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My testing setup will be an open bench on my desk. Ambient temperature has been kept consistent at 22C +/- 0.1C. Temperature will be recorded off a probe attached to the CPU's integrated heatspreader. This is as close to reaching the CPU core without removing the integrated heatspreader. I'm a home end user and will not be conducting tests on a scientific level, mainly because I do not have the equipment. I test like how the consumers would use the water-cooling kit. My purpose is to find out how well the water-cooling kit runs and whether it is a good investment for you. Idle test will last 30 minutes to let the system sit idly at desktop. Load test will last 60 minutes while Folding. Folding @ Home is one of the best programs to allow the CPU to work 100% and create heat.  Temp Probe Test setup
As many of you know, there is a slight problem with the Asus P4C800 motherboards. The VCore will be steady during idle process but will drop during full load. Although I set my VCore to 1.7v, it dropped tremendously down to 1.6v during full load. A drop of 0.1v will certain keep things running a bit cooler. I wanted to note this to let you keep that in mind. After the test I'll have to go do the droop mod to fix this problem and keep the voltage running stably.  
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