Quote Originally Posted by nikhsub1
I'm gonna look at the most logical explanation for this difference. First, how many days went by between test 1 and test 2? Was ANYTHING in the loop touched between first and second test? Was the CPU block remounted? Was tubing knocked? You see, if you even bump the tubing near the cpu block you could throw the block off and get different results - sounds crazy but true. I would bet that if you reran this test ON THE SAME DAY the results would be different. IDK why you have not done that - one test is meaningless without more tests to back it up.
Nothing was changed between tests. I ran the test at 12V on Sat. and I ran the test at 7V on Sunday. I started by leaving the computer idle all day while I was out running errands then I started the Orthos dual core test and noted the temps after 1hr. Same thing on Sunday except at 7V.

Incidentally, the reason I decided to do this more formal test is that last week I was experimenting less formally with the speed of the pumps and noticed that the temps in general (at idle or while gaming) were lower when the pumps were at 7V and higher when at 12V. Hence, I don't think there needs to be a retest... the observations I've made are consistent from day to day.