make my own north bridge heatsink?

[jaibot]

hey guys,
so my friend has an old bad comp and i am quite bored so i thought it would be fun to try and make my own heatsink for the northbridge. I have tons of sheel aluminum, aluminum fin (good idea or do), aluminum pie plates, and a lot of other scrap metal. I have a few basic ideas but i was wondering if you guys had any ideas for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[roofsniper]

northbridge heatsinks are pretty basic as you can tell by the aftermarket designs.

[jaibot]

yeah i know, but i was wondering if anyone had any tips. And i was thinking of trying to make heatpipes of some sort, but i need some direction on that.

[inCore]

I wouldn't try making heatpipes myself, they're filled with a fluid. There at least used to be somebody here that made custom heatpipes as far as I remember.

[sirheck]

Yeah its a great idea, use your imagination.
Also a dremmel tool helps alot.

[roofsniper]

Also a dremmel tool helps alot.

lol is there another way? i love dremels.

[jaibot]

but what would i fill the heatpipes with? Just distilled water? im assuming the convection currents would work fairly well but im not too sure.

[sirheck]

but what would i fill the heatpipes with? Just distilled water? im assuming the convection currents would work fairly well but im not too sure.


If you use a heatpipe that has fluid in it and it is busted from cutting
dont worry about it.

Using a modded heatpipe/heatsink for a NB is fine just make sure
it has some airflow over it.

[tbone8ty]

hey guys,
so my friend has an old bad comp and i am quite bored so i thought it would be fun to try and make my own heatsink for the northbridge. I have tons of sheel aluminum, aluminum fin (good idea or do), aluminum pie plates, and a lot of other scrap metal. I have a few basic ideas but i was wondering if you guys had any ideas for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

i think there is a thread called "ghetto heatsinks" do a search ...some ideas to spark yur imagination

[Foxie3a]

but what would i fill the heatpipes with? Just distilled water?

I don't know how well filling it with water would work, but the heatpipes are filled with a gas, I don't know anything other than that. You can purchase heatpipes separately, do a google search.

[jaibot]

yeah, i have found the thread.
well can anyone help me on the heatpipe idea?
what to fill them with, etc

[Calmatory]

Forget about making your own heatpipes. Their performance will be questionable, and I doubt you will really need them.

Instead, what you need is block of copper or aluminium and a milling machine. Just mill so that you have as much surface area as possible. You could(possibly) also try to weld/solder fins, but this is quite much out of question unless you have proper equipment and experience of working with thin(< 0,5 mm) plates.

It could also be possible to stack a lot of copper fins(< 0,5mm) together and compress the fins together with high pressure(kiloton or more) then try to smelt the fins to weld them together and let it cool down, then mill it to have a even surface. Then just bend the fins apart from the other side, and you have a heatsink. There are better ways though.

[jaibot]

um, thanks but i dont have the resources or money to do this.....
i thought of the idea to try and save money

[inCore]

If you're looking to save money, it's not worth it. Even Zalman has some dirt cheap NB heatsinks that work fine, at least compared to what most people can pull of as a hobby project.

[jaibot]

yes, i just googled making your own heatpipes and it seems incredibly difficult. Maybe ill just see what i can do with some aluminum and solder

[roofsniper]

yes, i just googled making your own heatpipes and it seems incredibly difficult. Maybe ill just see what i can do with some aluminum and solder

just like incore said if you are only doing this for the fact of saving money then just buy some. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010110572%201374126194&bop=And&Order=PRICE nb heatsinks are pretty cheap to buy and would be best to just buy one unless you are wanting to make it for the fun of it.

[jaibot]

yeah it was mainly for the fun of it. I was also thinking about putting ram sinks on my friends ati 9800 pro, just for fun. I guess i would make them out of drilled aluminum