Air better than Water?

satanicoo · 05-18-2003, 10:11 PM

At overclockers.com, i saw Cathar's WW with a C/W of 0.19. The best among the water ones.
But i also saw an SLK-800U, with an C/W of 0.15!

Does this mean the SLK is better than the WW?

pHaestus · 05-18-2003, 10:29 PM

Tested on different simulators so not directly comparable.

airspirit · 05-19-2003, 11:37 AM

If BillA didn't do the testing, you shouldn't trust it. There are too many out-of-the-ass numbers out there.

pHaestus · 05-19-2003, 12:16 PM

I can by and large reproduce the relative ranking of JoeC's numbers in his heatsink roundup with an internal diode. If you look at the simulator he uses though it has a huge copper socket up top, and so much more heat gets dissipated by simulator/air interactions than with BillA's simulator (or even with my CPU diode). So the c/ws that JoeC gets are a bit on the low side. Relatively speaking though they are fine.

Sproket · 05-19-2003, 01:19 PM

Maybe if you dont mind your PC sounding like a B-52 bomber!!

Watercooling is almost silent and performs much better at load than air.

I would love for someone to show us otherwise.

satanicoo · 05-19-2003, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pHaestus
Tested on different simulators so not directly comparable.

lol my bad, one was on a die simulator, the other was on a board

sorry.

05-18-2003, 10:11 PM	#1
satanicoo Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: portugal Posts: 635	Air better than Water? At overclockers.com, i saw Cathar's WW with a C/W of 0.19. The best among the water ones. But i also saw an SLK-800U, with an C/W of 0.15! Does this mean the SLK is better than the WW?

05-19-2003, 11:37 AM	#3
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05-18-2003, 10:29 PM	#2
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Tested on different simulators so not directly comparable.

05-19-2003, 12:16 PM	#4
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I can by and large reproduce the relative ranking of JoeC's numbers in his heatsink roundup with an internal diode. If you look at the simulator he uses though it has a huge copper socket up top, and so much more heat gets dissipated by simulator/air interactions than with BillA's simulator (or even with my CPU diode). So the c/ws that JoeC gets are a bit on the low side. Relatively speaking though they are fine.

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