Rosco, I seem to be sensing a certain amount of hostility in your responses.
The 3GHz overclock was not achieved using powerful pumping. Actually it was done using an MCP600 type of pumping power.
I am puzzled why you seem insistent to attribute my work as requiring very strong pumps. Of course I do have and use strong pumps in my testing, but I am not so stupid as to assume that everyone has pumps like I do. For this I also designed with the Eheim 1046 pump in mind as a minimum pump, as opposed to the past (Cascade/White Water) where I designed with the Eheim 1048 as a minimum pump in mind.
This CPU is mine. In fact I have two of them capable of achieving this level of overclock. Both are XP-M 2600+ CPUs. I have yet a third CPU capable of 2950MHz. I guess I'm just really lucky all the time?
I do agree that it is important to have good CPU's if one wants to achieve high overclocks and that there are plenty of bad CPU's about, but even then 3GHz clocks are hardly "common", especially with just water cooling.
The CPU in the screenshot was only capable of 2650MHz on good air-cooling though. Hardly an indication of a fantastic overclocking chip. I am puzzled though, since this is perhaps the first time that a 3GHz speed with a 21C ambient temp on water-cooling (~24C water temps) using an MCP600 type of pumping power has been met with skepticism and an attitude bordering on hostility. Why is that?
I just wanted to explain my position since you seemed intent to label what I was doing as requiring ridiculous amount of pumping power, when really that is not the case. Again I stress, the MD-30RZ was used in those pictures purely because it
wasn't being used in any of my water-cooling systems
because I do agree with you that it is too strong and puts too much heat into the water. I would never recommend that people buy a pump like the MD-30RZ. In fact, I think you'll find that I often argue a strong case for pumps not much stronger than an MCP600, or Laing D4, or Danner Mag3 at the most.
I totally agree that most USA setups are somewhat stupidly over-powered and poorly designed. I believe that with a small quiet pump, 3/8" (9.5mm) ID tubing and a single
well designed radiator with a single Papst 4412FGL could indeed match the performance of some of the best systems coming out of the USA.
i.e. I'm on your side here.
Message édité par Cathar le lundi 06 septembre 2004 à 10:59:15