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Originally posted by Player0
That information will be in my full review. Cascade provides dT of 8.5c at my highest test, and the DBX runs a dT of 9.6c, under ambient of about 25c.
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1.1dT eh? What was your highest test?
Around a 1.5C dT difference between the Cascade and the White Water is what is seen by myelf for a moderately overclocked Athlon T'Bred B (XP2100+ @ 2.3GHz/1.85v).
At my standard testing conditions, 2.4GHz/1.95v it's around 1.8C.
At high overclocks, 2.6GHz/2.0v the difference I measured is a full 2.5C.
When it comes to peak overclocking though, the Cascade has it all over the White Water. This nice little XP2500+ I have here will do 2.82GHz/2.15v stable with the Cascade, and won't do more than 2.76GHz with the White Water, or a number of other micro-channel slit-inlet blocks. With my older XP2800+ (Barton), again a number of micro-channel blocks including the White Water and other commercial "similarities" attained a peak of 2.68GHz, while the Cascade managed 2.72GHz with it.
This is why I would've liked to see a peak overclock test.
Basically, and assuming that we can compare results here, what you're showing points to the RBX as being far more like a White Water than a Cascade in terms of temperature performance.
I have an experimental White Water modification here that is about 0.5C better than the White Water that I sold. Problem is that the extra 1-1.5C of performance that the Cascade gives is nigh on impossible to (cheaply) eke out of the micro-channel/slit design which is why I moved away from that design.
Still, it's a real achievement to make such a block as the DBX for ~$53. I would imagine that the margins would be extremely tight. The pricing level, to me, seems decidely like an attempt to drive competition from the market.
[Edit: To all those who are watching over the shoulder of this post, please take the above 0.1C accuracy values with a large grain of salt. They are just what I see and have been able to ascertain, but I make no pretentions that such is accurate to that fine level of detail.]