[Eugene]

I mean that water will transfer heat away from the die/block more slowly than a larger heatsink + fans would. Random claims of the Mac Pro's heatsink design having some silly thermal balance issues are unimportant with that consideration. What matters is thermal capacity and air volume moved.

When you consider the Mac Pro is still whisper quiet at its loudest, that cooler running / more powerful processors were available, and that Apple even threw the MacBook Air a CPU upgrade...Schiller's point of being handcuffed by the trashcan's cooling limitations sure seems like nonsense.