Quote Originally Posted by ChielScape View Post
slow down your fans gabe, to his levels, and then lets see whats left of thet 3C difference.
doing now - will run them at 5v instead of 12v. In fact, I'm going to set up the card EXACTLY as he is, and let the fun roll! good or bad, I will publish the result.

Quote Originally Posted by fornowagain View Post
Personally I wouldn't dare draw any conclusions, there are far too many variables between two systems for a fair comparison. Loop and air flow rates for a start. I'd also want to see a couple of mount values for an average. With the same rig in a reasonably controlled environment and I'd accept it.
The reason why I'm so interested in this is that these loops are reasonably similar other than the fans; its the same heat exchanger, he is using DDC, and I am using MCP650, but I am also using quick-disconnect fittings (horribly restrictive); so if anything, my flow is much more restricted than his.

regarding the fans, I do concur; see above.

Quote Originally Posted by Waterlogged View Post
Starting to sound like a pssing match to me.
Nah.. I'm cool. No one's claiming this is a scientific test here, not me anyways. These are users first impressions. I'm seeing something of interest in what I see as a comparable environment and I'm just pointing it out; sorry if it's showing my block in a favorable light for now. Should I throw in a couple more blocks in that loop to make it look worse? J/K