Geforce 3 waterblock....

[RainMaQer]

Just did this one last night... All that's left to do is the plugs on the side. Whatcha think?

[Bender]

Looks nice. I'll be making a few water blocks for CPUs and video cards pretty soon so how about telling a little more about what you did. Is the block cross drilled?

[Warlord2]

yea is it cross drilled or like a maze or spiral?

[RangerJoe]

look here for the ultimate gf3 watercooling (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909585&m=8090999182&p=1)

[VashTheStampede]

Originally posted by RangerJoe
look here for the ultimate gf3 watercooling (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909585&m=8090999182&p=1)

BladeRunnerUK is a god, if I remember it correctly, Nvidia offered him several GeForce 3's for that watercooling setup (His first one, not the one you linked to).

~Vash~

[RainMaQer]

I was hoping no one would ask that:D

Ok... This one I had to use my grandparents shop and ONLY this shop (my uncles was out of the question). The G-parents no longer have a metal drill press... only a shop smith for wood... ain't no way I was gonna use a $6000+ peice of equipment for the wrong job.... so I was left with hand drills:p and a vice. I started by cutting the aluminum to spec (2"X1 7/8"). Then I used the grinder to even the egdes a little. Once the edges were more or less flat I used the sander to smooth them out. The the fun part. I had to get the holes for mounting EXACT. These are really small holes so they can't be off... I used a wood duplicate of my block to mark the holes with small nails (put them through the holes of the card and make a little indentation on the wood) then drilled the holes in the wood. Then I just drilled the metal through the wood... EXACT:D Now that the mounting was done... time for the chambers. I wrapped the block in a cloth so that the vice wouldn't mark up the surface of the block. Clamped it in the vice. Then broke out the high speed (noisy as heck) drill with a 5/16 bit. Drilling wasn't too bad... just had to stand on the work bench and look down on it so I could make sure it was straight. I drilled the main chambers first. Only went a little more than half way. Then drilled the cross chambers. I only went half way so that after I drilled the cross chambers I could drill the rest of the way an not go too far. Looks a lot cleaner inside this way. After the drilling I broke out the trusty tap and die set... and threaded the holes. I used the 3/8 one (5/16 drill=3/8 thread). I used plastic fittings because ace sucks... but it work out because the fitting were the wrong size... different threads and all. So I pushed down REAL hard and turned them with a wrench. This caused the original threads of the fitting to come off and it to re-thread itself eleviating the need for sealant.;) The plugs I'll be making. I'm using bolts that will be covered with a waterproof sealant on the threads then cut off flush with the sides of the block. The only issue I have yet to solve is the mounting. The holes of the GF3 have metal spacers in them. They are VERY small and the smallest bolts I've found are 6/32 and are just a hair too big. Sorry guys I'm not too good at typing out long stuff. Enjoy.:p

[RainMaQer]

Originally posted by RangerJoe
look here for the ultimate gf3 watercooling (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=77909585&m=8090999182&p=1)

WOW... that's beautiful... I wish I could get copper around here.:(

[Bender]

Dangerden sells copper stock if your interested.

[RangerJoe]

i have a block of copper that is 8" X 6" X 1" i got it for free from a friend of the family who owns a copper mill

[RainMaQer]

Whatcha think... should I order 1/2" or 3/4" thick?

[VashTheStampede]

Originally posted by RainMaQer
Whatcha think... should I order 1/2" or 3/4" thick?

I would say 3/4, bigger channels capable of being drilled.

~Vash~

[RainMaQer]

HAHAHA... I just had a flash of brilliance... I'll wait and order a couple bars of each:D

[Bender]

I ordered some aluminum in 3/4 and 1/2 from dangerden. Once I know what I'm doing I'll go with copper. Aluminum is so stinkin cheep I couldn't go wrong.

[RainMaQer]

That was my thought exactly. A local welding shop sold me a 3 foot bar for $11. Actually $10.50 but I wasn't worried about the change. And now my cousin and I are goin this weekend to look at our own drill press and talk to a guy that has a mill he might let us use (at his shop but hey it's still a mill):D

[RangerJoe]

you really cant go wrong with free though.....

[Warlord2]

I gotta get me some aluminum and start practicing

are the holes for the chipset on the mobo universal?
to even the mobos that havent came out yet?

[RainMaQer]

I think they are cause dangerden only has one chipset block... The holes are diagonaly across from each other...

[RainMaQer]

What do you guys think about the mounting on the vid card... are there any places on line that sell mounting kits? OR really thin bolts?

[Warlord2]

you may check out a hardware store (homedepot) sence there are some pretty thin bolts

you can also glue it on but that wouldnt be as effective

[Bender]

I'm thinking a water cooled peltier vid card cooler. Once I get the aluminum I'll make a bolt on plate for a video water block so I can use a pelt.

[RangerJoe]

do they make rectangular peltiers.....like that would fit on the memory.....thatd be sweet if you could do that

[Bender]

Not shure about rectangular pelts but I know they come in all sizez. I'm shure you could find pelts the size of ram chips.

[RangerJoe]

but then you would have to get 8 peltiers.....and thats overkill, where is a good place to buy pelts anyway

[RainMaQer]

Actually I'd just go with rectangular pelts... just do one for each row of chips... I'm not sure on measurements... but here (http://www.tellurex.com/resource/spec.htm) they list a 20x40....

[RangerJoe]

exactly, that is what i would want to do
but i dont know if they make pelts that size

[RainMaQer]

What IS the size we're talking about? Might be able to find some...:D