Thermalright TRUE Black or OCZ Vendetta 2 ?

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck


Well, I think the reviews that we could trust -- there were two of them at the same site as a series -- showed that the Vendetta 2 would keep up with the TRUE and only lag a little in performance under stress.

I posted based on my experiences. I see the relationship with the review data. However when the heat is ON the deviation is there. Reviewers really need to start using what an enthusiast would use. It's akin to a car magazine testing a Ferrari and driving it at 65 mph! I mean come on! People that buy these products are not using processors at stock settings. (in most cases) If so most of the time the supplied cooler is just fine. If someone wants something quieter than a enthusiast solution may be the ticket as well.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck


Well, I think the reviews that we could trust -- there were two of them at the same site as a series -- showed that the Vendetta 2 would keep up with the TRUE and only lag a little in performance under stress.

I posted based on my experiences. I see the relationship with the review data. However when the heat is ON the deviation is there. Reviewers really need to start using what an enthusiast would use. It's akin to a car magazine testing a Ferrari and driving it at 65 mph! I mean come on! People that buy these products are not using processors at stock settings. (in most cases) If so most of the time the supplied cooler is just fine. If someone wants something quieter than a enthusiast solution may be the ticket as well.

The best comparison reviews I've seen are the cumulative results in a whole series of Anandtech articles. Using the same test-bench, they start with stock settings, then OC to different levels, and the different cooler tests start dropping out of the race -- unable to reach the particular OC level.

Basically, what you say about our favorite stress software is true. Another member -- who probably works for Intel -- gave a long dissertation here last year on this issue of processor features that weren't stressed in the tests.

This Q6600 (B3) I'm accessing at the moment is at 3.15 Ghz with the VCORE about 5% above retail-box maximum -- 24/7/365. I think the other machine I'm building -- I'll store the OC profile in BIOS and run at stock settings on a more regular basis. Depends on what sort of . . . . disasters . . . . a person can tolerate. Remember that flawed Intel chip that was released in the 1990's? Some company was doing Operations Research on it to plan a large office-building construction project, and the CPU generated . . . . errors. I think there was even some sort of lawsuit . . . .