- Joined
- Aug 13, 2001
- Location
- Bergen, Norway
So, still many months untill my house will be completed, with WC built in. But I'm pondering different things to do.. My system will have access to a lot of cold water, so I'm working on how to maximize efficiency and cooling while (hopefully) keeping it totalt fanless.
So, what about mounting the mb right on a copper slab? (with silicone thermal interface fabric on it to prevent shorts) And solder a copper pipe to the slab with water flowing through it.. If the mb has a fairly uniform height on stuff on the backside, every solder point should contact the silicone thermal interface material and you get a cooling path there..
Will probably not be enough to cool mosfets/nb, but should keep the entire board cooler? Prevent hotspots you usualy get from fanless systems?
Worth any more thought?
So, what about mounting the mb right on a copper slab? (with silicone thermal interface fabric on it to prevent shorts) And solder a copper pipe to the slab with water flowing through it.. If the mb has a fairly uniform height on stuff on the backside, every solder point should contact the silicone thermal interface material and you get a cooling path there..
Will probably not be enough to cool mosfets/nb, but should keep the entire board cooler? Prevent hotspots you usualy get from fanless systems?
Worth any more thought?