MSI RTX 3070 TI Ventus: Ram 2x: Ram 4x: Ram 6x: Sapphire Pulse RX 7800XT Gaming 16G: XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT:
Honestly, iam here in the Philippines and married my wife 2 days ago and i cant think about other things as machineupdates. Propably, if iam back, i replace my old Bf20 Vario and build a bigger one. For more accuracy and thinner µ speedchannels and faster production. I should think about honeymoon, but almost impossible lol
First of all, you contacted me in November 2024, and the payment arrived on May 6, 2025. During this time, we exchanged a lot — A LOT — of emails ( over 40 mails), all of them free of charge. Your initial inquiry started with the question of whether I could produce a water block like this, with just four modules. This means you were primarily looking for six threads in the acetal top. https://www.liquidextasy.de/mb-wasserkuehler/spezialkuehler/liquid-extasy-ram-wasserkühler-2-module-detail.html?showall=1#beschreibung On novembre 11 u asking for 110mm that u can assemble the heatspreaders and when I can deliver. I said yes and I will deliver around end of January. On January 16 u ask especially for 6 threads in the top. I said yes and the the waterblock looks like this ( standardversion) https://www.liquidextasy.de/ram-wasserkühler/liquid-extasy-ram-4x-wasserkühler-detail.html Then you asked me whether it would look 100% like this. My answer was: Yes, confirmed. January 20 You stated that you need it exactly like this: -> Nickel-plated copper base, acetal top, multiport inlet/outlet from top and sides. January 21 You asked whether I could adjust the distance of the mounting holes to 120 mm. I confirmed this and sent you a drawing of the cold plate with fins. January 22 You sent me a summary of your inquiry, which we had already discussed in 16 (sixteen) emails before: – nickel-plated copper cold plate with fins – mounting hole distance of 120 mm – 4 modules – 6 threads in the acetal tops, like your two existing special water blocks You asked me how long the delivery would take. I answered around 10 weeks (but I don’t know what might happen in the coming months) April 14 You sent a second summary of your inquiry with the same requirements. I confirmed and tell u the price. April 28 I sent you a drawing of the cold plate. You confirmed that it should look exactly like this. May 6 Payment was received. After that, you asked for free shipping to Slovakia and were upset that I do not provide free shipping. The discount we are talking about is around 12%. I can provide a 12% discount, but not if I have to write 34 emails beforehand just to finalize the deal. Is it common to need 34 emails to fix a deal? Every single email costs money and time. I am working alone, and my main job is producing waterblocks — nothing else. Customer support is a side task, which I do provide — even on public holidays, Sundays, and at night, and I usually reply within 24 hours. If this is considered bad support, then I honestly do not know what went wrong. Later, you asked about the status of production. I informed you that I had already ordered the copper, and that the water block would probably be ready around August. (In May, my grandfather started having serious health issues.) August 5 You asked again about the status of your order. My answer: 8 production days left, then the cold plate would be ready to send it for nickel plating. August 15 I sent you a picture of the top of your waterblock, which looked exactly as specified in your inquiry. You then got upset because the screws were not sunken. This was never a requirement, and I had already explained the design on January 16, including the additional G1/4” threads you requested. If countersunk screws were required, this should have been clearly mentioned in advance as a requirement and not after the top has been milled already... At that point, the situation became uncomfortable for me, and there was no reason to continue discussing about the design, as everything had already been finalized. That is why I did not respond to that particular email. Nevertheless, on August 30, I offered to mill a second top for you — you did not respond. October You asked again about the production status. I told you that the parts were still at the nickel plater. Normally, this takes around 3 weeks. Unfortunately, my previous nickel plater stopped working with me after I complained about the quality of his last job (the parts were not properly cleaned, so I had to clean everything manually). As a result, I had to find a new nickleuncle, which took additional time (around 10 days). Normally, I have two other sources available, but at that time one company was closed and the other had increased prices excessively over the years. October 4 You then sent me the following message: Then I explained to you my rights and your rights, as well as our respective duties. I also told you that you are free to ask the community for advice on what you could do, but not to present the case all over the internet with your own unrealistic version of the story. That is exactly what you are doing now. By presenting it this way, it looks like that I am just making excuses or fooling you, which is not the main issue and not what actually happened. This completely ignores the facts, the confirmed specifications, the timeline, and the effort I put into this project. My answer to you was: My response involving the attorney was not a threat — it is my legal right. You started involving a third party, and I was simply reacting to protect my rights. No one likes being accused of incompetence for situations that are not entirely under their control. I never made excuses — I always had valid reasons for any delays. One significant reason is that my grandfather passed away on August 2. His passing was not sudden; I spent the last month of his life caring for him, making sure he was comfortable. This meant visiting him every