Quote Originally Posted by Martinm210 View Post
FWIW, This is not all that different than testing one waterblock with a 220 rad, and another with a 320 sized radiator just that one is integrated into the block.

Going to be tough to make any sort of comparison here...
That isn't a bad analogy at all. Testing 2 blocks, 1 has a triple rad, and the other has a double. Unfair advantage to the triple rad right? The simplicity is its strongest point. It will always have a built in advantage to remove more heat. Its not hard to compare at all. One waterblock vs another. each block has the same number of radiators in the loop. Just like when skinnee tests blocks, he doesn't give advantages to other blocks because one is better in one area then others. The "built in radiator" is the advantage. I think some people are focusing on the "block" portion instead of the entire cooling system which is the block and fan.

If the block has a "built in radiator" why not use the fan? Who doesn't use a fan on their radiator? When people have been asking to test it without the fan (which Vapor will do because everyone is dying to know), its like testing a V8 on only 4 cylinders just to be equal to the rest. This block was fundamentally designed to be used with a fan and to have that inherent advantage other water blocks which do not have fans.

When the 6 core chips came out, why didn't people disable the extra 2 cores to equal all the rest of the quad cores? Then you would be just like all the other people with quad cores. The people bought 6 cores because they wanted more.

Lets assume a user likes a whisper quiet system, you can disable the fan. Now for sake of argument lets say the block with no fan does pretty close to the HK system, either a little better or a little worst. Now that same person gets the urge to start benchmarking. All that user has to do is enable the fan to full blast, and you have just increased your ability to remove heat.