Guide Diy waterblock -Guide

such a tease.... come on hook a mod up

 

Could i use a normal hand drill for this job? (550W) Cross drilled perhaps?

 

You can use just about anything, It will be harder, but look at what stone masons created many centuries ago with limited tooling, in the architecture of old Churches & Cathedrals . It's really down to your own skill with what you use, patience levels, and how long you are willing to spend on it.

 

It was a bit of a struggle with the bench drill to get the nice straight edges, and curved channels. There are however so many different designs you could go for that only require a hand drill. Take a look at some of these pages/sites for some further ideas.

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/
http://www.procooling.com/articles/#H2O
http://www.extremecooling.org/ec/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=65

 

Ummm whats a waterblock?

 

time to edjamicate.....

Waterblock - heater transfer component in a watercooling system. Usualy cools the cpu, gpu *graphics card*, northbridge *motherboard*, ram, or harddrives.....

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/review/93/

Basically it's a lump of metal which you strap to your processor* and pass water through. Water's much better at carrying heat away than air, so it's a good way to stop your CPU from getting a tan

Rob.

*or anywhere that could need cooling, GPU, hard drive, northbridge, the voltage regulators in a power supply... some people try teir best to put one on everything

 

Ok..... I suppose some of us do get just a little carried away with the water-cooling everything in sight



(note: no water-blocks were harmed in the cooling of this hamster)

 

Well, it would be downright irresponsible to have the little feller getting caught in FAN BLADES now wouldn't it?

 

Classic.

Rob.

 

Where can you get size specifications for drilling the mounting holes and other measurements?

 

I took the measurements straight from a motherboard. A quick look at www.formfactors.org didn't turn up anything, but I'm sure there's info there somewhere! Alternatively you could try motherboard manufacturers websites. Maybe download a manual or specs from there.

 

Here are some other links fo ya:

Athlon XP Tech Doc's

Athlon 64 and Opteron Tech Docs

Pre-built your Clawhammer block, and be the first to water cool it!

 

May I ask for pic details on fitting on cpu ?

 

Good work, looks very professional.

But how does it PEFORM

 

As in mounting systems or actually mounting the blocks themselves?

 

Where can one get a hold of a Copper Bar?

I've LOOKED EVERYWHERE!!!

 

I get my copper stock from Smiths Metals in person at the Norwich branch near to where I live. They do however have minium order amounts / costs, and shipping could get costly due to the weight.

I do intend re-selling the copper stock I have to modders in sizes they require at a % more than it costs me through my website soon. If you want more details you can e-mail me

 

Sorry guys, I haven't been ignoring you, just busy on my new case. As soon as I can, I will get some photos up of installation, etc. Phat, i got my copper from a local scrap metal dealer. He said it was called "buzz bar" if that helps?! Probably best to visit a couple of places coz they may not want to sell it to the public, so go down there and be cheeky! If not, you could try somewhere like http://www.mailordermetals.co.uk/ They don't have any big enough on the web site, but maybe do a special order?

Edit, ok too slow! Just ignore me

 

Hey bladerunner, you going to the Nottingham bit-meet?