Direct-die WCing! Cheap and easy.

[Nightstar]

Die size? No. Surface area? Yes. Reductio ad absurdum, the argument that "adding material to the top of the die will only make it transfer heat less efficiently" would mean that noone would use heatsinks.

Except we're comparing closed water blocks to direct die, not air-cooled heatsinks. That's a strawman argument.

For more on this, read the above quoted post from Cathar. He puts it better and knows more of the science than I have a confident grasp on.

He's a wealth of information. I read that thread when it was new. In fact it is largely why I suggested a single jet nozzle(on the second page).

My personal opinion is that we'll see a decrease in temps, but as I keep pointing out, there are too many variables to call this one right now.

Mine too. I hope we get some results soon.