I'll slip out of my normal stealth mode for just a moment.
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Originally posted by jaydee116
... is this what readers want? Would they rather see results from a actual system to replicate reality more? Will these results be worth the time and effort? Or are people happy enough with the accuracy of the onboard probes on modern comps?
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One must make an assumption as to what readers you mean. In this case I assume you're referring to the average water cooler, and as best I can tell not many of those in this forum.
What they want I believe is THE ANSWER free but then I'm a skeptic. That is free of effort, they seem willing to spend money. Go buy product XYZ and you'll cooler better. Market studies quite awhile back also suggested that if you are the best (or claim to be), you should charge top dollar otherwise folks think something is wrong.
Maybe you should go post a poll on a few of the non-tech forums (such as Overclockers for one) to see what response you get. Of course posing the right question may be difficult and will directly affect the answers you get.
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Originally posted by BillA ... almost philosophical aspects of information utility
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I'm not sure there is any "almost" to it. By that I mean the study of power generation and cooling systems (energy transport systems) has existed for a century or more. Thus the technical aspects of the science itself are well understood and really aren't new. Thus how to best communicate to the average reader is a philosophical issue, at least on a nontechical level.
Water cooling does perhaps provide an additional difficulty in terms of scale (size). Meaning the surface to volume ratio is larger making heat loses more significant but the factor is still measurable. Also smaller scale also makes measurements more difficult typically --- a fact already receive significant discussion on the thread.
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Originally posted by pHaestus ... has anyone personally taken Bill's test data and done something useful with it?
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Seems like that would make an excellent article to help those interested in tech side of the issues but not having the technical capability/understanding. Got to admit that I've been to lazy to do what you suggest.
