ideal thickness of coldplate for 172 watt pelt?

[Warlord2]

I was thinking about 1/4" or 3/8"?


a maze2 water block will be cooling it

[Thelemac]

Here's (http://www.overclockers.com/articles305) a good article from the front page about this. :)

[Warlord2]

thanks

I must of missed that article

[Warlord2]

I think I will try a 3/8"

[dimmreaper]

I'd go with 3/8" copper/sivler alloy if you have the fundage to invest . . .

[Warlord2]

where can I get a copper/silver alloy?

and how much are they?

I was planing just to go with copper but if its not too much I will try the copper/silver alloy

[BillA]

Warlord2

I know of only 1 CuSIL coldplate (and I introduced the matl to OCers in that article)
GOD from Aus (who sometimes posts here) had one cast (but I have some reservations)

if you have $600+ you no longer need
do a search here for cusil, GOD, and BillA

if still interested do the same search on overclockers.com.au

be cool

[Warlord2]

I think I will just stick with pure copper........hehe

[dimmreaper]

Originally posted by Warlord2
I think I will just stick with pure copper........hehe Yeah, sounds like a good Idea to me too. I'd gotten the impression in the past that Cusil was only a little more expensive than silver. I'd still consider a silver coldplate though . . . .

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Silver is much more expensive than copper and conducts heat only a little better. Plain ol' copper should serve you well.