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Why do you seem to think that he has to prove anything? Its one of thousands of mods here, and far as Im concerned, one of the more interesting ones. Trashing his idea over and over is not making your E-penis any bigger.
I mean really kid, you went on other forums and made threads trashing him.
He is doing it, he is using the tools at hand to show results. If you dont like those results, then you reproduce the experiment yourself. Put up, or shut up.
People use what they have on them. I have a similar meat thermometer and its accurate within 4 degrees C at 500 degrees.
I thought, ah heck, I have heatpipes and a similar NB setup to his, Ill take my meat thermometer and check different spots on my NB heatsink under load. You know what? Im getting 1-2 degrees difference. He is getting 30 degrees change. With screens, pics and temps, its acceptable proof for me considering the tools he has on hand. Like I said, put up, or shut up.
Cheers
Sorry that's not how this kind of thing works. You don't make a claim and then force everyone else to prove you wrong, that's the total opposite of the scientific method. A theory is not true until proven wrong, you have to prove that your idea is right especially if it goes against the accepted thinking. This logic doesn't hold anymore water than his original idea.
And as far as his results being accurate, a meat thermometer is NOT meant to accurately measure in this kind of environment. IT makes more contact with the air than the heatsink itself, giving you a mixed reading. As far as screenshots, he posted ambient case temps... what does that have to do with anything? If you need proof that a meat thermometer is a bad way to measure this sort of thing, look at the ambient case temps he posted and the temperature that his heatsink is supposedly at... his case is roughly 15degrees HOTTER than the northbridge..... you cannot cool anything to 70c with a waterblock, when the air your cooling the water with is HIGHER than 70c. His external radiators are going to be sucking in air that is at most 84c and at least the temp in his room. To achieve a block temp of 70f with that loop he'd need to be pulling frigid air through his radiators.
Unfortunately for you, yes that's exactly how the science community works. One person or group publish the idea, the test procedure and the gained results. Another group (or many groups) will follow the procedure given to see if the results are reproducible. If they aren't, they'll try to find out why. Maybe they'll find that the measuring devices aren't accurate and reliable. Maybe they'll find the original methodology at fault. But they DO try to prove it wrong. It's called peer review. You don't just sit back and say "Prove it, prove it, do this, do that," So if you're so concerned about his results setup an experiement yourself and prove him wrong. And you're wrong about theories. A theory can never be proven true, just acceptable considering the given environment. However, theories are proven wrong all the time when an anomaly pops up that the theory can't explain away.
Who's to say that the ambient sensor is even remotely accurate? or that it's not postitioned near a heat producing component? You're being entirely too critical of the man's setup.
I have proved it wrong, with logic. He has provided nothing that could even be considered proof. Peer review assumes that the originator of the idea has some reason for believing it to be true, which is not the case here. He has no reason why this should work, and no proof that it does. I'm not asking him to dismantle the system because it's dumb, I'm just asking that he back his claims regarding it's performance (and I'm sorry but a meat thermometer is by no stretch of the imagination accurate). If he has some kind of reason for me to think it works, I would gladly test it... but it's tough to swallow mutilating a good block for seemingly no reason.
He's claiming his northbridge is at 21c... that in itself should raise some questions as to the accuracy of his measuring device. Positioning of the thermometer, as well as the amount of contact it has are probably the BIGGEST factors effecting his temps.
The 100c test has "good" contact, at the base of the heatsink. The 70c test has terrible contact at the top. The combination of location and contact is gonna give a HUGE difference in temps.
Oh and let me restate... 21c northbridge.. on water.
Maybe he doesn't, but I do. Contact is contact. Even a tiny bit of it will allow for heat transfer. Now, without thermal paste, or a lot of pressure, I don't see this contact actually alotting to much... But it's certainly not harmful. He's not blocking airflow to the NB. He's not circumventing convection. He's probably increasing contact between the NB and the NB HSF with the extra pressure. All of which are good for the chip in the end (or, at least not bad)He has no reason why this should work
No. He's not stating that at all. He's saying (And showed with a thermometer) that there's a 21f DELTA between his method and a bare NB. 100f without the block. 79f with it. That's 21fHe's claiming his northbridge is at 21c..
The combination of location and contact is gonna give a HUGE difference in temps.
Fujimitsu, if your not going to reproduce the situation and prove him wrong yourself, then shut up. Its simple dude, just stop typing.
The [H] community encourages new and exciting things...Perhaps this community isnt right for you.
The [H] community encourages new and exciting things...Perhaps this community isnt right for you.
Irhagz, because his system boots into Windows at 4.1ghz doesn't mean this is a good solution. Check out the stability. I'm not trying to be a dick here, but please think for yourself rather than assume.
Droc, asking someone else to buy an identical setup and go test it on their own, just to prove that common knowledge applied to this scenario is more accurate than meat thermometer readings from different areas of a heatsink, is pretty retarded.
