Heatsink/Waterblock

Well, I was looking at my old heatsink from my Valcanoe 11+ Xaser Ed... its all copper. I was thinking about turning it into a water block but keeping the fins on and just soldering on other peices of coper over the fins. Do you think this would conduct heat to the water better than having no fins and just the copper base? Of course all other issues like corrosion ect. will be taken into consideration.

ive thought about that kind of thing (aircooling HS -> WC block) but it probably doesnt work too well.

If you are looking for a low cost waterblock for your first system, I'd advise buying one used from the classifieds or possibly ebay (be careful). You can spend alot of time trying to save a little money. I've seen older-model decent blocks go for $20 in the classifieds.

If you are just experimenting, you know it's a hobby thing so have fun!

Yea i wanted to compare to see if the fins inside the waterblock would help transfer heat into the water better than just a hollow waterblock with no fins.

Its been done many times if you look at the overclockers.com. They always did good but I havent seen one on one of the newer chips that pump out tons of heat.