First...I am not even going to pretend to speak or be able to read German, all I have is Google Translate (hint: you can call me all sorts of names and all I can do is smile and nod like a tourist.), so I apologize now for writing in English. I hope Google Translate got most of the words so I can answer some of the questions and statements I read in this thread, here goes.
Martin and I are not the same person
, I am no where near the quality of tester that Martin was. I can only hope to become as good as Martin, through trial/error and experience I will get better and better. I am hosting the archive of Martins Liquid Lab, but that is so the information was not lost, his tests are far to valuable to just be removed.
Martin did test a TFC 120, the radiator was supplied to him by Sidewinder Computers (US Vendor) and not from TFC directly. Bundymania, your statement is false. Martin did test it, twice actually. I repeatedly requested a single 120mm radiator from TFC for testing purposes, I was told the single 120mm's were sold out (240's and 360's as well) and all production was being focused on the Monsta. I have the emails and chat logs to verify my requests to TFC Martin and TFC Mario. I wanted to test the TFC 120 myself and not use Martin's data because I knew claims such as the one you made would surface. However, to meet the test cycle I could not procure a test sample and therefore had to use Martin's data.
The trendlines before 1000RPM and after 2800RPM are forecasted trendlines following a 2nd order polynomial. These are extrapolated values based on the R^2 value and polynomial equation formed from the test data. Trendline forecasting and prediction is more accurate with a high R^2 value, which the 2nd order polynomial has 0.99+ R^2 value. With that said, I should have tested below 1000RPM, this became very clear as I started to receive feedback on my test report. I will be performing tests with fans at 600RPM for all future radiator tests to ensure that I try to meet a larger variety of users.
There is a RX360 vs MCR320 vs PA120.3 test coming, that is the next test to go on my bench. This test will take some time as I have 6-7 different fan speeds and 3 different heat loads to test, so 21 tests per radiator. Again, I have asked TFC Martin and TFC Mario for a production sample of the TFC360 but have been told they do not have any available. I would be grateful to get my hands on a TFC360 for the upcoming test.
Scamps, thanks for the compliment on my test, I appreciate the kind words!
I would also like to say, that I see a lot of good testing being performed here!
There can never be to many tests! I only hope that I can submit my test reports and not be looked at as
for posting it in English.
The initial shipment of RX radiators that were sent to the US have some serious blemishes/problems. This is very unfortunate for such a hyped release of a new top performing radiator. XSPC has been contacted by several vendors regarding the quality issues. I do hope that XSPC corrects the problems in manufacturing and delivers the quality product that I had on my test bench (I think you guys call it a test rack
).
In other news, I am finishing up some testing on D5 tops and would like to post the review and test data here if you would like to see it...that is if you don't banish me for writing in English.
Also, I am sure I used words that do not translate from English to German well. So if there is something I said that does not make sense, let me know.
Again
from the land of over-weight people and cheeseburgers.