Hello 9mmCensor,
Why do you think this review of L3D is an advertisement for DD? Just because
he takes the time to write down in more detail then other sites how the
water block he used for testing works, does not make it an advertisement per
se.
Each review site is free to present data and info to their readers in the
way they see fit, as long as the test results and comments remain valid and
objective. From what I've edited in the past from Liquid3d's submission I
see no reason why he would sound biased. If a product is good then I don't
see the problem to point this out to our readers. If you take a look at
other reviews he has written you will find the same writing style and more
descriptive opinions then most other reviews;
Case review:
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=189
Cool Cases CF1 water block:
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=157
Memory review:
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=105
Just because YOU don't want to have more info about the water block used in
the Pump review, does not mean other people think the same way. If you are
measuring the effectiveness of a pump by using the CPU temperatures under
load as the performance test, then it's quite essential to point out what
will effect performance with the water block used. If he had the gear to
measure pressure and flow then those temperature tests would not be in focus
that much.
Unfortunately, reviewing is still a time consuming, zero profit hobby, and
while in a perfect world every website can provide each reviewer with
professional testing gear for each product, this is not so in the real
world. If you don't have the gear (yet) to test a pump's pressure/flow then
the next best objective test is temperature difference in a closed water
circuit.
Thank you for reading,
Kind regards,
John M