Im getting into watercooling for the first time and have been reading up on it a lot. Im very suprised not to see more home made waterblocks. I was wondering if someone explain why. Personally I think I have all of the tools that would be needed to create a waterblock for WAY under what is being charged for the retail waterblocks. I was also wondering if anyone could suggest a good place to find blueprints, or plans for homemade designs that people have created and can vouch for their effectiveness. Thanks.
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DIY Waterblocks
- Thread starter Karnal
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This is a project I did a couple years ago.
CPU WB
ProCooling Forum
has a lot of info on water block design.
CPU WB
ProCooling Forum
has a lot of info on water block design.
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Wow...very impressive work
, wish I had the tools, time and skills to do that...
, wish I had the tools, time and skills to do that...- Joined
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That's an insane WB. Why suck tiny barbs though? :x
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WonderingSoul said:
those were placeholders from a previous system. Initially I started with 3/8. Now everything is 1/2, just to make things simple and interchangeable between setups.
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Running caseless? heh, nice.
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if your reasonably skilled with powertools and can do some math, you can still do it yourself. I would have loved to do it but it came down to cost for tools ect and knowing what im doing heh.
People used to make em all the time, but with so many options out there, and even the cheapy ones performing decently, there is kinda no point unless your a machinist with nothing better to do or you just have to have somthing really custom.
I think prices are getting a little rediculous though. $70 for a fuxion? wtf. i remember when the top end Dangerden was like $40 TOPS. and you could get some decent maze styles for $20 or less.
People used to make em all the time, but with so many options out there, and even the cheapy ones performing decently, there is kinda no point unless your a machinist with nothing better to do or you just have to have somthing really custom.
I think prices are getting a little rediculous though. $70 for a fuxion? wtf. i remember when the top end Dangerden was like $40 TOPS. and you could get some decent maze styles for $20 or less.
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to the forum, Karnal. In olden times (maybe 4 years ago), there were a lot more posts about DIY waterblocks. But now there are several very well engineered blocks in mass production. The average DIY effort will not perform as well as these, and most people would rather spend $50 than take the time to machine their own anyway. I still think DIY is a viable option, though, especially for low-heat components and where no commercial designs will fit.
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COTS parts have definitely gotten worlds better in the past few years. Especially with guys like Joe C, Cathar, Eddie EK, Rokk (I know theres more of you, just shooting from the top of my head) all contributing to the commercial cooling market instead of just selling basement built hardware in small batches. The days of taking a neat idea, machining a piece of stock and hoping to match or beat off the shelf hardware are few and far between.
Were in the land of diminsihing returns boys. This horse has been riden hard. Though I'm sure there's still a few neat tricks out there to be exploited.
...and it will probably start with a basement built block.
Were in the land of diminsihing returns boys. This horse has been riden hard. Though I'm sure there's still a few neat tricks out there to be exploited.
...and it will probably start with a basement built block.
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A little off topic, but where did you get the oscilloscope in the back of the pic?noxqzs said:
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the_cultie said:
Tektronix.
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