Best Water Block Design

[Luie]

Mazed design or Spiral design?

[The Overclocker]

there is not much between them unless the water is not going direct to the middle of the maze design

[UnaClocker]

Actually, in my tests, I've found this simplistic design to beat the maze and even the Maze1C which is virtually a spiral by 2-3 degrees.
http://una.procooling.com/nanoblock/next_to_chip2.jpg
Just a straight shot through the really small block. Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. ;)

[JML]

I'm guessing that block favors a high flow rate? ;)

[UnaClocker]

Not so much a high flow as a high velocity. The internal channel is only 1/8", just like the 1/8NPT hose barbs it has.

[Luie]

That is some cool block!

[mw521]

Originally posted by UnaClocker
Actually, in my tests, I've found this simplistic design to beat the maze and even the Maze1C which is virtually a spiral by 2-3 degrees.
http://una.procooling.com/nanoblock/next_to_chip2.jpg
Just a straight shot through the really small block. Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. ;) Want me to make you a mount for that block? I don't like just glueing to a cpu.:beer:

[Stephen Castles]

it looks good for direct die cooling, but for a peltier it out of the question. i'm making a block, once it's done i will post pictures of it, it's gonna make extra holes for a peltier cold plate, just if i need a peltier later on.

[tahustvedt]

Here's my new block, I finished it today.It has a swirl channel inside.

http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool17.jpg
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool18.jpg
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool19.jpg
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool07.jpg

[Luie]

Welcome to the forum, tahustvedt.

That is some cool water block! the surfaces are very flat too.
Hope you get some good temps. out of it.

Luie

[Stephen Castles]

you should get good temps, looks like a homemade copy of the danger den maze-1c;)

[tahustvedt]

Thanks.

I hope so. :) It was fun making. I like the nanoblock, very simple design and should be easy to make. I'll make one with increased surface-area on the inside.

[Stephen Castles]

i think the trick is to have the water moving VERY VERY fast through the block

[Borgy]

Not bad sparil block that .. just one thing im an engineer (tool room)
the smoother the inside you get the better warter flow therefor better cooling ;)
im making my block in the new year when i have some ££££££ (yes im a limey :p)




got my xp1800+ up to 1.7ghz and a bit ,but its very unstable its stable @ 1.6ghz
I think its an over heating problem, its still air cooled and in a small case

Ps new to overclocking

[Spartacus51]

I'll be making my block soon as well. Need to get all my parts together yet so I'm in no real hurry. Also have access to a tool/die maker, so mine will be smooth spiral. Only have one real question, how is there so much variance between what different people say. I've read posts claiming turbulence is good, and the root of all evil. I've read that slow flow rates are best, letting water trickle away, and I've read that higher flow is better. Let's get it all together.

[tahustvedt]

I made a Nanoblock-wannabe today. My block will have copper pipes soldered to the ends. It's easy to make, I thought, so I made one real quick.

I'm a bit worried it might be too slim for the core of Athlon XP. I don't have an Athlon to measure. It's 11,2mm wide and 24mm long.

Here it is:
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool20.jpg
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool21.jpg

And here it is compared to the other block and a K6-2:
http://spots.flatland.com/tahustvedt/cool22.jpg

Now I can try both flow and turbulence, eh? :)

[ButcherUK]

Originally posted by Spartacus51
I'll be making my block soon as well. Need to get all my parts together yet so I'm in no real hurry. Also have access to a tool/die maker, so mine will be smooth spiral. Only have one real question, how is there so much variance between what different people say. I've read posts claiming turbulence is good, and the root of all evil. I've read that slow flow rates are best, letting water trickle away, and I've read that higher flow is better. Let's get it all together.

According to BillA's tests waterblocks need high flow, as high as you can manage basically. Slow flow benefits the radiator but as the waterblock is almost always the bottleneck in a system go for high flow.

[UnaClocker]

Originally posted by mw521
Want me to make you a mount for that block? I don't like just glueing to a cpu.:beer:
Hehe.. What kind of hold down? Lexan/Plexiglass that uses the 4 holes? That might be nice.. I have one for that block that uses the 3 lugs on each side of my socket, but my damn motherboard has an SMD component under one of the lugs that won't let me use one of them.. heh.. How much you want for that hold down?
Also.. I have 3 more NanoBlocks on the way to me from OCWC, ideas I suggested that he agreed might work (he tossed out about 5 ideas before I grasped the concept of what was really going on inside that block and proposed some ideas that would work nicely).. :)

[Stephen Castles]

well, you could send a block to me:D

[Frodo Baggins]

fs Unaclocker, can you sell me one of those nanos? Chip told me he would send me a free waterblock, if I'd send him money for shipping, but that eas like 3 months ago that he got my money. I want one of those cheap nanos, but I'm not willing to wait a year (or never) to get one from OCWC

[Stephen Castles]

why is everyone asking for the block:) I want one, and i am gonna be with a new hardware review site, if the site ever gets finished, i'm looking to get on with a hardware review site somewhere, but i dont know where:( So if i get with i site, a free one might be a reality:D