Cooling The Ultimate Waterblock... T-REX 2 (56k warning)

the peltier (226W) on the copper plate

the copperplate with the peltier mounted on with eight inox screws

internal structure

and completed (without screws just for the pictures)





http://forum.pctuner.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38877&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

more info coming on monday!!!
the T-REX 2 is going to be available from july!!!
stay tuned!

 

with the T-rex 2 it will be available a special circuit (pci dummy) which gives the right power to the peltier to keep the temperature as low as possible preventing condensation: simply amazing!
prototypes:


one of the last reviews:

 

I asssume that's just the prototype -- looks a little ghetto for a commercially viable product IMHO.

 

yes you're right, just prototype pictures for now!!! (i would say very very ghetto style )
the final version should be released and presented to the audience next week

 

great looking product ya got there! good luck with the sellings

 

italian wbs are the best

unfortunately they still don't use rapids plug ... till now

 

Looks good. i hope you can get the electronics working right. alot of people have tryed but it never semes to work out very well.

One point on the block tho. Why are the inlet and outlet at the same end? For that block to work correctly they should be in oppisite corners so theres eaven waterflow through out the block. The way you have it now looks like flow will be consentrated at one end which is not a desirable feature

 

the eletronic card seems to work really nice

and the inlet - outlet have been tryed in different position and it is the same

there are months of work there

 

Ic. So what made you go for the ilogical design then??

You know theres more to designing blocks that what temp they can keep the cpu at. With that block one side of the cpu will be hotter than the other which is one of the major things block should try and avoid. I Dont want to pick too many holes in your work tho because your probably right that it makes no differance at all. Im just curious as why you made it that way round? Theres prolly a good reason

Overall it looks like a good peltier solution.

 

i didn't do that...i'm just taking around this to you

anyway i didn't said same temperature with different in-out
the try where made with water + air so you can see the bobble going around and it is sure that the full block has almost the same L/h (around 500)

so the die will not be hotter in some part...also because the die is small and the wb is very big

 

just a pic (edit)

http://www.pctuner.net/img_wb/t-rex/rex-p/flussi/flussi12.jpg

 

from the designer:

i'll try to translate it for you:
"i've made several test putting the inlet-outlet in opposite corners and in a central position but in the end there wasn't a significal change so i prefered to keep the simmetry of the wb.here under i'll show you a few test with a mixture of water and air which shows how the internal flow distributor works.the water distributes herself in every channel thanks to a particular study of the sections in the distribution chamber.
these are few pictures that i've made during a test at a determined folw rate of 300l/h with one of the first prototypes, to analyse how the flow was acting.for this purpose i've injected air to show the water's path.
as you can see the bubbles distributes themselves throughout all the channels,therefor there isn't a stagnation point.the water enters from the base and exits from the top.
in addition to this the test regarding heat dissipation confirm the high efficiency of the waterblock."

 

bellissimo!

 

Thanks for that. It just about answers my question

Its a interesting way of testing. Im not sure what that set of pics is spose to show but to me it just semes to prove my point as some pics show uneaven flow? or am i missing the point here??

 

i think this is made from the change of the air flow

anyway if you look when there are few bobble in the last part there are also few in the first part... so the flow is equilibrated

 

looks cool (forgive the pun)

 

Where will it be available?

 

The ONLY suggestion I have, as you seem to have a nice little block there, is to possibly make the cold plate a little smaller relative to the block, as with the swiftech designs. This makes it a little easier to insulate the coldplate and it still loks quite neat. I would also consider getting some neoprene pre cut to fit if this is a commercial product.

Other than that, nice work.

8-ball

 

hi 8ball!!!
with the control-card there will not be the necessity to cover the copperplate with neoprene the card has been tested for about 4 months now and works perfectly. being the card sold apart from the wb there will be also a version covered with neoprene where it needs.
i'm sorry i haven't still posted any data but the team that has created this small jewel had a little problem with the server. i hope to post everything tomorrow

 

and it works better