Hi folks. I have something new to show you. This is my first waterblock that I designed. It is still not finished,but I am hoping to get it running in few weeks. Tell me what you think of it.
The general idea is good, but I would've done it slightly different, so that the waterflow is more guided to flow through the fins. In your design there's lot of dead space, i.e. your in and outlet needs to be shifted more towards the edges (to the left and right in your picture).
I know-that will be changed. That top part was made a year ago and bottom part few days ago so some adjustment is needed. Can someone tell me what diameter of hole should I use when making G 1/4 threads?
The correct tap-hole for G1/4 is 11.8mm, but a 12mm drillbit works aswell. Good to know you're aware of the in and outlets positioning
i would suggest using Solidworks Flow analysis to test some flow and other mumbo jombow water flow magic stuff lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjS8zR294U this was an "idea" i had , and made a mockup to show someone how a TEC waterblock could work for a GPU its just to demonstrate the idea , the measurments and all that are just doodles lol
Thank you yoishiro,but SW flow was done long time ago. There wouldn't be any block if I didn't done that simulation. In first concept of block, there was additional plexi piece,but SW show that that piece is not good for flow so it was removed. I will put some Sw screenshots tomorrow.
Unfortunately I don't have SolidWorks at hand to simulate these myself, but I think they're rather good... First is basically the same as yours, but with a larger area in the middle for the fins by placing the in/outlets in the corners. The second one is just playing around with some oldschool single-channel design.
New top arrived-I made G1/4 threads and leaktested the block. Pics are not the best because it was dark,but new pics will come tommorrow.
That's really good- especially for a first block. You might have troubles with the low surface area, but it should still work well.
Thank you Cheaps. I will test it and compare it witk EK block this weekend-if I get 5 C more than EK, that would be great. If not, it can still be used in pc that my parents use-it still has stock Intel cooler.
Really looking much better with the new top. A big improvement would be, if you could mill smaller and tighter channels into the block.
Thx. Mill is not mine,but I will probably never work with this CNC shop since they have 20+ years old machine. Even this block is not the same as the model. I will have to search again (my last search took onl 1 year XD).
