MIPS Ram cooler

[Mudgey]

Hi guys,

I noticed some people have the MIPs ram cooler with the clear tops and the nickel plated base. I have searched google and can only find the black acetel versions, are the acrylic/plexi versions custom made?'

Many thanks in advance!

Mudgey

[Church]

IIRC there were at least two guys that had made such custom WBs. One was Duniek, another one was some friend of Screamer called Barus. I've seen Duniek's ram blocks in several builds.

[Mudgey]

Yea they did look damn good. I think i'll have a go at making one myself!

[ScottALot]

Yea they did look damn good. I think i'll have a go at making one myself!

If you make a good one, you could get other people to buy from you.

[Mudgey]

Maybe!

I've done a quick model for costings purposes and will see if its viable!

[Conumdrum]

Nice. Cooling channels/fins for more cooling area?

[ForceFed_B16A]

I've been hoping something like this would become widely available in the US...

[Mudgey]

Nice. Cooling channels/fins for more cooling area?

I am currently enquiring about pricing as machined part costings are new to me, unfortunately I can't guestimate what certain levels of detail cost.

I have added machined channels for greater surface area, however I will ask how much extra this may cost once I get back the first quotation.

I shall redraw the block as the end hole positions look a bit lost, and I want to reduce the number of cap heads to 6 to reduce costs.

I need to source a supplier for the o-rings and then I can redraw the channel to the o-ring length.

Can anybody recommend what grade of material is suitable for an o-ring for our WC applications?

[ScottALot]

I've been hoping something like this would become widely available in the US...

Another Wisconsinite

You're probably going to want to make flow-directing channels.

[DarthBeavis]

Can anybody recommend what grade of material is suitable for an o-ring for our WC applications?

You do not want o rings you want laser-cut gaskets. Design them when you design the block.

[Mudgey]

Another Wisconsinite

You're probably going to want to make flow-directing channels.

The cheapest thing to do would be to offset the barbs at each end to the opposite sides, so that every path within the block will be the same length. It jus may not look so aesthetically pleasing to the eye!

[Church]

Conumdrum: why for? RAM as it is dissipates very little ammount of heat, why add extra restriction for waterblock to increase cooling where it's not needed by same time worsening cooling where it matters - in other waterblocks in loop via less flow? Also making block more difficult to make, requiring extra tooling, taking more time? As marketing droid might tell you - it's "Loose-loose"

[Alexandr0s]

The cheapest thing to do would be to offset the barbs at each end to the opposite sides, so that every path within the block will be the same length. It jus may not look so aesthetically pleasing to the eye!

Well, you don't necessarily need to cut the copper. You could also cut those channels into the acrylic.

[Mudgey]

There is probably no need to add channels to the copper block, nor is there any need to add channels to the acrylic as these will just add to the cost.

[Mudgey]

You do not want o rings you want laser-cut gaskets. Design them when you design the block.

Why do you recommend moving away from o-rings? Surely they are much cheaper than getting gaskets laser cut and do the same job?

[Ultrasonic2]

This is much better than the mips one. because

1 it's FAR less restrictive than the mips one

2 it has a acrylic top !

i wouldn't bother with channels rams puts out no heat basically

o rings are the best ways of sealing a block epically when looks are important

[Zeus]

I like it. Watercooling ram with radiator cooled liquid is completely useless though but hey, it looks great.

[Conumdrum]

Conumdrum: why for? RAM as it is dissipates very little ammount of heat, why add extra restriction for waterblock to increase cooling where it's not needed by same time worsening cooling where it matters - in other waterblocks in loop via less flow? Also making block more difficult to make, requiring extra tooling, taking more time? As marketing droid might tell you - it's "Loose-loose"

Well, yea. your right.

Then may I ask why even make this if ram dissipates very little heat?

Well, it's XS too. No cooling channels is like so umm non-XS. Just a few fins would make it look so XS.

[CL3P20]

IMO- if the 'fins' were cut/added to the acrylic, they would glow nicely under colored lighting ... being on edge, contacting the inner surface an all... would add a nice touch

*I think the MIPS was originally made for ECC setups which generate massive amounts of heat compared to standard desktop type memory.

[DarthBeavis]

This is much better than the mips one. because

1 it's FAR less restrictive than the mips one

2 it has a acrylic top !

i wouldn't bother with channels rams puts out no heat basically

o rings are the best ways of sealing a block epically when looks are important

no, they are not. A laser cut gasket is the exact shape you need it to be and can be in different colors. professional water-block manufacturers use laser-cut gaskets.

[Mudgey]

Hi Dathbeavis,

I will be sticking with o-rings as I won't be producing these coolers at the same qty's as the aforementioned company's products plus the simplicity of the shape required means that an o-ring will suffice.

I have attached another render of the finalised design (albeit one or two slight dimension changes).

Production prices are pretty cheap, and I am currently awaiting on some prices for two or three prototype blocks to be made.

[Alexandr0s]

DB, so far you've only shown pics of DD using gaskets. That's not companies, that's company. Any other manufacturer you know of that uses gaskets? (just wondering)

[Johnny87au]

Well, yea. your right.

Then may I ask why even make this if ram dissipates very little heat?

Well, it's XS too. No cooling channels is like so umm non-XS. Just a few fins would make it look so XS.

looks my friend, looks..