My $9.69 waterblock

Kbofwy · Jun 14, 2004

Got some construction done today on my newest waterblock. Here's the internals before soldering:

Here it is all soldered together and ready for trimming and polishing:

This is the first block I've soldered together so I hope it doesn't leak. Has anyone had a soldered block leak? The only solder I had laying around is 60/40 tin/lead, was that ok to use?

Turd Furguson · Jun 14, 2004

My I hope you dont crush your core with the way the block is designed but I am sure you factored this in already.

magick_man · Jun 14, 2004

that looks pretty sweet.
i am not sure about strength. if you did a good solder job then you should be fine unless you are running some crazy high amounts of pressure.
btw do you have any pics of the bottom inside of the wb?
just want to see it
oh and i was also wondering where you were going to put it cpu,gpu,nb?
hope it works out for you

~Magick_Man~

Big_Baller · Jun 14, 2004

More pics! :clap:

specs! Proformance! Results!

Kbofwy · Jun 14, 2004

Turd Furguson said:
My I hope you dont crush your core with the way the block is designed but I am sure you factored this in already.

Yeah, I better add some mounting support to the retention plate. I can do that :thup:

magick_man said:
btw do you have any pics of the bottom inside of the wb? just want to see it
oh and i was also wondering where you were going to put it cpu,gpu,nb?

It's a CPU block and I've got some matching GPU and NB blocks in the works too. Nope, I don't have any pics of the inside base. It's just a simple flat copper disk. I'm not sure yet how well it will work, but I just wanted to try this simple idea I had stuck in my head.

Big_Baller said:
More pics! specs! Proformance! Results!

Soon I hope! Got to get it pretty first.

Soja · Jun 14, 2004

No dimples alligned with the jets?

I like it anyway. :beer:

Kbofwy · Jun 17, 2004

Finished cleaning it up. Here's a bigger pic that I used for an avatar:

And here's a pic with the retention plate on it:

Yeah, there's no contact with the crush pads on the CPU, but I've gone without them before, I just take extra care when installing it.

Soja said:
No dimples alligned with the jets?

I wanted to put some in the base, but I had no way of making sure they were lined up with the jets. Oh, well. It was a cheap and quick project. No big loss if it doesn't perform up to standard. I should have this block wet by tommow and post some temps.

DayUSeX · Jun 17, 2004

awesome job i cant wait to see how it performes!

Aphex_Tom_9 · Jun 17, 2004

if they work well you could make more and sell 'em

JFettig · Jun 17, 2004

oh man, your hiding the beauty! you should get a lexan hold down or something.

How did you polish so nicely around the barbs and everything?

Jon

Neco · Jun 17, 2004

I noticed the ifferent shades as well. I am wondering what the bright yellow shade on the bottom of the block is - not a solid brass layer I hope ?

Kbofwy · Jun 17, 2004

JFettig said:
oh man, your hiding the beauty! you should get a lexan hold down or something.

How did you polish so nicely around the barbs and everything?

Thanks, that hold down was just a quick and dirty job to get something to anchor it. I salvaged the piece from a previous waterblock top that got ruined in assembly. The aluminum contrasting the brass/copper is kinda growing on me.

For getting rid of the dremel drum sanding marks, I used a piece of 400grit wet/dry wrapped around an aluminum rod mounted in a lathe. I just held the block by hand and worked it all the way around. That's what gives the block body the nice satin look. Then I used a small dremel polishing wheel mounted in a collet on the lathe for final polishing. It was small enough to get between the barbs.

Neco said:
I noticed the ifferent shades as well. I am wondering what the bright yellow shade on the bottom of the block is - not a solid brass layer I hope ?

The bright layers are in fact brass, but the bottom layer I cut a hole in the center and then covered it with a disk of copper. You can sorta see the disk in some of the pics. I don't expect it to be a great performer, but I should know later tonight!

ls7corvete · Jun 17, 2004

Wow very nice, I second the make more to sell, especially at 10$ jk...only in my dreams, sigh.

DarkDraco · Jun 17, 2004

that thing looks sexy! hope it works as good as it looks...

ZachM · Jun 18, 2004

That's very nice looking indeed. I think doing little more work by adding turbulance where the water flows would make it perform much better. I guess we'll see how it does in its current state.

Voodoo Rufus · Jun 18, 2004

Nice DIY job. Look forward to seeing performance results. It looks to work nicely.

f00t · Jun 18, 2004

hats off to you, thats one nice custom block. hook it u asap and tell us how it does

JFettig · Jun 18, 2004

alright, yeah, I have always had a hard time polishing between the barbs, I really havent put too much time into it though, what I do sometimes is chuck up a 120 grit flap wheel in my lathe and use that for either the first bit of polishing or I just leave it with the brushed look.

Jon

sandman001 · Jun 18, 2004

I always just usesome hand files and some 600grit sandpaper.

slater3333uk · Jun 18, 2004

Very nice. Like the holddown aswell

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