Hey uncle, I did the comparison, water vs air.
My CPU loop is a 355 w/XSPC res top, Dtek v2, MCP320 w/ultra kaze 3000.
The air cooler is a Thermalright Ultra 120 w/Panaflow high speed, FBA12G12H1BX
edit- oops! my sig. Q6600@ 3.4 Underwater, P5E-VM HDMI, 4GB OCZ 5,5,5,15 EVGA 8800GT, P.C.P.&C 610w
in the bios, 1.10 vcore, auto multi as it wouldn't boot vista w/ the bios set to 6, speedstep, CIE enabled, 266 fsb . CPUz read 1.048 volts, 6 x 267.3 for 1603MHz.
I ran the air and and water temps in F because one of the thermos I had to verify didn't do C.
Air temp was steady 77f (25c) for both runs. I had 3 thermometers, one is on the PC, a sensor in front of the rad, this is the same unit I use for water temp , Lian Li 3 fan control. (sucks for fans but the temp sensors are good!)
Two others within inches of the PC and when I ran the TR I set one infront of the intake air inside the PC, both side panels are off.
The water temp bounced from 77-79f so I'm thinking 25.5-26c, the sensor for the cpu loop in the res right after the chip. You're right on the money with the low and slow approach. There is very little heat
here's the screenie, water on the left-
What are your thoughts? What would you use for calbration in these two instances?
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