My first post on this board ... might as well jump into the fray, eh?
Frankly I don't see what Bill said to get everybody's panties in a wad. It looks to me like he's saying, "why not actually *test*, and *compare* these units before you endorse them. And if you choose not to, don't get bent out of shape when someone calls you on it." Wow, that is a radical thought. I can tell you as someone relatively new to water cooling that the paucity of reliable information is damned frustrating. I mean, I'm looking at the DD cooling cube, and then I see the Aquacoil cube, and I say to myself, "self, surely one of these tech sites has compared these two extreemely similar products to see which performs better." But this is not the case, and as Bill points out, there are almost no worthwhile, head-to-head tests of other radiators. You want to read 100 comparisons of the same goddamned heatsinks, you're in luck, but if you're into water cooling you get very little help. And it's not just restricted to radiators. There are few decent comparisons of water blocks or pumps, either.
So, while I always greet comments such as, "my BIG MOMMA rocks!!!" with gentle applause, it would be nice have some confirmation.
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