I found a new heat conductor

[res0r9lm]

well I didn't find it. emailed from procooling. 3 1/2 times better than aluminum.carbon foam

 

[Diggrr]

Not so new, but very interesting. I think the brand name is PocoFoam. The price is way up there, but when that comes down, I think some of the waterblock engineers here are waiting to get some for testing out.
The interface is a little difficult, cause it leaks like a seive, and can't be soldered to.

 

[res0r9lm]

bummer atleast you could use it as a heat spreader

 

[Diggrr]

I'm sure someone will wedge it into a block that has a removable top to force water through it and keep good contact with the surfaces inside. It'd slow down the flow, but the huge surface area might make up for it.

 

[MiseryQ]

They sent me the PDF to get a sample but the info they want is beyond me... Using it in a water block to increase surfae area would be the way to go...

Now ,would thermal epoxy work with the foam?!?

 

[Diggrr]

Probably would, but keep in mind it's one more thermal interface for the heat to travel through. I gather the stuff is fairly rigid like florist's foam or something, so a force fit would work pretty good as long as the cell structure wasn't crushed too much.

Of course, I'm running on second hand info, so I may just be full of it ...like that's never happened.

 

[Bender]

Spode got a sample of the foam and used it in one of his waterblocks. Check out spodesabode.com

 

[Shroomer]

Here is what I don't understand. It's foam which means that there is air mixed in which is an insulator.Perhaps if it were designed into a waterblock with a silverbase molen into the bottom of a block and then sealed around it, but for a heatsink I just don't understand the practicality.

 

[woodenman80]

All credit

I love the idea of the poco foam and i feel that probably in aircooled riggs it will kick ***!. It looks a little hmmm dodgy in water cooled setups maybe not on the short term but definately as a permant block ?

Still I love spodes modding!!..
WTG