Custom water block specs?

[mrmotion]

I have access to lots of awesome machines where I work. EDM's Mills, Lathes etc... I have a large chunk of aircraft grade aluminum. I do not have copper nor the additional money for buying copper. I was wondering what the base dimension of the waterblock should be mounting it to a processor? The first test subject will be a OC P4 Northwood. If things work well it will then make it to a trial run on my I7-920. Just dont know how thick I should make the base of it... I was thinking like .075" but not sure. Any thoughts?

 

[rubix_1011]

It should cover the entire IHS of the CPU. Mounting it can take shape however you feel necessary, but take care of using too much pressure.

In theory, you want a thick amount of heat absorbing metal making contact, but not too much so that the water channels and pins take too long to pull the heat out. If you have a large chunk...try different concepts.

I like DIY projects like this, so curious to see how it turns out. Once you get a good, working design in place, consider springing for copper...you should see much better thermal results.

 

[mrmotion]

Thanks for the quick reply. As soon as i can get this through a machine iLL hit you with an update.

 

[mrmotion]

Best answer selected by mrmotion.

 

[rubix_1011]

Yes, please.

Also, consider keeping a worklog...photos, notes, etc of your progress. That's something we rarely see here on Tom's.