ok now normally I wouldnt post links to such shitty sites as the one I am about it, but... with all the talk about accuracy, and all the posts (and flame wars) recently about it here and other cooling sites, you would think a "cooling" site would take note.
Now since I consider the site I am going to link to, to be much more a wordy advertisement page, hell bent on the propigation of hype instead of actual results; I can understand that they arent really a cooling site and lack the interest in actually "testing". But Cummon, lets read this together:
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"The Test System
We've made some changes to our standard test bed since the last heat sink review. Our Athlon XP2100+ has been replaced with an Athlon XP2700+, and the motherboard beneath it, while still an Epox 8RDA+, is now a rev 2.0 board. We also changed the mounting for the temperature probe slightly by gluing it in place with Arctic Alumina thermal epoxy, rather than using thermal tape. The net result of this change is that we achieved a much more responsive and more accurate temperature reading than we had previously...
...Also note that the average temperature readings run somewhat higher than with the previous setup, so direct comparisons against previous reviews are not valid. ..."
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Umm WHAT?! So not only are they using temp reading methods that went out of style back 2 years ago, but they openly admit that their past works were wrong?
Heres some more goodness:
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"Testing Methodology
All testing was done using a closed case, so as to more accurately reflect real-world usage conditions. CPU and ambient temperatures were monitored via thermal probes attached to an Enermax multifunction panel. Ambient temperature was maintained at 22ºC, +/- .5ºC throughout the testing."
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I busted out laughing reading that. We all know the stunning accuracy and detail 30$ temp reading devices made for drive bay slots have. One thing I would like to point out is that the .5C +/- is a lie. Ive done enough testing myself that tells me getting a DeltaT in ambient air like that for any period longer than 3- 4 minutes in a normal house is incredibly hard to control. (Especially for a HSF which is heating the ambient air its inhale'n)
So check out the great work of imagination, and creativity, cause there sure as hell isnt any real testing going on at that site:
http://www.systemcooling.com/modules...ticle&sid=1464