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koslov · 11-13-2002, 02:25 AM

I think it would be neat if ProCooling gave a chance for all of us hobbyist WCers to show our work to a wider audience, instead of dwelling in obscurity susbsisting on what bandwidth we can find. In most cases, I think we are limited to forum posts to present our stuff, which (unless you take the time to frequent many forums concurrently) usually means one or two forums. Those who don't read WC forums will probably never see it. On the other hand, with legitimate articles ala Overclockers a lot more people can see our work.

The second advantage is that even good, informative forum posts tend to fall out of view fairly quickly. User-submitted articles would maintain this information in an easily accessible manner.

The reason I say this is that a lot of people put a significant amount of research in their WC rigs that can inspire others to replicate or modify ideas. Also, hobbyists like myself like to be rewarded when their ideas and hard work can be seen by everyone.

Take for example my first foray into the WC arena: my portable, interchangeable, quiet, high-performance cooling "platform" (open-box). If you haven't seen it, then it is evidence of the aforementioned phenomenon relating to forum posts. I think it was a good idea that had a lot of potential for further development, unfortunately I did not have the resources to improve upon it. Because of its quick decline into forum archive oblivion, few saw it and I bet fewer if any were inspired by it. However, if I had submitted it as an article somewhere, maybe someone out there would see that it satisfies their particular cooling application, and be motivated to improve upon it.

I think I speak for all WC hobbyists when I say it feels good to see someone use one of your ideas and transform it into something different or better.

11-13-2002, 02:25 AM	#14
koslov Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Posts: 264	I think it would be neat if ProCooling gave a chance for all of us hobbyist WCers to show our work to a wider audience, instead of dwelling in obscurity susbsisting on what bandwidth we can find. In most cases, I think we are limited to forum posts to present our stuff, which (unless you take the time to frequent many forums concurrently) usually means one or two forums. Those who don't read WC forums will probably never see it. On the other hand, with legitimate articles ala Overclockers a lot more people can see our work. The second advantage is that even good, informative forum posts tend to fall out of view fairly quickly. User-submitted articles would maintain this information in an easily accessible manner. The reason I say this is that a lot of people put a significant amount of research in their WC rigs that can inspire others to replicate or modify ideas. Also, hobbyists like myself like to be rewarded when their ideas and hard work can be seen by everyone. Take for example my first foray into the WC arena: my portable, interchangeable, quiet, high-performance cooling "platform" (open-box). If you haven't seen it, then it is evidence of the aforementioned phenomenon relating to forum posts. I think it was a good idea that had a lot of potential for further development, unfortunately I did not have the resources to improve upon it. Because of its quick decline into forum archive oblivion, few saw it and I bet fewer if any were inspired by it. However, if I had submitted it as an article somewhere, maybe someone out there would see that it satisfies their particular cooling application, and be motivated to improve upon it. I think I speak for all WC hobbyists when I say it feels good to see someone use one of your ideas and transform it into something different or better.