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Overclocker Stan
11-05-01, 07:59 PM
Ok I have a design for a new waterblock. I want to find out if it will be a good design so I came to the source, Overclockers Forums.

Ok has everyone see the new Swiftech heatsinks with the helical pin design. Well I was thinking to myself what if you took that desing and added water to the equation? I was thinking of cutting a water block out of copper and instead of a simple maze desing it would be made of many helical pins like a heatsink with water running through it.

Now I also was thinking about extending the pins out of the waterblock and making them into a heatsink and attaching a fan to create a dual cooler. I was wondering if this would have much of an effect on the temperature and if I could make these pins run out of the block without creating leaks.

Now I just thought to myself and said I could make a waterblock. Drill holes in it and get some screwes and thread the hole in the block, after appling silicon I could thread the screws in, cut off the heads to create that helical pin desing by rounding off the top of the screw. Than I could attach a fan.

Anyways I will try creating this myself and test it on some industrial applications before putting it my PC and I will give you the benchmarks, but by all means before I do all this please provide comments and opinions. I think this will work great basic theorically the helical pin design will increase surface area and heat dispersion.

Thanks

Please reply all comments accepted and please no one take this idea without my consent.:mad:

Thelemac
11-05-01, 08:16 PM
Is this (http://www.overclockers.com/tips321/) similar to what you had in mind?

William
11-05-01, 08:22 PM
its a good idea, but a channel waterblock is cheaper and does just as well if not better.

plague
11-05-01, 09:58 PM
i think itd be a good back up, if the pump fails and you had a fan on the pins that are sticking out. i read an article somewhere on oc.com where a guy just put an old cooler on top of a waterblock and turned the pump off. Temp rose to 69C, and stablized. Not great, but the point is that the cpu didnt blow up the entire east coast. Your idea with pins coming right out of the block would do much better i think. give it a try