I don't dissagree with you. Personally I have never liked frostytech's testing, I would much prefer to see real world examples. I was just saying that given the "proof" shown it is impossible to call one crap and the other decent.
In the real world benchmarks I've read comparing the plus and the evo they are still very close. Usually around 3C of each other with normal ambient temps in the low to mid 20s even when overclocking. The largest difference between the two i could find was ~9C on a hot running 130w i7 with a 1.1ghz overclock but still within the operating limits of the cpu. Which I still don't think is a big enough difference to call one crap and the other decent especially since stress testing isn't really "real world use" either, though maybe for dolphin usage its pretty close. I know I have seen at least one review where the plus beat the evo, but there is always human error to take into account.
In real world usage the evo will be ~3C cooler and a little quieter than the plus. Making them both decent coolers at affordable prices even when overclocking. If you want to get extreme overclocks or are in a room with ambient temps much over 25C I wouldn't suggest either.
In the real world benchmarks I've read comparing the plus and the evo they are still very close. Usually around 3C of each other with normal ambient temps in the low to mid 20s even when overclocking. The largest difference between the two i could find was ~9C on a hot running 130w i7 with a 1.1ghz overclock but still within the operating limits of the cpu. Which I still don't think is a big enough difference to call one crap and the other decent especially since stress testing isn't really "real world use" either, though maybe for dolphin usage its pretty close. I know I have seen at least one review where the plus beat the evo, but there is always human error to take into account.
In real world usage the evo will be ~3C cooler and a little quieter than the plus. Making them both decent coolers at affordable prices even when overclocking. If you want to get extreme overclocks or are in a room with ambient temps much over 25C I wouldn't suggest either.