Well, I got the results of my informal testing between my slit-edge and the prototype block, but first I'd like to "frame the picture" so to speak.
My system is different than most, my ViaAqua pump is in a reservior box on the wall, and my heatercore is in the basement below where the temps are chilly all year long (thus temps you don't usually see).
To make the field as level as I could without an official test rig, I didn't remove the cpu once from the socket (that's where the temps are measured), and I even used the same top on each block (1/2" poly fittings), so flow never changed except within the block's layout. Ambient remained the same at the heatercore the whole time, all done the same day.
The two blocks were recieved unfinished, and I do not know what the intended base thickness would be when it's released.
I lapped both blocks from how they were when I recieved them, using a new set of paper for each (220, 320, 400, 600, 2000 grits) roughly equal times and finish qualities (couldn't tell them apart when upside-down) and cleaned them with acetone before testing. I use a 3/8" piece of tempered mirror for a surface.
Now the results for MY system.
BeCooling Slit-edge: idle 25C Load max 27.5C Load average 26.8C
BeCooling prototype: idle 24C Load max 26.5C Load average 25.5C
As a reference to what I normally see, my Gemini low-flow runs 27C idle and 30 load.
For the load scores I ran Sandra burn's arithmatic and multi-media benchmarks and SuperPi (16M) for 1 hour simultaneously.
I left any normal (to my system) background programs running too.
So, it beats my slit-edge waterblock by a degree, and is slated to cost under $40 (according to Brian at BeCooling).>shameless link<
Hope ya'll enjoyed my work! Any questions?
Almost forgot, I don't work for BeCooling or represent them in any way, and I paid for both blocks.
My system is different than most, my ViaAqua pump is in a reservior box on the wall, and my heatercore is in the basement below where the temps are chilly all year long (thus temps you don't usually see).
To make the field as level as I could without an official test rig, I didn't remove the cpu once from the socket (that's where the temps are measured), and I even used the same top on each block (1/2" poly fittings), so flow never changed except within the block's layout. Ambient remained the same at the heatercore the whole time, all done the same day.
The two blocks were recieved unfinished, and I do not know what the intended base thickness would be when it's released.
I lapped both blocks from how they were when I recieved them, using a new set of paper for each (220, 320, 400, 600, 2000 grits) roughly equal times and finish qualities (couldn't tell them apart when upside-down) and cleaned them with acetone before testing. I use a 3/8" piece of tempered mirror for a surface.
Now the results for MY system.
BeCooling Slit-edge: idle 25C Load max 27.5C Load average 26.8C
BeCooling prototype: idle 24C Load max 26.5C Load average 25.5C
As a reference to what I normally see, my Gemini low-flow runs 27C idle and 30 load.
For the load scores I ran Sandra burn's arithmatic and multi-media benchmarks and SuperPi (16M) for 1 hour simultaneously.
I left any normal (to my system) background programs running too.
So, it beats my slit-edge waterblock by a degree, and is slated to cost under $40 (according to Brian at BeCooling).>shameless link<
Hope ya'll enjoyed my work! Any questions?
Almost forgot, I don't work for BeCooling or represent them in any way, and I paid for both blocks.