My apologies for not stalking him across the internet at every possible hardware forum.
Still don't see why people care so much. If it works for him, great. It's not like he is trying to sell you something.
No one cares if it's the same motherboard: the concept is pretty generic, it can be tried on plenty of Asus boards. So your point is moot. What we want to see is performance of any wb on any heat-pipe+fins.
If you have a problem with the guy's testing go frakin do it yourself. He is NOT proclaiming it a law of thermodynamics. He was frakin testing it for fun.
Nice party pooping
Fujimitsu, if your not going to reproduce the situation and prove him wrong yourself, then shut up. Its simple dude, just stop typing. .
Man up and spend a dollar or two and buy a 1/16 inch thick square of polished copper and place it between the waterblock and the heatpipe for protection then prove him wrong.
You'd think that with all your supreme intelligence that you could figure out how protect the surface of a waterblock for testing....heck, the fact that you seem to think that gently setting a waterblock on the heatpipe is going to destroy it just goes to show how pathetic your excuse to try it yourself have become.
Grow a pair and show us some number yourself. Until then, go stroke your e-penis somewhere else. I look forward to seeing your results.
Man up and spend a dollar or two and buy a 1/16 inch thick square of polished copper and place it between the waterblock and the heatpipe for protection then prove him wrong.
That would introduce another variable and violate the scientific method.
Are you seriously expecting someone to go buy a motherboard and destroy a waterblock just to prove the laws of thermodynamics all over again? His setup is flawed and is a complete waste of time. Let's just reiterate what we all ready know. First, the waterblock makes very little contact with the northbridge heatsink and probably does a better job of insulating it than cooling it. Second, he used a meat thermometer to gather data and introduced the variable of thermometer placement. His "experiment" does not follow the scientific method and therefore it's no one's job to try and disprove his experiment. He needs to conduct a proper experiment before anyone can be expected to try and recreate his mod. Thank god most of you aren't in the science field...
How about you just "man up" and admit that you're wrong?
Ok, so his placement was off. I move the placement around and no matter what I do, I cannot get 30 degrees difference.I have a similar meat thermometer and its accurate within 4 degrees C at 500 degrees.
I thought, ah heck, I have heatpipes and a similar NB setup to his, Ill take my meat thermometer and check different spots on my NB heatsink under load. You know what? Im getting 1-2 degrees difference.
First, the waterblock makes very little contact with the northbridge heatsink and probably does a better job of insulating it than cooling it.
And how is it going to insulate it? Its a water cooled system anyways. There is little to no airflow as it is. Look at the heatsink. Its folded over at the top with a pipe down the middle. Adding a waterblock isnt going to obstruct much....considering that airflow is almost nonexistent, putting a cooler object on a hot object is going to transfer some heat.
I can see your point about insulating it is it was blocking airflow from a fan, but its not.
These heatsinks get bloody hot....stupid hot. If airflow isnt pulling the heat off, then I can see how a waterblock, even with low contact area, could.
It's also been mentioned a couple of times now... why would the MCW30 get "ruined" by placing it on top of the heatsink? My guess is that it might get somewhat scratched but it could easily be retouched by polishing, but "ruined"? Can someone explain why this would happen? Is there any proof or examples available? If anyone can develop this I'd appreciate it.
The fins would scratch the surface, therefore requiring it to be lapped (not polished). Swiftech blocks come machine lapped and any lapping job you can do by hand would be inferior to the state it was in when you took it out of the box. Please don't ask me to prove that metal can scratch metal...
The fins would scratch the surface, therefore requiring it to be lapped (not polished). Swiftech blocks come machine lapped and any lapping job you can do by hand would be inferior to the state it was in when you took it out of the box. Please don't ask me to prove that metal can scratch metal...
I have a question... why not just take the stock cooling off and using the NB water block like it's intended for?
And I don't know about you, or whether you have ever owned a Swiftech water block, but the stock lapping is pretty damn good. You'd be a fool to mess it up on purpose.
Yeah, but then he said that it would be a good idea to cool the SB the same way... which totally contradicts his first reason.He already stated why he didn't cool the NB directly. please read his post.
Yeah, but then he said that it would be a good idea to cool the SB the same way... which totally contradicts his first reason.
I have a question... why not just take the stock cooling off and using the NB water block like it's intended for?
Alright guys, i will conduct another test tommorrow.
This time it will be same contact point, and also will compare with air (means small fan). I will also post some pics of the bottom of the water block, and take temperature readings from all three parts (NB + SB + power module heatsink) with or without waterblock.
Alright guys, i will conduct another test tommorrow.
This time it will be same contact point, and also will compare with air (means small fan). I will also post some pics of the bottom of the water block, and take temperature readings from all three parts (NB + SB + power module heatsink) with or without waterblock.
Any other thing please let me know i will try to see if i can do it. Oh by the way, i am not going to buy any other Thermometer. That Meat thermometer will do it