Pro/Forums - View Single Post

Birrman54 · 10-03-2002, 11:03 PM

Hey,

I'm a new member, I've been a member at [H] for a year or so now, and I've been doing watercooling for about that time.

Although I'm a big fan of the forum at [H], I'd have to agree with you all in this matter. Most (if not all) of the bannings were, IMO, uncalled for, and the review, as a technical writeup, was poor at best.

I've been working on a roundup for Socket A blocks for quite some time now (delays in the Spiral Rev2 have significantly held back its publication).

I think that my reviews will be much better in terms of thoroughness, and hopefully I'll be able to produce numbers more useable by the general public.

I'd like suggestions on how to have the highest quality results possible, I'm using a simulated heat source, that so far has shown fairly good results, it's not entirely accurate as to what an actual Athlon might produce, but it is repeatable, and as many have said the Delta T from water/cpu is more important.

I've been taking inline water temps before and after the waterblock, however, they don't seem to have produced results that are significant in any way. I was using the inline probes from Dtek attached to a compunurse. Around the heat plate (that the waterblock is clamping onto), I have 3 thermistors, and I've been taking the average of these readings.

I planned on testing for flow restrictions, but how would I go about setting up a controlled flow restrictor (a valve of some sort, I suppose) that I could use to see waterblocks performance with lower flow rates (I've been using a 1250 as well).

The heatercore is from an Escort, and the fan is a 235cfm AC fan with a shroud.

Any suggestions, please email me birrman54@subzerotech.com

Thanks a lot,

birrman54

10-03-2002, 11:03 PM	#99
Birrman54 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1	Hey, I'm a new member, I've been a member at [H] for a year or so now, and I've been doing watercooling for about that time. Although I'm a big fan of the forum at [H], I'd have to agree with you all in this matter. Most (if not all) of the bannings were, IMO, uncalled for, and the review, as a technical writeup, was poor at best. I've been working on a roundup for Socket A blocks for quite some time now (delays in the Spiral Rev2 have significantly held back its publication). I think that my reviews will be much better in terms of thoroughness, and hopefully I'll be able to produce numbers more useable by the general public. I'd like suggestions on how to have the highest quality results possible, I'm using a simulated heat source, that so far has shown fairly good results, it's not entirely accurate as to what an actual Athlon might produce, but it is repeatable, and as many have said the Delta T from water/cpu is more important. I've been taking inline water temps before and after the waterblock, however, they don't seem to have produced results that are significant in any way. I was using the inline probes from Dtek attached to a compunurse. Around the heat plate (that the waterblock is clamping onto), I have 3 thermistors, and I've been taking the average of these readings. I planned on testing for flow restrictions, but how would I go about setting up a controlled flow restrictor (a valve of some sort, I suppose) that I could use to see waterblocks performance with lower flow rates (I've been using a 1250 as well). The heatercore is from an Escort, and the fan is a 235cfm AC fan with a shroud. Any suggestions, please email me birrman54@subzerotech.com Thanks a lot, birrman54