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Originally posted by bigben2k
First off, welcome to ProCooling.
The problem that we have with the review is multiple.
If you used a different rad, other than the Black Ice Extreme pictured (even though it's labelled as a Black Ice Pro), you may not get the same results, and in fact, if you did a roundup with it, you might come out with the blocks in a different order.
The temp probe was misquoted. If it was an in-socket probe (which it wasn't), then it would be fair to expect a ten degree difference from real temps. The problem is that it may not be so linear an offset as you think: pHaestus will be able to confirm this.
The innacuracy of the die probe itself, falls within a certain range. That means that from one day to the next, you might read a 3 degree difference, but the real temp would actually be the same. Now look back at the chart, and see how many blocks fall within that 3 degree margin of error.
Flowrates always matter.
this roundup should have been able to tell us if, by increasing the flow rate, we can extract a bit more performance out of a block. It doesn't.
The pump used, an Eheim 1250 is nice, but there are many, many other pumps out there that are not only cheaper, but will perform much, much better. I personally use a Little Giant 2-MDQ-SC. If you look [H]ard enough, you'll find it for less than the price of a 1250.
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ok well i am not too sure about the probe being off 2 - 3 degrees from day to day
do you have any data to back this up that i could see?
this was a round-up of all the blocks
if you wanted to know if improving flow rates will improve temps then a round-up is not something you want to read. you would want to read a tweaking guide based on watercooling or something along those lines
and i use a danner magdrive 250 in my watercooling set-up