single day in the hospital, supporting him, all while my own health was also struggling. Under these circumstances, an 8-hour workday was impossible. This is not an excuse, but a factual reason for delays. Yet, based on your words, it seems you dismissed this entirely, focusing only on your water block. For sure… this is exactly what someone needs to motivate him that he will do what u want even he is unable to do it, even u know the background of disable…. I understand that you are upset because I didnt deliver on time. However, this is not a reason to force me to do things that are against the law or simply impossible. It is also not a proper way to complain about the design if I met ur requirements. You were very precise in your inquiry, and I sent you pictures before production started to confirm the design with the coldplate and 6 threads. Even this is not appropriated -> How can you ignore the fact that this is the main factor in a one-man operation causing delays? You know that water block manufacturing is a one-man show. If I am unavailable (for any reason), there is no progress in production. That is given. I have always made it clear that I will not make excuses or “swing my balls”. My intention has always been to make my customers happy, even if it is not always possible. But that’s given as well. I chose this line of work, knowing that delays can happen. I could have simply stopped the project — then no one would have access to affordable water blocks. In the end, most customers are satisfied with the products, but 100% customer satisfaction is impossible. After the waterblock was done ( beginning of novembre), I sent u a clip-> I then sent the parcel to you via DHL. Unfortunately, DHL lost the parcel and only issued a partial refund. You forced me to handle the issue with the missing parcel, even though this was completely inappropriate at that time. I wrote u -> This was a major issue, especially being abroad without reliable internet or devices, and without my files to properly support the DHL case. At the same time, I needed to prioritize family life, spending meaningful moments with my grandfather … Do you realize that I have a right of vacation leave, during which no one has the right to demand something from me, particularly when the issue is not my fault? Nevertheless, I reacted immediately. DHL obtained a partial refund, and I forwarded every email and message from DHL to you. You were fully informed. The consequences? I do not know if you want the partial DHL refund while waiting for the rest, or if I should mill a second water block for you. At the beginning of this discussion, you clearly stated that if I will made mistakes, you would publish your experience anywhere, potentially causing me to lose customers. Now, you have shown the world that you will follow through, but the story you present is not 100% accurate, especially regarding the design. You wrote that it was the “standard look” — this is not true at all. The statement “He was constantly unwilling to help” is also wrong, as I have done everything I could to meet your requests, aside from refund, as soon as possible. You also omit what DHL actually said, which may mislead others into thinking that the partial refund was my idea — it was not. The way you wrote your posts is not recommended and does not match how you communicated in emails. Remember some of your wording to me: “…since ****ing January and all I get is…” Its always recomment to focus on a solution and focus on what we can influence instead of make a zackmack and stick on things we cant influence. And this in a gentle way. That means respect. Respect what I missed since month! Based in ur word, I should not fly to Manila for the wedding just to care to ur lost parcel. That means weeks of effort to get the papers + investment of around 600€ r lost. The ticket from Germany to Manila will be expired. And this is not the end of the story. I have a treatment in value of 1500€ for Manila + meds in value of 1500€ for the stay in Manila. -> No flight = therapy will fail. Is this really what u wanna show the communities? Some might argue that business and private life should be separate — in a one-man operation, this is impossible. I am very sorry for any delivery delays, but the health of my grandfather, the cancellation by the nickel plater, and my own health are beyond my full control. Your posts will not help fix the situation, but I accept it. It was necessary to fly to Manila to care for my own family, avoid expired documents, and ensure critical therapy. Yes, it caused a significant absence from work, but sometimes life simply interferes. Furthermore, I also had other Issues: machines need attention ( some r more than 15 years old), and failures (like a frequency inverter on one CNC machine) can cause delays. Even with backups, delays are inevitable at times. In the end of the day: In this business, regular deliverytime is 3-6 month for custommade prototypes with own development based on statista.de. Iam not a distri who pick up products and send it to the customers. Iam a manufacture. I talk about milling custommade parts for customers and industry and not especially waterblocks. My recommendation is that u should not settle the case in public! At least grandpa passed away and the wedding has been done. This will be not an issue anymore for the future. These special moments in life should be "excused" and some r not predictable ( weddingdate as soon as possible, we r not choosy).
I am not going to get into who is right or wrong in the details of this, but: Unfortunately, as the sender, it was on you to ensure the goods were sent with the appropriate postage and, importantly, the correct level of insurance. The fact DHL has not covered the full value of the parcel is a problem for you, not the recipient: you owe them a full and complete refund or the block they ordered, regardless of whether DHL pays out in full or not.
