Designing a new type of waterblock

[Murdoch]

I have a piece of aluminum from a machine shop, and I have designed the channels. What I need to know now is the dimensions of the CPU mounting holes on an A7V333. Both google and a local search have turned up nothing.

pics to follow (I hope.)

[n00b 0f l337]

I think you need to re-think your alluminum decision. If there is any copper in the loop corrosion will form. Bad bad. Make a copper waterblock.

[MaxxxRacer]

dont use aluminum. as what noob said (he asked me this :rolleyes: ) if u have any copper in the system (and you will) it will cuase galvanic corrosion and ull get a nice little hole in ur waterblock.

[IFMU]

Granted al is not as good as copper, but it works. As far as worries about the mixing metals, there are ways to fix that too.
The A7V333 is socket a right? If so heres specs for you.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=33131

[Murdoch]

There won't be any copper in the system. I have access to a small plot of land right by my living room window. I'm going to run lines to a large reservoir (think water-cooler bottle), and bury that in the ground at about four feet down.

BTW, thanks IFMU.

[BRiT]

And what sort of pipes will you be using to run out to the burried reservoir?

[MaxxxRacer]

ok well as long as u dont mix metals u should be ok... though copper would still be the optimum solution. but if u have ready access to aluminum its hard to argue that.

[Top Nurse]

If you have multiple metals in your cooling loop the AC Fluid (http://www.sharkacomputers.com/aqcoacflnonc.html) made by Aqua Computer will get rid of the problem.

[One_Hertz]

The additives will help slow the procesess but by no means stop it. Get ready for maxxx's officiaal xs greeting :rolleyes:

[n00b 0f l337]

Yeah, welcome to XS Nurse, were you will get extremely good at destroying your system. :woot:

That will only slow it down. There is some process, stupid me doesnt know the name, that you can coat/do some crap to the Al to make it okay. But do you have alluminum bottle/tube to put in the ground?

[Murdoch]

That will only slow it down. There is some process, stupid me doesnt know the name, that you can coat/do some crap to the Al to make it okay. But do you have alluminum bottle/tube to put in the ground?

Anodization.

I hadn't really thought of that, but I may check into that if only to give it some looks.

Side note: I just did a quick google search on how to do anodizing. and I got an idea. I'm going with a two tone look. A dark color for the outside and a light color for the top and the channels.

And the bottle will be plastic.



And what sort of pipes will you be using to run out to the burried reservoir?

Clear PVC tubing.

[Weapon]

If you have multiple metals in your cooling loop the AC Fluid (http://www.sharkacomputers.com/aqcoacflnonc.html) made by Aqua Computer will get rid of the problem.

The same Top Nurse from [H]?

Welcome to Xtreme!!! :woot:

[jinu117]

The same Top Nurse from [H]?

Welcome to Xtreme!!! :woot:

My thoughts exactly :) Welcome :)