)Ĭan't really blame the media on this one tho.
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I'm not saying it's the best method, but take pride in doing my consumer duty to support the cpu cooling industry. Or one can purchase enough stuff over the years, to find corelation with some review sites and their processes. Sure, some will rate higher in some reviews, but other than the odd payola review or broken testing process, clear patterns can be discerned. The top coolers will still come out on top. One could take all the reviews in aggregate and compare. Some will retest some of old coolers on their new platform and some context is preserved.
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The best one can hope for is consistency within a review site - not always possible since many update their platforms and immediately the historical comparisons are invalid. (eerily, the Ninja 4 is one of their top rated coolers - so it's not just for 1150/1151) If you want to know how a cooler is going to perform on a non-overclocked X58 quad core from 2009. Then there's SPCR who use the same 1366 test rig from 2008 - Historically, probably the most reliable review site.
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At least not since 22/14nm and AVX2 have arrived. However, those rigs only simulate a CPU's TDP, so their results don't correlate that well to real world usage. Which is great for consistent tests over time. Some cooler sites like FrostyTech use a heating plate rig. From ambient to cooler intake temps, to different platforms running under different conditions. Click to expand.That's the bane of 'controlled' testing.