Ahh.. nice bit of revisionist history there, Vin? But here I am taking the bait again - sigh. Anyway, just in case you actually believe that bit of drama and to clarify it for anyone who didn't follow the earlier thread...
Originally posted by: VinDSL
Spanki the Spanker showed up here a while back claiming that the Enzotech Ultra-X was the best cooler known to man!
My 'claim' was that multiple reviews were saying good things about the cooler. In fact, I stated multiple times that I did not think and was not claiming that it was the best cooler in the world - only that I wanted to see it reviewed.
Originally posted by: VinDSL
He linked to numerous reviews from Canada, Poland, Mudistan, Dirtistan, et cetera, claiming that the Enzo beats the Tuniq Tower 120 in every review -=-
As mentioned, several reviews were claiming big things from the cooler, so I provided the links so people could go read them thier selves.
Originally posted by: VinDSL
...and declaring that the only reason Anandtech wouldn't review it is because they hadn't been sufficiently bribed by Enzotech vendors, like all the rest of their cooler reviews. Hello?!?!
...and, while asking/wondering why it hadn't been reviewed here yet, suggested one possible conclusion that
some people might draw, based on a recent article on AT's sister site (and to be clear, I stated that I did not believe that was the reason myself).
Originally posted by: VinDSL
Basically, he was trying to shame AT into reviewing this dream cooler - even though he doesn't own one himself!
I'm not sure how to even respond to this... if I did own one, I wouldn't need anyone to review it - this must say something about our difference in thinking.
Heatsink reviews (or roundups) provide data-points. Nothing else. They give you an idea of how some cooler performs -
on some reviewer's test configuration - relative to other coolers being tested -
on that configuration - and a chance to hear that reviewer's opinions and impressions about the cooler. The more of these data-points you can find, the better informed you are as a comsumer, trying to make a purchasing decision. I wanted to see it reviewed on AT's test configuration and read the opinions and impressions of the reviewer here (Wesley Fink).
Originally posted by: VinDSL
I told him, even if Anandtech did review it, he wouldn't like the results because AT doesn't like face-downers...
...and I stated myself multiple times in that thread that I didn't expect it to be at the top of the performance chart, based on AT's particular test configuration - I expected to see the same problems other top-blower coolers were having, but that it looked to be the top-of-the-class for this type of cooler and guess what? That proved to be true.
Originally posted by: VinDSL
So, whatta ya know? I'll be a SOB if AT didn't review the Enzo -=- and it was reviewed exactly like I said it would be!
...so it was reviewed exactly how I said it would be!
Originally posted by: VinDSL
In this case, Spanki got my drift, and that's all that mattered! Kinda put a sock in his yapper, didn't it?
Just to clarify for you Vin... what "put a sock in my yapper" was:
I was asking for AnandTech to review the EnzoTech Ultra-X cooler.
AnandTech reviewed it.
I got what I wanted - I'm happy.
...as stated in my response to you above, I've already stated my opinions on any number of other issues related to the Enzo Ultra-X, top-down-blower coolers in general, whether or not the Tuniq is the best cooler in the world, whether or not the Ultra 120 Ex is the best cooler in the world and many other subjects. And guess what? ...
- The AT review of the EnzoTech Ultra-X cooler didn't change my opinions about any of that.
- AT's review didn't prove me wrong - it proved me right. *I* wasn't making claims about the cooler, other sites and reviews were.
- AT's review didn't prove other reviews/sites wrong - it showed how the cooler performs on AT's configuration, as opposed to other sites/reviewer's configurations.
- I didn't see other sites suddenly revising thier reviews because AT got different results - there's no need to, they got the results they got and AT got the results it got.
...I didn't (and still don't) see any reason to rehash my thoughts again in your "nany-nany-boo-boo" thread. Others, including yourself, may have different opinions or draw different conclusions, but those are mine.