What are "sufficent experience" and "acceptable results"? Coming from just another guy who just uses these products and doesn't try to test/review them, but still has at least basic knowledge of how the stuff works - I don't put any limit on your experience/results for your review to be valid. As long as everything is clearly laid out, I say post it up. If I was to test the only two blocks I've ever owned (a Maze 2 and a Maze 4), testing both on the same CPU/MB with the rest of the cooling loop unchanged, I consider that a valid comparison as long as in the review (or forum post, whatever) I state the limits of my equipment. It is the responsibility of the reader to take my results, along with other results from other reviews, posts, etc. wieghting each how he feels they should be weighted, and come to a decision on what block he feels will work best. Water-cooling isn't a hobby for newbies, its for power-users. I don't just read a single review at site X where they say Y block is good and then go buy one - I check the forums, see what blocks are popular, and search the net for every review I can find of the few blocks that look interesting.
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