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Here's the link to the reviewQuote:
Originally Posted by aicjofs
http://www.systemcooling.com/swiftech_apogee-01.html
robotech is a fairly smart guy so I assume he took proper precautions but it still would be nice to see a measurement from another source. Hopefully Maxx will be able to get a reading in the near future plus he will have a center IHS temp to compare it to which robotech didn't have.
Here I am getting all wrapped up in this. *sigh* Better then watching American Idol with the woman though.
To stop the side distractions a very clear goal and testing method needs to be established. So far it seems to be evolving which is fine. What info are we after? Are we measuring pure waterblock performance or leaving that job to the block makers? Is it more encompassing then Maxxx has the tools for at the current time? Would forum users get more out of what the "average Joe" will see temp wise at the IHS if the "average Joe" followed the directions for mounting and applying thermal compound from the vendor and had the same pump and radiator as tested. Or are we after something else.
What I am about to say is all hypothetical. Lets say in a lab enviroment the Storm outperforms a TDX for raw heat transfer performance, but what if 9 out of 10 users have an easier time mounting the TDX to lab specs, where only 5 out of 10 can mount the Storm properly to get those ideal temps. What block is then best? What exactly are we interested in?
So are we studying absolute heat transfer performance of the blocks or block performance as veiwed from the "average Joe", or some other study. If we define what we are looking for then some of this side talk can be more clearly focused. I don't really care what is decided as the goal, I would be interested in either of my exampes or something else, we just need a clearly defined one so all this excess energy eveyone has is properly channeled.
edit: thanks for the link FLB.
aicjofs: I am after the quantitaver performance of the waterblocks over a range of flowrates.
Mounting will be standardized to weed out issues there, but I will "review" the block in its entirety. So if a waterblock has horrible mounting issues, and is near impossible to get a good mount with the stock gear, I wil state as such.
Yes and No. I can do the tests, but for the ultimate in accuracy and error elimination, I would need higher end equipment and an envirochamber, plus a brand new spiffy RTD based Chiller. Is my current equipment capable of doing the task at hand, and doing so with acceptable accuracy. Most certainly.Quote:
s it more encompassing then Maxxx has the tools for at the current time?
What do we deem "acceptable"? I would say, getting the general performance trends of each waterblock, with respect to flow and pressure, and getting each perofrmance curve ranked correctly.