I'll say it again. No one has any need to defend reasons behind equipment choices, whether they are based strictly on scientific data, emotional reasons or just simply personsal preferences.

Honestly, anybody's choice of equipment isn't anyone else's damn business, and let's keep it that way.

Accusations of the "fanboy" nature are derogatory and demeaning. They debase the fundamental notion of individual choice.

When someone dislikes a particular set of brands, its also individual choice, and not anyone else's damn business. No one should be forced to fall in love with all manufacturers, and each consumer has every damn right to speak out for and against individual products, collective sets of products or a whole particular brand. Without infringing on anyone else's individual rights and liberties, its a free and open expression of opinion.

Next, its just fine for anyone to establish that the individual has X number of years of experience, or that has an engineering profession, or that the person has XYZ doctoral degree, or anything of that nature. The line is crossed when that individual insinuates immediate superiority over others when it comes to water cooling. Like I always say, any nitwit bumbling fidiot can pick up water cooling in an afternoon with some reading. This is not brain surgery. We're not building a bridge to the moon. Therefore, anyone in XS can have a valid opinion, and there is nobody here that commands full and immediate subjugation. Honestly, individuals of this elk like to flatter themselves a little too much. I'll leave it at that before I ruffle too many feathers.