Cooling 345 Pound Water Cooling Block

How would you like to have a CPU that needed this water block.



Solid Copper Slab Weight: 1008 lbs
Finished Weight: 345 lbs




This picture was taken before the ports were put in.

 

why?

 

its amazing, but yeah... why waste so much?

 

I'll take the CNC that made the block instead...

As for why, thats how billet goes. Either make it billet, or bend the pieces and have a welder weld it up. CNC is probably quicker, dosen't risk warping the metal, possibly cheaper then the welders labor costs, (depending on the run size). Plus you could probably sell the chips to a metal recycler and get some cash back.

 

It's odd how the cross section of the channel changes. That will lead to odd pressure gradients. I would also expect that the designer leaves a few fins sticking out into the channels for better heat exchange. As it looks the piece was not designed for optimum heat exchange between water and copper. It sure looks nice, but no thanks, not for my CPU.

 

I`ll like to see a BIG TDX... it maybe some sort of marketing or publicity?...

looks like a bad performer btw ...

 

Looks OK for a chipset block

 

That block look pretty cool, but can it handle the heat of a prescot?

 

Sorry,

I just noticed 2 flaws - firstly is that its being lifted by a fork lift - this is going to leave some nasty scratches (i feel sorry for the dude that has to lap that beast!). It also doesnt have mounting holes - so it may need a SHD kit.

 

lol silentphoenix
this block could be used to cool something BIG , something that will produce LOADS of HEAT
something that could be cooled by a normal heatsink but no... air cooling is not enough

looks good imho.

waiting to see where this will be used.

B

 

You know i think you might be onto something...

 

Looks great

but what a waste

 

Geesuzz! You'd need about a gallon of AS5 for that sucker! Kinda weird how it tapers from the size of one openning to the other. It will most likely get lapped by machine when it is time to install. Can you imagine trying to hand-lap the gouges that forklift would make?

 

just what is it gunna cool?

 

the sun

 

duno if id be happy about having that in my system.. id need 5 lokes to take it to lans

 

The block is actually used in a very large welding machine and takes 4000 amps through it. Coolant is pumped through it at 1500 gallons per minute. The cover piece is oven brazed onto it and then the whole thing is lapped. Sorry I don't have pictures of the finished piece, because it looks awsome when done.

There is plywood underneath to protect it from the forklift, otherwise it would take longer to lap then it did to machine. The chips from one block fills a 55 gallon drum 3/4 of the way full.

 

was just curious to see where this beast will be used.

Gandd,
how much power this welding machine produces?
4000amps, how many volts?

Cheers,
B

 

prescott?

nah surely not, intels presscook would surely over power even that beast

 

You do realize you could fill it with water and put that on a prescott (yes, even a prescott) and leave it running indefinately without even waterflow, just because convection would be more than enough for it? WC setups take longer to heat the proc since it has to heat all the water, and that would have to heat probably 5 gallons of water on top of a serious crapload of copper!

b34stly!