DDC heatsink anyone??

[Bei Fei]

What do you guy think?

The blocks mount to the bottom of the DDC and provide mounting for a 60mm fan.

[DeathWalking]

I like it...add some rubber grommets to the fan mount, and you've got something pretty nice. Would be better if you had a way to make that work with the UN brackets....

[Baleful]

Extremely innovative, I love it!

[nikhsub1]

While the craftsmanship looks amazing, I just can't help but think this heatsink will do very little to actually cool the plastic bottom of the DDC... Don't get me wrong, people will likely still buy it, just cause.

[Bei Fei]

I like it...add some rubber grommets to the fan mount, and you've got something pretty nice. Would be better if you had a way to make that work with the UN brackets....

I am working on a bracket that uses this base.

[DeathWalking]

I just can't help but think this heatsink will do very little to actually cool the plastic bottom of the DDC

Where does your DDC get hot? The bottom is about as hot as the sides, on mine...

I am working on a bracket that uses this base.

[Sparky]

Useful for those with hot-running DDCs. Mine is only lukewarm at most.

[sniperbob]

just slap some TIM on that heatsink and screw it on your pump, THat oughta work to drop your temps for those Overclocking your DDC's!
Seriously though great looking design!

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

It's good workmanship and such so grats on that, Personally I have never seen the need to cool a DDC actively, just bolting it to the case with the stock rubber grommets has always been sufficient for me....

[bigslappy]

Where do I buy yer stock at ?

[DarthBeavis]

Uhh , . . .nice . . .view from inside?

[MomijiTMO]

While the craftsmanship looks amazing, I just can't help but think this heatsink will do very little to actually cool the plastic bottom of the DDC... Don't get me wrong, people will likely still buy it, just cause.

Yup I'm with you on this. Plastic doesn't transfer heat for jack.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

just a thought/question:

How can a DDC have overheating problems when it is being watercooled just like everything else in the loop..??? I would assume most of the motor heat transfers through the metal in the water chamber and not outwards throught the plastic.

I feel like DDC cooling is a myth...

[Serpentarius]

Yup I'm with you on this. Plastic doesn't transfer heat for jack.

like he said .. heat on plastic may cool down .. but that doesnt mean that the heat inside the motor may reduce

it's a thought .. but have anyone created a metal enclosure to replace the plastic one for DDC? that'll be most useful

[NaeKuh]

Depending on pump and location, they do get hot.

The sink will keep the plastic cold, so you'll get some transfer.

And my DDC's get hot.

It also depends on how restrictive your loop is and how much more work your DDC's are doing.
And your suposed to secure it via thermal tape.

[AndrewZorn]

Even if the pump isn't running that hot, the heat you get from the pump to the air, the less is in the water.

It's really nice work, but like someone else said, maybe just a good fan mounting bracket would do the job too.

[Petra]

...this is what happens when drawing relations between cause and effect goes horribly wrong...

Nice piece of work, though

[Baleful]

The heat transfer from the plastic base to the HS would be pretty poor as most of you pointed out, but just as NaeKuh, my DDC-2 scorches. (My DDC loop is restrictive as hell too - Fuzion w/ 3.5 injector)

[nikhsub1]

Depending on pump and location, they do get hot.

The sink will keep the plastic cold, so you'll get some transfer.

And my DDC's get hot.

It also depends on how restrictive your loop is and how much more work your DDC's are doing.
And your suposed to secure it via thermal tape.

the more restrictive the loop is the cooler centifugal pumps will run. FYI

[Sparda]

Plastic doesnt transfer heat(poor heat conductor/insulator for currrent) but how come the plastic at the bottom of the ddc feels hot ?
This show thermal equilibrium still applies regardless of the material properties ?
Anyway my ddc2 quite hot and it did stop randomly few times before which catch my nerves.

[Sparky]

the more restrictive the loop is the cooler centifugal pumps will run. FYI

Hmm odd. Mine is far from restrictive and it runs cool as well. Not complaining of course.

[MJR]

the more restrictive the loop is the cooler centifugal pumps will run. FYI

hmm. interesting piece of info. Thanks

[MomijiTMO]

the more restrictive the loop is the cooler centifugal pumps will run. FYI

I don't get it. Wouldn't more restriction mean that there is more resistance on the motor which would be transformed into heat energy? I'm no wizz on these things so I'm missing an important concept or something isn't right.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

I don't get it. Wouldn't more restriction mean that there is more resistance on the motor which would be transformed into heat energy? I'm no wizz on these things so I'm missing an important concept or something isn't right.

I think your right,

conservation of energy here goes like this 18 W into the setup I that wattage goes into Movement of the water M --- Noise N --- Heat H
that means I = M + N + H

if M is a lower amount of energy then more energy goes to H

[AndrewZorn]

I guess the fact that the motor itself isn't spinning as fast is more important.

But when you corrected him, I think he put that in there because he knows it: read more like - "My DDC loop is restrictive as hell, too" (meaning, what gives?, it shouldn't run hot).