Can you turn a heatsink into a Waterblock?

bsspewer · Jul 6, 2003

i just got my SLK-7 in the other day and was looking at it with lots of gleam in my eye..when an idea hit me...Can you take a cpu heatsink and seal it up, then place barbs on it to turn it into a water block? has someone done it?

I.M.O.G. · Jul 6, 2003

Yup it's been done. Hoot did this with a heatsink not too long ago, although his approach was a little more labor intensive than just sealing it up and using it as is. I'll link you in a minute.

Here you are, the first attempt went awry, but I think he got the second one right:

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185764

sandman001 · Jul 6, 2003

I haven't seen Hoot in a while.....

I.M.O.G. · Jul 6, 2003

Look here... http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=401404

He hasn't been actively posting at all, hopefully everything is alright with him and he's just busy with other things.

mfpmax · Jul 6, 2003

Thats how they did it back in the day.

http://mfpmax.tripod.com/oc2/wblock.html

JFettig · Jul 6, 2003

the slk series would be a very bad one to do it to. theres like 9000% extra fin space than can be used.

Jon

Imacrzyprsn · Jul 6, 2003

maybe some of the thermaltake volcano 7's or 9's....I think they would be worth a try perhaps, or maybe look around and find some more munday fully copper ones and mod those a bit? I dont' see the SLK's as being a great one to mod because of how wide and extra space they have. But I'm sure it's possible to do a nice job within reason. And then there is always the part of how you want your water to flow throught the block.

JFettig · Jul 6, 2003

its how tall, how thick the base is, how the water would flow, etc. There is very few heatsinks that are suitable for waterblock conversion.

Jon

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