhaps the most accurate way to tell which blocks are better is to test there maximum overclocks at different flow rates and heat loads. sure u dont get a c/w vakue, but... who cares if its able to determine which blocks are better? and how accurate are c/w values anyway __________________ whats a sig?