[real.genius]

Normally I would agree with you that this should have been covered before, but I believe I have now furnished actual real world run data for this cooler and I do believe the data does speak for itself. This was not a simulation, it is a real chip xp2100 on a real motherbd asus, with real ddr400 and an 8xagp card. This is real loading at 100% doing real work not just some light bulb or heater element. The data suggests that many of the earlier reviews of this cpu cooler were lacking actual tests with real computer parts. The data suggests that the water-x cpu cooler is not the best but is far from the worst. Somebody spent a lot of time engineering this little self contained water cooler and I thought it deserves a little more attention then most of the reviews I have read. All of the reviews I read were only simulated tests. Dont get me wrong, simulations are of great value prior to actual real world testing, but real data, from a real user, with real cpus and real world loads beats simulations anytime. Since I really could not find a real data review for this product I bought one to see what it actually was capable of. I think thats also the value of these forums is for all of us to exchange real world user data from which we might all learn and grow with. I conclude that this world is not a simulation but is real. So as far as I know and have read all the articles before my real world data submission were just theoretical simulations. In fact all the links you suggested were simulations only no actual computer parts had been used to get to the authors final remarks. Now, since I have provided a actual computer with a xp2100 running at 100% load and had the water-x cooling this real computer you now have real data from a real user with real parts and can now make a informed decision about the performance of the water-x unit. So my only point being that to make an informed decision on performance we need more than a simulation.