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Joe · 01-09-2001, 12:14 PM

That's one of the topics me and Gabe talked about last night. There are different groups of people in this industry.

1. That look at how far it allows them to OC and don't really care much how it gets there
2. purely thermal geeks who only want to know how much heat you can move and don't really care about the CPU under it, just how cold the CPU gets
3. System designers that are just working the engineering of how the system should flow and work to move heat.

I am a bit of 2 and 3 and am not really in the first group at all. But the majority of people on the web ARE in the first group. So bypassing the need for a REAL cpu under it would sorta kill the interest in those folks. but using a CPU adds a very delicate, and unstable variable to the mix.

I have looked into a "Test Die" and from what I have seen, to get one to match Tbirds core size and heat output it would cost over 1500$ for it and the test equipment. Since procooling is a not-for-profit site (unlike some people think that we rake it in.. just FYI, procooling does not recieve 1$ from anyone, its a hobby I do for fun ) , we simply don't have the funds for that. its most cost effective to just use a real core, and be careful

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01-09-2001, 12:14 PM	#42
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	That's one of the topics me and Gabe talked about last night. There are different groups of people in this industry. 1. That look at how far it allows them to OC and don't really care much how it gets there 2. purely thermal geeks who only want to know how much heat you can move and don't really care about the CPU under it, just how cold the CPU gets 3. System designers that are just working the engineering of how the system should flow and work to move heat. I am a bit of 2 and 3 and am not really in the first group at all. But the majority of people on the web ARE in the first group. So bypassing the need for a REAL cpu under it would sorta kill the interest in those folks. but using a CPU adds a very delicate, and unstable variable to the mix. I have looked into a "Test Die" and from what I have seen, to get one to match Tbirds core size and heat output it would cost over 1500$ for it and the test equipment. Since procooling is a not-for-profit site (unlike some people think that we rake it in.. just FYI, procooling does not recieve 1$ from anyone, its a hobby I do for fun ) , we simply don't have the funds for that. its most cost effective to just use a real core, and be careful ------------------ C-ya Joe - Owner/Editor www.ProCooling.com Where the Completely Addicted Come to Cool Off Somebody set up us the bomb.