Way of cooling?

[Tazzler]

I'm quite often on the HWbot site and look for different results. I just want to know what you can manage with every CPU or gfx. But IMO it would be even more interesting if you could see what every component was cooled with. So you can imagine what you could probably manage with your water cooled system for example.
So why not obligate to tell what the CPU or gfx was cooled with?

I hope you get the point despite my English.:/

Tazzler

[richba5tard]

That's a good idea, but wouldn't it be an issue that we have no way to verify the cooling method? Ppl could say whatever they want because we can not check it (without pics of the bench setup).

If it's purely informational i guess it doesn't matter.

[jmke]

we would make a seperate sections which requires SETUP + HWBOT site open + cooling in view + verification code or something on the screen, to show how it was cooled, only then such entry can be allowed in the "cooling" charts?

[Tazzler]

True!

Ok, maybe obligating would go to far and people it would be too easy to cheat. What about an optional box where you could write what you cooled with, because a lot of people don't write it in the description. Maybe more people would tell what they cooled with. And I think that way it wouldn't be difficult to add the feature without a lot work.:D

[jmke]

if you want a ranking, with points etc, getting some verification is essential

[Tazzler]

No, I don't want a ranking. Just a spare box, just for the method of cooling. Just for information, and I think that way people won't cheat, except for some guys but they'd cheat anyway.:rolleyes:

[Massman]

Interesting, would be a nice feature.

[jmke]

those who want can already fill out cooling in the comments field; still a lot of peeps use their forums to submit scores, so they're leaving out the comments field or any extra's

[Saucy]

Kind of Like This?

http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/8904/2000496355879305031_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2000496355879305031)

-Saucy

[Tazzler]

Yeah, something like that!:D
What do you think?

[Sadhiq]

or better, a multiple choice box with only some answer:
-aircooled
-watercooled
-waterchilled
-phase change
-ln²

If it's purely informational, I think this way should be really easier, one box for cpu and another for gpu :)

[jmke]

multiple choice would make the selection box easier to fill out, and more likely to be used, but how will you configure VGA/CPU? use 2 boxes, one for each?

[K404]

What about aircon cascade and Dice :) a fair few "air" results on XS recently just happened to have the mother of all aircon units hanging over them....

[Saucy]

Should there be an option to check labeled "stock" ? And rather than boxes to check, I think a dropdown menu will be more practical.

Lets See:

Stock
Air
Water
Chilled Water
Peltier (TEC)
Phase Change
Air Conditioning
Dry Ice
Liquid Nitrogen
Lives in Antarctica

I guess that about covers it.

[Tazzler]

multiple choice would make the selection box easier to fill out, and more likely to be used, but how will you configure VGA/CPU? use 2 boxes, one for each?
OK, that's a great idea! Would be really nice.

[Sadhiq]

yep, it seems perfect to me like that :)