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
Lower plate top
Lower plate bottom
2nd section top- the lower plate drops in and is sealed on its underside by the center o-ring.
In place with top of 3rd section pictured.
Bottom of 3rd section. The channels were used to allow some water over the tops of the pins and slightly reduce the impingement.
3rd section in place. I beveled the tops of the pins to reduce resistance to water entering the pin matrix.
Yes, I actually put "Brute Force" on the top. 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.
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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