Homemade Waterblock question

[CizMeyeAzz]

Hello everyone,

This is one of the best Forums on the net because of the helpful members here and it is an honour to be a part of it.

I have a Kanie Hedgehog copper cooler that used to be amongst the best but just doesn't quite cut it for me anymore. I wanted to make it into a waterblock by giving the hedgehog a bit of a trim and enclose the sides and top with thick copper sheet metal.

I have no welding skills since I have never welded before. How would I put the thing together? Should JB Weld be strong enough? I am concerned about leaks and can't afford to buy a waterblock. I will be using it with a 350GPH magdrive waterpump and need something that can hold together well enough so it can handle the pressure.


Thanx

[CrazyDave]

I'm not sure about the pressure... but if you take plexiglass squares, and pick up some PVC fixtures for a few cents at say, home depot? Epoxy 5 pieces to the heatsink 4 to the sides and one on the top... plenty of epoxy btw... It should work fine, and you will be able to see the water in it as well. Without welding... that would be your best bet.

[CizMeyeAzz]

How about a PVC cap, There would have to be less areas to fill in which should prevent leaks. Also, if I use pure distilled water with antifreeze, would the antifreeze make the water conductive?

How well do you guys think the hedgehog would perform as a waterblock?


Cheers,

[Mr. $T$]

Tack welds will hold the block toghter gust fine. The problem is to get it water tight that takes experence. Your best bet is to take it to a fab shop it town and tell them to Gas and Metal Arc Weld (G.M.A.W.) it water tight. :D

That should solve your problem.

[Quizno]

http://www.geocities.com/biztyke1/block.html

that has some pics of my waterblock, i used an old SS7 HS trimmed and a PVC cap. been in operation for about a year now, and has performed just fine with no leaks. i used JB weld to glue the cap to the HS, i figure thats strong enough to hold it.

as a waterblock, mine works great(although some would beg to differ). MY DURON 700@1050 with a vcore of 2.2v has never seen anything higher than 43c. i would think if your using a higher quality HS to make it, yours might work better than mine.

next project for me is a bong cooler:):)

[CizMeyeAzz]

Those are pretty good temps Quizno, especially considering that your 1Gig Duron is running on 2.2volts and Durons are harder to cool.

Quizno, What are your room temperatures like?

I was fooling around with my 1Gig AMD Tbird AYHJA-Y Week26 and I got into windows at 1600MHZ and 5 minutes of Prime95 with my crappy Volcano5. Prime95 failed because CPU temps hit 52celcius


Cheers,

[Quizno]

well....right now my room temps are around 22c id say. heading into fall here as well(vancouver), so that helps. but its been running cool all through summer too. either im really lucky, made a damn good waterblock or my temp sensor is giving me wrong readings. in any case, my system is perfectly stable....and thats all that matters to me:)

ill probably be replacing the duron and mobo soon(my dad will get my current stuff) with a tbird 1.2ghz and an epox 8k7a....wanna go ddr:). ill see if there are any differences in temperatures.

[CizMeyeAzz]

Wow,

I'm your neighbour :), I live in Burnaby. I am using the 8K7A with my 1Gig and its an awesome motherboard but you need a PSU that has alot of juice because the 8K7A is power hungary. I would have bought a DangerDen Maze2 if our Canadian Dollar was doing better but its just plummeting more and more each day. Your waterblock design is simple but effective, just the design I need.



Cheers,

[Autolectrician]

Cut your pieces! find a good radiater shop and they can slap it together in no time key is to have every thing fitted before hand. even tap in your outlets a good solder guy can whip it right out and test it under pressure at the same time.