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Zymrgy · 06-11-2003, 07:29 PM

Ok, going thorugh this post I would like to give my input reguarding the original topic. Even I am not a fool enough to believe that I have any means to accuratly measure my actual CPU temps. However, I do think I can measure temperature difference with a bit more accuracy. That is....I would run whatever "burn in" test that struck my fancy while running my HSF setup. I would measure my room temp with a regular thermometer. Record these values. Swap the HSF for my block & repeat.

Now, I know that the sensor in my mobo is not 100% accurate at measuring temp...that is 50 deg C might be +/- 5deg. However, I think that it would stay in the same tolerance range...that is if 50 was really 48 then it wouls stand to reason that 40 would be close to 38.

So maybe rather than stating your temp, state the difference between the air & watercooled. Whenever I actually get my block done this is exactally how I plan to test it.

Flow rate...the 5 gallon bucket sounds like a good idea to me. Not 100% acctuare, but close enough to get the job done.

06-11-2003, 07:29 PM	#57
Zymrgy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: USA Posts: 96	Ok, going thorugh this post I would like to give my input reguarding the original topic. Even I am not a fool enough to believe that I have any means to accuratly measure my actual CPU temps. However, I do think I can measure temperature difference with a bit more accuracy. That is....I would run whatever "burn in" test that struck my fancy while running my HSF setup. I would measure my room temp with a regular thermometer. Record these values. Swap the HSF for my block & repeat. Now, I know that the sensor in my mobo is not 100% accurate at measuring temp...that is 50 deg C might be +/- 5deg. However, I think that it would stay in the same tolerance range...that is if 50 was really 48 then it wouls stand to reason that 40 would be close to 38. So maybe rather than stating your temp, state the difference between the air & watercooled. Whenever I actually get my block done this is exactally how I plan to test it. Flow rate...the 5 gallon bucket sounds like a good idea to me. Not 100% acctuare, but close enough to get the job done.