EK-EVGA Classified Full Board Block

[Eddy_EK]

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Maybe just acetal with holes on the bottom so we can add the LED of our choice. Would that save costs? Is coloured acrylic more expensive than clear?

For such a small piece coloured Acrylic is not going to hurt the pricing. Generally coloured acrylic as about 30% more expensive.

[MrToad]

Any plans for standoffs/backplate?

A block like this could end up warping the PCB quite badly...

[Raja@ASUS]

Any plans for standoffs/backplate?

A block like this could end up warping the PCB quite badly...

I was just thinking the same thing. It's a lovely design though. Personally I'd look at perhaps adding a backplate to the PWM cooling area to ensure the central FET's don't lose contact when the PCB area around the socket bows slightly from the torque of some CPU cooler mounting mechanisms. Trouble is that there is quite a bit of under side PCB decoupling for the FET's (it is a no compromise design in that regard), so any kind of backplate design is going to have to be a little more elaborate than a shim of metal with a few holes for mounting.

[MrToad]

I was just thinking the same thing. It's a lovely design though. Personally I'd look at perhaps adding a backplate to the PWM cooling area to ensure the central FET's don't lose contact when the PCB area around the socket bows slightly from the torque of some CPU cooler mounting mechanisms. Trouble is that there is quite a bit of under side PCB decoupling for the FET's (it is a no compromise design in that regard), so any kind of backplate design is going to have to be a little more elaborate than a shim of metal with a few holes for mounting.

Unfortunately I haven't had the pleasure to handle this board myself (yet). And won't be for at least another three weeks (I've just received the case parts from the powder coating), but if there are "live" components under the PWM area, or "legs" sticking out a bit too much, shear/puncture resistant dielectric TIM pads could be used to isolate the backplate.

You can find it (cheap, without going for exotic materials that costs more per cm2 than the block itself) with 5W/mK as thick as 3mm.

Providing that PCBs do dissipate heat as well, should be a better solution than insulating foam, and do away with the need of intricate (thus expensive) backplate designs.