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Originally posted by unregistered
ah pHaestus, here you go again
you are comparing yourself to their "Watercooling Expert", and he can tell by just looking
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and yes, they write for their audience - not this one
let it be
do you not recognize that Ben is trolling this site ?
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Boy, you're just going to keep bringing that up, aren't you?
Yes, I can tell, by looking at the innards of a block, if the design is worthy, or if it's a complete waste of milling effort. It really doesn't take a genius to recognize that the design of the block in question, is a very good one: in case you missed it, JayDee's Lemon block is of a similar design, and is an excellent performer. Hoot's "Pin Fin" turned in excellent numbers, or did you forget that you reviewed that one?
Just for kicks, and for the sake of remembering the "better times", I just went over the thread of the Radius design, again (linked in sig).
Out of all the NH crew, only three tried watercooling, and they gave up. So relatively speaking, yes, I am their water cooling "expert", even if I have yet to finish my own system. They gave me the title, I didn't pick it.
JayDee: the thing is, you really can't do much to a heatpipe, once it's put together, so if any product that uses them comes out, all we can do is watch it. It's not going to outperform anything, no fanless heatpipe solution will: this product is strictly about complete silence, so what's left to ask is: will it perform well enough, without compromising the processor?
As far as I can tell, Zalman has pushed everything to the limits, in eliminating noise, but the performance is definitely not enviable. From my perspective, this case is more of a package of all Zalman efforts. Adding the smallest of fans would probably have a significant impact!