Have you considered taping up the side of the ribs so that the airloss you were concerned about does not happen?

Great article full of facts and pertinent to the current hardware.
Keep it up.

OD

What the hell is this word, "Etalon" you use?!

Etalon: an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.

...what the hell?

Anyways, you didn't make it obvious taht the Thermalright's noise levels are dependant exclusively on what fan you buy/use. But I digress... it's your Etalon, after all.

it would be more fun to put TR's Ultra-90 or Ultima-90 in this test and see how Vendetta smashing their pumpkins. Afterall, Vendetta was design to do one thing and it really prove its value in hartware as best 92mm cooler