Insurrance 500€. If DHL give less money... its not up to me... He was informed and i waiting of a response... I dont know if he wants the money or the block. I dont have an answer since 2 weeks or so.
That is a problem between you and DHL, though, not you and the buyer nor the buyer and DHL. Even if DHL refuses to pay out at all, you still owe a full refund - not a partial refund - or the block. I would just issue a full refund and be done with it, then send the paperwork to DHL to argue for recompense under the insurance. If they refuse, file in your local equivalent to the Small Claims Track of the County Court. But issue the full refund first. Yes, including postage.
Do u have my permission to release my mails. It des violates the citation requirement. Not that I have something against this, but its ur duty to ask first! 2. I cant influence the productiontime in a way I want... Like I said, I could mill a new top for u. And that without delay or costs. U don’t answer. Ur picture: You're only referring especialy the threads there. A bit with fins and dimensions of the mounting holes. 3. Sorry, then I misunderstand. 6. U got the special edition. How the standardedition looks like u can see in the mails. I sent it to u that u know how the finish will looks like. U never told me that u don’t like this design. U paid no surcharge. U paid the regular price for this waterblock. 7. I'm not threatening anyone. I have the right to do it. Please read this again properly. If you're spreading lies here, that's a problem. 8. I put also a black cover into the box that u have it in full black. 9. Like I said. Iam off. And I have the right to be off. And anyway. There was no delay. U was bitchy and I filed a case as soon as possible. Open a request is possible after days. Not if u want. Where is ur screenshot about that msg? This point looks clearly that u don’t care at all about the situation and it seems that u don’t know and don’t care of the DHL rules how to enrol a case. If the delivery is a problem for u, then pls complain it to DHL. 10. I haven't distorted any facts. I misinterpreted point 3. How does this help you to get a solution? Its ur right to go to the atty and its my right to say: Delete all of my emailconversaions in a public place and ask me by mail for a permission. In what it should be lead here? I have nothing to say anymore actually to this case.
I must touch the coldplate and top... So in fact, yes its a new waterblock. Ur intension is clear... ...Whats ur solution? How i can make u happy? Why so shy? Why u r not able to write me a mail?
Hey guys, I'm still alive. The last update was basically right after my wedding in Manila, where I was more or less stuck for a while due to administrative issues regarding the marriage. A blessing and a curse at the same time. We had our honeymoon on Coron Island, but I had some major health issues involving a hospital stay and extreme costs, etc., etc. Not exactly what you’d call "rest and relaxation. In the meantime, background updates have been carried out on the website, which is now displaying everything correctly again; every button works. Unfortunately, an English translation hasn't been possible yet, but I’m working on it. There’s almost nothing left available for Joomla 2.5. Furthermore, I’ve spent days trying to improve the renderings. There has been significant progress. To raise the rendered image to a higher, almost realistic level, I invested days again using AI to process a rendering that comes close to an "out-of-the-cam" photo. Attached is an image of the nearly finished XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 XTX water block. I’ve tried a lot: various platforms offering different models, ChatGPT, and Gemini. Bottom line, the results with Nano Banana 2 are consistently good. However, that’s no good for RGBs. So, I took the image rendered in Gemini and ran it through ChatGPT, and now it actually looks like something. Note: These are only renderings. The block will be milled later this week. Furthermore, the water block for the ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha was already completed back in February. I'm sure my colleague in the USA will get a lot of enjoyment out of it in the years to come. Meanwhile, a large part of the image processing is also being done with Gemini, though AI in general—across all models—has extreme difficulty reproducing details like text, engravings, and logos accurately. Therefore, it only provides partial relief. Some things are simply faster to do in Photoshop. It's primarily about lightening the workload and getting faster results; the manual quality achieved with Photoshop over the last few years has been perfectly fine anyway. Cropping, white balance, contrast. In addition, significant effort has been invested once again into video advertising. I had to try out quite a bit of hardware before everything functioned the way I envisioned. For a tripod, I’m now using the K&F Concept VA3+BV20 with several adapters and a slider, though it's currently still impossible to film "moving" scenes with it. Instead, I am currently working exclusively with a turntable; although this was purchased back in early 2024, it has only been put to proper use since last year due to a lack of hardware and time. Accessories such as filters for softer light and RGB mini-lights for spotlights had to be purchased as well. The spotlights from AliExpress are currently