Overclockers.Com admits "irregularities" in testing, Glaciator NOT the champion (what a surprise)

[Pabster]

Well, finally, I see Overclockers.com trying to cover their ass, admitting that the Glaciator's initial "review" was flawed, at least to a certain extent. They attempt to pass the blame to the motherboard, etc, which makes me cringe. WTF would they use socket thermistor readings as a comparison ANYWAY? To sum it up, the Glaciator runs a C/W between 0.18 and 0.20. Far higher than the 0.13 initially claimed.

Here's the quote:

"If you look at a couple of Joe's reviews, and conclude, "Wow, the Millenium blows the Swiftech away," again, you have not read it right.

If you look at a couple of Joe's reviews, look at the C/W numbers and conclude, "The Millenium is better than the Taisol," now you're starting to get the idea."

So again I challenge someone here to show me a cooler (air) that equals or outperforms the Swiftech MC462-A.

 

[sad]

????

Looks like you TOTALLY missed the point of that article.

Here's a link to the article for those interested....

 

[Insane3D]

Until they start using the screw mount system of the Swiftech, it will be hard to beat. They can make them bigger and heavier, but clips just don't do as good a job as the screw mount.

 

[McCarthy]

screws/clips

Why? Not a big fan of clips, not a big fan of screws, just wondering what the reasoning is. Is it because clips end up going down the center of the sink and remove the fins there or a tension issue (which I thought was similar, anyway Globalwin squishes cores like an orange in a juicer) or ....?

Just thinking about it, having the clip down the middle instead of fins (or pins) seems to make the most sense, but am I missing something else here?

--Mc

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Because for some odd reason overclockers.com is well under-cutting manufacturer C/W ratings(and yeah, htey have equipment far more sophisticated for measuring it, as to DIE temp C/W, not heatsink junction C/W), they're very clearly getting compressed results.

When you're dealing with compressed results, minor issues such as making sure the thermocuple is over the same portion of the CPU all the time is critical. however, heatsinks and clips do have leeway. Some heatsinks can shift a quarter inch, which would vary the readings greatly. So you're still talking about a good deal of work needed to reduce and eliminate potential user error with doing their testing.

The greatest evidence of this is when they do their P3 testing in addition to heatsink-thermocouple. You're still talking about a heatsink thermocouple only showing 50-70% of the core temp rise over ambient.


Mike

 

[Dill]

I'm not a fan of having to take your motherboard out everytime you want to take your heatsink off either.

 

[mikef208]

I kinda thought there was something fishy about thier review, $pade is gonna be upset when he heres this.

 

[Renob]

Well I have one and it seem to be working great for me based on the numbers that motherboard monitor are giving me its way better then my old Alpha pal6035 with a YStech fan plus you get the temps like the best other HSF that use the Delta fans but much less noise with the Glaciator. Here you can check out my temps