Finished my new WB!! (PICS)

[bobn4burton]

I just finished my new water block and put it in my system last night. So far I'm pretty impressed. I had a Maze3 previous to this block. With my new waterblock I'm getting about 1-2 degrees cooler than with my Maze3!! So it might not be quite like a Cather WW...but not too bad for my first block ever!:):)

I did this project with a friend and he made an exact replica of my block. He had a Koolance WB previous and he is getting about 5 degrees cooler with our new blocks!

Here are some pics...

The copper we started with. The two small, thinner pieces are for cold plates...(We're gonna TEC it up later this summer...)
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb1.jpg

This is during the milling process...The block is coming to life...:)
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb2.jpg

And here is the finished block...
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb3.jpg

[bobn4burton]

We decided to put a plexi top on so we could see our hard work...
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb4.jpg

The block and top together...
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb5.jpg

The finished product...:)
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb6.jpg

And here it is nestled in my case...(I know the wires are a mess...I'll get to those in a few days)
http://cc.usu.edu/~roblb/wb7.jpg

So what do you guys think?

[WhiteHawk]

that is one beautiful block, i dont care how it performs!

[Korndog]

OMG, I WANT IT!!!
did u mill it yourself or did u hire someone to do it??
plan on making more? selling maybe?? ;-)

[bobn4burton]

Did it all myself...
Just drew it all up in MasterCam and milled that sucker out...:)
I used the mill at my University...(so it was FREE)

[WejRepus]

performance aside, that is definatley an amazing piece of work. very clean looking and good choice putting on a poly top.
i would recommend some UV dye to show off the block more in the dark

[Korndog]

i know this isn't on the topic, but which university do u go to?? are taking mec. eng., oh wait, is that your homework in the picture? electronic eng??
I hope calpoly has mills, i'll be making blocks all day.

[bobn4burton]

haha...I got to Utah State University in Logan, UT...
I just finished my senior year in Electrical engineering and will finish my Masters next year...

It's always fun to have a little hobby on the side:)

[Super Nintendo]

how does that block preform. I'm just wondering but it a sweet job, nice and clean.

[bobn4burton]

It performs pretty good...
I mentioned that it gets about 1-2 C colder than a Maze3 and about 5 C colder than a Koolance 200g block.

I'm getting 33-34 idle temps with 39-40 Full load temps on an original IT7 with a 2.4b c1 overclocked to 3.0 Ghz

[Super Nintendo]

well again nice job with some nice temps. You could probably make some money off the block if you want and sell it to people on this forum. Only if you get enough people to want it.

[bobn4burton]

I'd love to sell it...but don't know if it would be feasible...

It took 4.5 hours just to mill the copper block. The plexi was pretty easy. We milled the whole thing out with a 2mm endmill.

[Super Nintendo]

oh, ya they do take a while.

[TyRex]

:drool::drool::drool: that looks like an excellent pelt block

[bobn4burton]

TyRex...good observation!
That's exactly what we designed it for!!:)
I'll be getting to the Pelt this summer

[Ct. Strangelove]

WOW!!! very nice for the first go around!

I bet your program took at least 3-4 hours

diy is the best there ever will be

[CrashOveride]

very nice looking block!!!
:D

[Emericana]

that is the nicest looking piece of copper i have ever seen :D

[blackhabit]

OMG you mind making me one, lol NO i am serious. how much.
that is soooooooooooo sweeeeeeeeeeeet

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Man, We have Some Talented People on these forums, Very Nice block.

[Excelsior]

Taht is the absolute most sexy block in the history of man kind

[JFettig]

wow man, thats lookin awesome, one thing you should do is ream out the barbs, the ID of them look pretty small.

Youll want to make your cold plate 3/8" thick. less looses performance quite a bit, but more doesnt loose it too bad.

I would suggest make the block lower profile. for the pelt block, itll lower the flow a tad, but itll increase velocity.

Jon

[pokpok]

really nice block! omg its like...immaculate or something. and such a nice piece of copper

one thing though. clean the wires in your case. MOM SAYS :) :p

[SiliconX]

Gorgeous block dude. You could easily sell those bad boys :D

[JML]

the looks of your block are comparable to Winflex's block! :)

[Giblet Plus!]

Very nice. How easy is it to use university equipment for this kind of thing? Is it just a matter of knowing the right people? ;)

[TyRex]

how long did it take to mill from start to finish?

[Hoot]

Looks like it should do a great job cooling a peltier device! "Mill Access Envy" big time here.

Hoot

[bobn4burton]

TyRex--It took about 4.5 hours to mill just the main copper block:(

Giblet--YEP...I know a cool mechanical engineer who got me access!

POK--I really do need to clean the wires up...I'll get to that soon.

The inside diameter of the barbs are 3/8" which is the same as my tubing. So it wouldn't do a whole lot to make them bigger. The profile is actually lower than the picture showing the block(with my homework underneath). That picture was taken before we planed the bottom surface off. We took about 3mm off the bottom. The cross-sectional area of the channel in the block is just SLIGHTLY less than my tubing. So the flow rate is gonna be just slightly faster through the block.

Thanks for all the comments guys...I really put a lot of time into this and it's nice to show it off!! I'm sure you all you DIY'ers know what I'm talkin about...:)

[Yodums]

Wow, looks very professional, cept those wires! :D Just kidding!

Nice block, I'm sure it'll perform fine.