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On the other hand, your block does not contain enough copper to buffer the temps as well as some bigger ones.
Thats not accurate at all...The waterblock is there to MOVE Heat to the water..not control the temp of the cpu. The amount of heat that is removed is proportional to the Temp of the cpu.
Think of a dimmer switch on a light. We can limit the amount of light that is being used...therefore we have a lower temp. Once we turn the light on full...we get a higher temp.
Works the same with a Cpu...although the voltage is at a contstant...if we do not demand more usage from the cpu it will have a lower temp We increase the usage we get a higher temp.
The waterblock has NO IDEA how much heat is generated until it has to absorb it. But the DIODE does. The diode gives a more accurate reading than any other measuring device..that is supplied onboard. It is able to tell what is happening at an instant...while a normal thermometer will slowly raise and lower.
For this reason..the diode is used by the vendors for monitoring the heat. If the temp raised to high..the comp shuts down...if it was regulated by a thermometer...everyone would have a cooked cpu by now.
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