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pHaestus · 11-26-2003, 08:41 AM

The editorial is here

I enjoyed this article for two main reasons. First of all, it called se7en at IpKonfig out for being a dumbass. It's true; he once completely MISSED Comdex because someone handed him a card that said "How do you keep a retard entertained? Turn over for answer" on both sides! It also IMO called the "expert" nature of hardware review writers into question and that's always a good thing for consumers.

The other standout comment in the article related to how much credit that someone should take from a big overclock:

"People who buy ready-made extreme cooling systems like Prometeias are sort of like people who buy their Thanksgiving meal from the store. If all they do is put the thing together and fire it up, it hardly involves the same level of effort as putting together a system from scratch. "

I am constantly amazed by the quality of ideas, machining skill, and waterblocks that come out of our Waterblock Design and Construction forum. It's the enthusiasts like those guys who are busily making the blocks from scratch that are really pushing the hobby forward.

My testbed is running now and I should have the first test results posted this week. My main interest is to get through a few commercial blocks to know what the competition is like and then start testing DIY blocks from all of our forum designers. I hope the test data will be as useful to you guys as trying out all the blocks will be to me.

11-26-2003, 08:41 AM	#1
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Good comments on overclocking by Ed at o/cers The editorial is here I enjoyed this article for two main reasons. First of all, it called se7en at IpKonfig out for being a dumbass. It's true; he once completely MISSED Comdex because someone handed him a card that said "How do you keep a retard entertained? Turn over for answer" on both sides! It also IMO called the "expert" nature of hardware review writers into question and that's always a good thing for consumers. The other standout comment in the article related to how much credit that someone should take from a big overclock: "People who buy ready-made extreme cooling systems like Prometeias are sort of like people who buy their Thanksgiving meal from the store. If all they do is put the thing together and fire it up, it hardly involves the same level of effort as putting together a system from scratch. " I am constantly amazed by the quality of ideas, machining skill, and waterblocks that come out of our Waterblock Design and Construction forum. It's the enthusiasts like those guys who are busily making the blocks from scratch that are really pushing the hobby forward. My testbed is running now and I should have the first test results posted this week. My main interest is to get through a few commercial blocks to know what the competition is like and then start testing DIY blocks from all of our forum designers. I hope the test data will be as useful to you guys as trying out all the blocks will be to me. __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM Last edited by pHaestus; 11-26-2003 at 09:18 AM.