Some pics of my newest waterblock "Brute Force"
My Q6600 G0 just showed up today which was an excellent reason to make a nice beefy block to cool it. After about six hours at the shop...
Dissasembled view
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Lower plate top
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Lower plate bottom
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2nd section top- the lower plate drops in and is sealed on its underside by the center o-ring.
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In place with top of 3rd section pictured.
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Bottom of 3rd section. The channels were used to allow some water over the tops of the pins and slightly reduce the impingement.
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3rd section in place. I beveled the tops of the pins to reduce resistance to water entering the pin matrix.
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Yes, I actually put "Brute Force" on the top. :rolleyes: Cheesy, I know... it is sort of a joke actually. It stemmed from the idea to take the brute force approach and make a huge pin matrix and resulting huge block. There are only so many pins you can cram into a certain area, so eventually you just have to increase that area. The flow is laminar across the block but it doesn't matter because this isn't a block like the fusion with a thin base. I specifically wanted a nice thick base that would evenly spread the heat out across and reduce temperature spikes, so that is what I did. :)
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A couple more pics of the block sitting on the board. I will just make four little brackets for the mounts, I didn't have time tonight.
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