Cooling wonky idea. will this work??

I've got the designs for a block lol but im too lazy to make it especally when you can get a perfectly good TDX or nice storm. Id rather make more interesting things like cases grills etc...

 

thank you all for replying.

i dont have access to CNC rigs, but i have access to a 1:50 pantograph.
a peson here makes dies/dice (sp?) for automatic injection moulding machines.
i have access to his workshop for a modest fee.

MDK, if you would allow, can i have your designs?
i can study them, and make some of my own designs - or copy yours blatantly!

i have assumed a heat flux of 30 watts per square cm for all my blocks - for the calculations.
the component, that will generate the most heat are the processors. 60 watts.
they have a contact area of ~2 cm * 2 cm (approx)
dividing 4 sqcm by 60 watts, i get 15 watts per sqcm. doubling that for safety's sake, i arrive at 30 w/sqcm.

is this adequate?

i am thinking of going for dissimilar metals for the blocks. Cu on the bottom and Alu on the top. i have access to nuclear grade 'flat channel explosive welding' - for joining the two.
have any of you used these kinds of blocks??

good idea? wonky? bad? opinions will be appreciated.

i finally got a place where i can buy distilled copper blocks.
and so cheap! i am amazed. they have standard sizes and shapes.
and if i give them time, they can make me custom shapes at no extra charge!!

only INR 400 per kilo! thats something like USD 10


i am interested in looks and esthetics, too.
but for me, performance takes a higher priority.


please keep the comments flowing. you do not know how much your comments are helping me.
thanx!
Ark!

 

just had another idea, searched the net, but couldnt find anything conclusive.

is there anything SOLID / RUBBERY that is highly heat conductive, but electrically inert??

thanx,
Ark!

 

Keep everything in the watercooling loop copper, or brass. No aluminium or you will get galvanic corrosion eating through it. There are ways to slow this process down with additives and such, but none as good as simply not using any aluminium in the first place.

8-ball

 

Let me clarify that: don't have raw aluminum. If it's anodized, or the entire loop is aluminum, it's fine. Don't mix metals - exposed Al with copper is bad, but anodized al is inert. And it doesn't eat through anything, it just makes a goopy mess. It's only harmful if you manage to clog something with it, like an accelerator plate in a waterblock.

 

Remember the aluminum topper Whitewater blocks? I'm sure they'd not have existed if there was a problem.

I run anodized Alu and Cu with distilled water and some assorted fluids.

 

thank you all for replying.

ok, so i try to stay away from dissimilar metals. for now at least.
later on, who knows?

i have shortlisted my list of heat-yes-electricity-no substances to ~20 items.
now to get some samples and physically test them.
'Dr. Beck' is a godsend
your experiences, and some compound names will definitely help in this regard.

i my heat flux assumption okay? i would like your thoughts on that matter.

Ark!