ready and waiting for their experimental phase. I bought and tested the following items to record moving scenes: · DJI Osmo Pocket 3: It was surprisingly good, had the best AI tracking of all the devices, and in terms of image quality, it was even on par with a Canon R50 including the old EF-S kit lens (18-55 mm). · DJI RS 4 and DJI Ronin Video Transmitter: I struggled quite a bit with these at first. But ultimately, they just failed. · Feiyu AI Tracking and Feiyu SCORP-C: There was absolutely nothing to be done with these. So, for now, filming continues with the tripod, the R50, and the old EF-S kit lens. I tried higher-quality lenses, but they provided no added value—the old thing does its job excellently. To shape the raw material, I had to familiarize myself with Wondershare Filmora. Bottom line, I had no choice but to film the cooler from every position on the turntable. However, masking/background removal in Filmora only works with a crude selection tool, which is more of a hit-or-miss affair. After a few days, the script is finished and ready to be published. The first serious attempt looks like this (even if it’s not perfect yet): Many levers were pulled to improve the presentation. Even more investment has gone into occupational safety: the vacuum pump received a filter since it was emitting carbon dust. As a temporary measure, a mobile filtration system was purchased to extract the room air, as the current stationary air filtration system isn't capable of extracting from multiple workstations simultaneously. Consequently, a new 2.2 kW suction motor was acquired, which has now solved this problem. One extraction point in particular required a major update: the belt sander. I 3D-printed a hood for this and flanged the hose directly to it; now all that's missing is the appropriate volume flow. Currently, it's at $800\text{ m}^3/\text{h}$. Borderline okay. After the current production round, there will be an extremely extensive air filter update. For now, however, I have to focus on water block production, even though this update is already over two months overdue.
Congratulations. I'd use less motion blur in the video. You want to show off the product so we can see the details. A few really close shots of the fit and finish are what most of us drool over. Carbon dust: Water separation may be the next step, but then you have carbon fiber mud to get rid of. I also have dust problems, and water filter vacuums are great. I'm probably repeating myself because it's been so long since you were here.
Thx, yeah true. The video should optimized. But for the first serious move its not that bad. The carbondust coming from the vacuumpump. There should be nothing with Vacuumcleaner coz 1200W over 10h/day is a bit pricy, noisy and the workshop getting hot faster. The wedding is done. So i can focus complete to the waterblocks. A bit less of delay.
Hi everyone, Fresh off the CNC: The base plates for the Sapphire RX 7900XTX Gaming OC Vapor X 24GB are milled and ready. With its stock Vapor-X cooler and large PCB, this card is a beast out of the box that draws a ton of power and generates a lot of heat. If you want to push your 7900XTX further and keep hotspot and VRAM temperatures down, the base is ready. My CNC is waiting for you! If you need help with a project, just let me know. Attached is a real pic of the base plate, as well as 2 renders of the finished cooler: As well as a few other coolers from days gone by, which have been waiting for an upload since last year: KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX Gamer: Minisforum BD 790i: PS5: xbox360:
Hi, The CNC milling machines are almost finished with the waterblocks. 2 days left. And I’ve also been working on noise reduction. First, I installed an expensive air duct noise silencer for the fan. It was supposed to reduce the noise ~10 dB more than the cheaper model had promised. However, that’s not the case. It sounds exactly the same. Measurements confirm this. Since I have an extra air duct noise silencer, I also placed one in front of the fan, even though it was just the cheaper one …. It costs only a third as much and is significantly lighter. Since I’ll soon be drastically redesigning the airflow paths—for more effective extraction of emissions—I’ve installed a bypass flap that effectively “absorbs” some noise. And by as much as 27 dB—if the mainfilter were disconnected. Its one of the reason why I will install a second fan. After giving it a lot of thought on how to get the dust problem under control, I decided to buy a second fan: the Cormak FM300SN. It has a capacity of ~ 4,000 m³/h and consumes up to 2.2 kW. The current, small fan is now intended exclusively for the belt sander and the large CNC machine. When I turn it up to full power, it manages about 1,800 m³/h with the current filter setup, which is what we had estimated. I would be completely satisfied with ~800–1,200 m³/h. This means the fan doesn’t run at 50 Hz (full speed) or at 46 Hz as it does now—it will only be at ~ 30–35 Hz. This gives me less noise and still enough airflow at the cnc/belt sander. Last year I bought two large duct fans (D350mm), but they don’t do a damn thing. Each CNC cabinet will get one fan. 200–400 m³/h is more than enough to extract the oildust from the small cabinets. They’ll also get their own H13 filter box, which I ordered from Jarex Filters in Romania. Three more filter housings were supposed to follow, but the guys haven’t gotten back to me since two weeks. The large 2.2 kW fan is used to extract air from the room. A flow rate of 1,000 m³/h is sufficient for this as well. The fan will likely only run at around 25–30 Hz to achieve this. I’ll need to buy a VFD for it soon. This would eliminate most of the noise and significantly improve air quality. With just one fan, it’s not possible to clean four workstations with the required airflow I need. The minimum requirement is at least 800 m³ for the belt sander, such as copper dust poses the biggest problem. 