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Originally posted by UnloadeD
pH hit the nail on the head. Also points out how hard it really is to compare a HSF to watercooling even in the same computer. I always suspect HSF's are showing better temps than whats really happening. If the fan is quiet and you don't mind the looks, you should leave it. If nothing else it will help cool the mosfets and such, I doubt your cpu's are any cooler though.
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Well, it's always been the case that when I replaced a HSF with a waterblock on a single processor that the temperature of that processor when down. This was also the case on another case-less motherboard that showed a temperature drop. In this case, the HSF was the only fan. Once removed, there was no forced air movement around the motherboard.
It was only when I replace both HSF's with waterblocks and removed all the fans did this issue show itself. I've always known that my readings were only good relative to this board. However, I didn't realize just how sensitive the reading was to other conditions in the case. I can still perform valid comparitive measures...I just need to be extra careful about the conditions.