Those are just gorgeous!
Nice choice, too!
Those are just gorgeous!
Nice choice, too!
:D to test out their performance diff, if any ...... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Sproket
Hua Luo Han
What did you get a block w/ 3/8 and the other 1/2" Barbs?
Why may I ask.
and will you please let us know what you determine?
wj
I was getting ready to order the white water 1/2"
Hope thats my best bet.
Yes please let us know your findings.
Thanks
Due to the White Water's nozzle plate which adds in an artificial restriction, any performance difference will purely be a function of the final flow-rate, and not the barb configuration. The larger 1/2" barbs (and 1/2" tubing) offer less pressure-drop resistance against the pump, and so given the same pump, the 1/2" system will yield higher flow rates, and therefore better performance. The difference however may be so small that it will be hard to pickup using anything less than Bill Adams' testbed, and one must always be careful of mounting variations, which can always swings results by up to 2C (and sometimes worse for a really botched installation).
Well....finished my initial testing of one Cathar White Water waterblock.
Results: Outstanding performance, the best I have ever seen.
Test results posted soon.
FT.
i got a question ?? would it be easier to "cast" a block ..... i have this crazy idea to get a jeweller melt some silver and cast it in the shape of the microchannels ..... just the middle portion then fuse it to a hollow chamber or block ..... i mean bore a hole in a 1/8" or 3/16"copper block elongated hole where the silver would be placed. just an idea
I investigated casting quite extensively. While it is potentially possible to get the block cast in silver, due to silver having such nice properties for casting, for pure copper it is a total nightmare. Anything less than 3-4mm distance between major deflections (which in this case would be the channels themselves) will result in malformed casting results. It is possible, but not using any of the more common cheaper techniques. You'd need some form of vacuum based centrifugal casting to get copper to flow into the fine channels in any reliable fashion, or at least that was what was explained to me by a very large professional casting firm here in Australia. At that stage, I gave up and went off looking for conventional machining possibilities.
oh thanks cathar. i was thinking of just the middle portion would be silver ..... just slightly bigger than the CPU die area ...... after which it could just be bonded to a conventional block with a hole in the middle for the silver block
I just ordered mine as part of one of JPs great kits. Can't wait to get it all hooked up!
Yu
Were can i buy sugh a perfect water block?
You can't for the moment, Cathar has stopped producing them but i've read in another thread that it'll soon be sold by Dtek, so you'll have to wait before getting one of themQuote:
Originally posted by Rub87
Yu
Were can i buy sugh a perfect water block?
Ok thx:D
I just send him an email, so i guess I´ll know pretty soon if I am gonna have one of these in my rig!
Tell me if he's still producing them, even if i doubt it
I sent an email around 2 weeks ago and still haven't gotten a reply. I guess he is busy.
Yep hes busy.
That and the fact that he frequents every watercooling forum on the internet! I geuss it takes a while to make his rounds!
Your best bet in catching him is over at http://forums.overclockers.com.au/fo...?s=&forumid=24
Hes an Admin over there
Thx Liquid, guess I´ll go there and tell him: You got mail ;)
Edit: I´ll post if I get a hold of him, or I can confirm that production is halted.
Yes, it is halted. Cathar is not making them anymore himself because they were to time consuming due to the amount of hand work he put into them. The good news is that Cathar worked out a deal with D-Tek and D-Tek will be mass producing the block soon.
This is not a rumor but fact. look here for some comments from Cathar on it
Oh man, I really liked the design of the original one.
Anyone have one for sale? U can PM me :)
AMD Engineer - they are rare enough as it is in Aus! at least hte original hand lapped WW :(
That's mine http://www.hardwarebg.com/reviews/wt01/wt11.html
I can't read russian but to me it looks like the innovatek kit with a plexi modQuote:
It dosnt look like WW tho :)
If you are interested in getting a LRWW I would suggest registering at the OCAU forums (www.overclockers.com.au). This is where Cathar hangs out alot of the time, and where alot of the early blocks went. (I've got #10 sitting at home in its box still .. *blush*)
Anyway, I've seen at least two LRWW on the for sale boards there in the past couple of months. The last one went for about 150-160, and the current one (#65) is sitting at 135 (these are Australian dollars). You have to wait a few months before you can visit the for sale forums, but if you register now there might be a few popping up sometime later in the year you can get in on.
Hope I've helped...