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would the Swiftech MCX370 make a good WB?
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JimboZ88 said:Does anyone think that the Swiftech MCX370 make a good WB?
It would be made like Hoot's Pin-fin Waterblock Linkage
It's only $8.50 canadian, so if any of you think it would make a good WB, it would be a sweet deal. Thanks in advance for any help you give
If it was copper I am sure you could have made something preaty good out of it, but its not so I would say stay away / keep looking for another alternative.
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The Akasa AK350 would be better, just like Hoot's Pin-fin block.
Maybe the Akasa silver mountain:
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=823
But from what Ive seen it looks like waterblocks with shorter pins/channels are better, rather than using something like that with 1inch fins...
Maybe the Akasa silver mountain:
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=823
But from what Ive seen it looks like waterblocks with shorter pins/channels are better, rather than using something like that with 1inch fins...
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Well, the baseplate is rather thick, so it wouldn't be that great of a waterblock, but it would work if you could seal it all up fine.
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ive wondered about turning a nice hs into a waterblock before, the idea has potential...
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Thanks for the reply's, i probably won't use it though, because i'd rather use copper. Does anyone know if melted down pennies would work well for a DIY WB? (besides being illegal )
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JimboZ88 said:Thanks for the reply's, i probably won't use it though, because i'd rather use copper. Does anyone know if melted down pennies would work well for a DIY WB? (besides being illegal
wouldnt it be easier to just hackup a heatsink thats all copper?
And what do you have that will be a mold and I really wanna know where you will get the 2000F of even heat from...
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Well the swiftech blocks are based primarily around the same idea, and they're in copper, and theyre relatively cheap. If you want to DIY, then thats groovy, but superior block are being made on that same premise. If any of you dont drift over to pro-cooling, this thread/article by pHaestus is quite illuminating.
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jamesavery22 said:
It's a project for metal class at school, so it's strictly DIY, i'm not really looking for an easy project, just something that i can work on at school. My instructor says that we can melt copper in the shop, so i won't doubt him.