1,200 m³/h is needed at the large cnc machine to handle the oil dust from spindle lubrication as well with the MQL. The 2 350mm fans handle the oil dust from the booths, which are already super quiet at under 60 dB. Fan 2 (large) handles filtering of the room . The latter is currently handled by the Trotec TAC II extraction unit. I modified that as well. I simply flipped the unit upside down and attached my own wheels. Now it blows the clean air out downward and extracts air at the head height. This results in less turbulent air circulating at the top, which tends to be flung around the room—which is undesirable…. We also installed a Mitsubishi Heavy Industry aircon. That was mainly for heating, though, since we consume 1,800 kWh per month during the heating period. It paid for itself after two winters for sure. Electricity consumption has reduced more than half since it was installed. We just couldn’t afford to keep it anymore to heat with pure electricity… The AC is not good for cooling. The Hyperinverter technology delivers 3 kW of cooling capacity with a COP of 5.3, but it still gets warmer inside when the fan, vacuum pump, and two CNC machines are on working (~2.5 kW of electrical power). But it only gets really hot when my synchronized compressors are running (3.8 kW)—at least in the summer. In winter, it gets nice and cozy. The compressor also got an update quite some time ago. The interior was additionally lined with 30mm dimpled foam. And the rigid aluminum pipe was replaced with a flexible hose. This has already significantly improved the noise level. Up to a maximum of 26 dB according to Gemini. There was another update, though nothing has been tracked there yet. I additionally insulated the tank and feet with 20mm Armaflex and decoupled the unit again using an anti-slip mat from a washing machine. Now the thing is quiet. Not suitable for the living room, but quiet. No further action needed. If things go well with the air filter housings over the next few weeks, I’m confident that I’ll be able to finish my pneumatic tool-changing project next year. The large milling machine with the Ibag HF80A is still hardly used in production today because the emissions are too high. First, the air needs to be properly filtered and the noise eliminated so that we can work with it continuously and without issues. The CNC machine has also been equipped with a nozzle for extracting oil mist. The chip extraction system still needs to be integrated. We had something in place before, but it can be improved. There's also some updates in terms of waterblocks. There are a couple of new waterblocks, such as ASUS W680 ACE IPMI, Inno 3D RTX 4070 TI Super, M.2 NVME SSD 2230 2242 2260 2280 22110 SSD to pci-e4x 4.0, R Intel XXV710-DA2 NIC, Tp link 10gb - tx401. Today we're focusing more on render images from Gemini from the Asus Crosshair X870 Hero: Gainward RTX5090 Phantom GS – Backplate: Minisforum Nab 6 lite: It took me a few days to get the rendered images just the way I wanted them. I tried out different platforms with different models. I experimented with countless prompts. And I optimized the source material so the AI would have less work to do. Bottom line: Gemini produces the best results among the image models, while ChatGPT performs best under RGB lighting. Everything else Pixverse has to offer in terms of models is useless. To improve the presentation, I also had to brush up on my Photoshop skills a bit. It was a very stressful and intense time, but the results are now usable and stable, as you can see in the paragraph above. The Asus cooler already looks pretty real to me, even though it won’t be finished until next week. Meanwhile, there were also rumors that the company no longer existed, that it was insolvent, and that it wouldn’t deliver… A simple search debunks these allegations. The company is neither listed in the insolvency register nor deleted from the UPIK directory (international merchant directory), even though there was some temporary confusion about this. The bottom line is that these are facts anyone can verify for themselves, as this data is publicly available to everyone without registration. As you know, delivery is taking a bit longer for the time being due to a rehab stay, a wedding, etc. Both of these matters are now resolved. Feel free to send me your hardware if you need waterblocks for a small fee that you can’t find anywhere else. Starting this year, we’ve been keeping a stock of copper for the most common waterblocks. We now cut the copper in-house using a band saw. This can sometimes cut down production time significantly. We have a large quantity in stock and already paid for, so we can offer a new, interesting waterblock for as little as €50. Finally, here’s a real-life photo of a Ram 4x waterblock. 25mm acetal. 6x G1/4” threats for 110mm and 120mm heat spreader mounting holes.
