Home made cpu block

[Shtrafenhoofen]

Just recently upgraded to an i7 so I thought why not try to make a block for it...here are some pics and temps after first oc attempt...Im using a pa140.3 with 3 noctua 140mm fans ....all parts were machined by hand using power tools and jigs

would appreciate if you could share your temps of your i7s at different speeds and voltages for comparison

thanks

[nismosd]

Nice lighting effect and temps!! What rad are you running?

[mariop]

nice looking block! How did you machined it?

[emir]

What rad are you running?

Im using a pa140.3 with 3 noctua 140mm fans

[serialk11r]

Dang that is so much more beautiful than what I did. How did you cut the channels? I used a dremel with the thinnest disks I could find, since the mill that was available to me only took 1/8"+ bits. The sides are cut really nicely too, what did you use for that?

[nyeah]

very nicely done good temp too

[Shtrafenhoofen]

For the channels I used a diamond cutoff wheel on a dremel (0.6mm thick)
It took a lot of time to get the 42 channels on that block done. I could probably fit in 7-8 more just didnt have the patience .. Everything else was machined with straight cut router bits ....most time consuming were the channels which probably took about 3 hours

serialk11r show a pic of your block

[Hondacity]

custom blocks ftw!

great work..what cpu? and voltage?

[Shtrafenhoofen]

Did some more testing today with higher oc 4.2Ghz 1.3vcore

[serialk11r]

My blocks were done 3 years back in 2007, when I was an insane 8th grader with too much money at his disposal. I got fed up with trying to mill and properly do anything, so I took the pieces of copper, put about 10 channels with dremels in, then glued it to a piece of white delrin that I drilled some holes into. Then that got glued to an aluminum plate with 2 huge 7/8" or so holes (which the bottom part of 1/2" fittings fit nicely into), which had 4 more holes for mounting on the motherboard. Long story short, sorry I don't have pictures since I did it so sloppily I didn't bother to take any The setup is here though : http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=174454 I don't use it anymore since the DDC2 was way too loud and drove me crazy.

Your channels are really amazing though, how did you make them so neatly? My block looks like some monster from a horror film hot a hold of it, and put a nice few scratches into it.

[FireDragon]

Wow nice dremel work there man!! i bet that it mostly performs on par with the HK LT, you should send it away to Skinne or Vapor to get it tested against the known blocks out there

Dragon

[meanmoe]

very nice, and with hand tools no doubt. This is inspiring.

[Petra]

Very nicely done, OP. This is the sort of thing that I'd like to see more of... I miss the earlier days of enthusiast water cooling ('ya know, when we moved from slot back to socket).

[Shtrafenhoofen]

Total cost was around $40 and as far as time goes I think there was around 10hours of active work.The rest was just thinking of ways not to screw things up

Mr. Morello looks like your block kept that 6850 pretty cool ...nice work


one more pic

[FireDragon]

My friends father owns a fully outfitted CNC shop, i have always wanted to make my own blocks with them have just never got around to doing it, i should make my own GPU block as that is what i need atm

But you really should get in touch with Vappor and have him test your block out he might even send you one to use in the meantime

Dragon

[Shtrafenhoofen]

FireDragon if Vapor is up for it I dont see why not especially if I can get a block to use in the meantime.... anyways I have some mods in mind that may make the block more efficient...I will be pulling it out in a day or so to add a inlet right in the center of the block and use the existing two for outlets joining them with a y fitting... might be a waste of time ?

quick photoshop

[Boulard83]

Last run

[eth0s]

Nice job on that block, and great temps as well.

[armeniandave]

I absolutely love it!

Making you're own stuff is fun,
it's not always more cost effective but
it is very rewarding!

Good Job!

[Dark Bishop]

looks good, how much you want for one

[JASSAF]

Boulard83, Shtrafenhoofen: room temperature?



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[Boulard83]

Boulard83, Shtrafenhoofen: room temperature?
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Sry i forgot this important thing ...


Its winter here and my Girlfried need hot room

Room @ 24°c
Water IN : 28°c
Water Out : 29°c
Core Temp : ~61°c

The Water temp stabilyse after 3-4 LinX run and never go hotter with.



Shtrafenhoofen seems to have pretty low Room temp ... look at his GPU temp. ~18.1°c on the PCB.... he may be at ~15°c room ... or lower ... I dont think his block can handle such nice temp with a 22°c+ room.

[JASSAF]

Sry i forgot this important thing ...


Its winter here and my Girlfried need hot room

Room @ 24°c
Water IN : 28°c
Water Out : 29°c
Core Temp : ~61°c

The Water temp stabilyse after 3-4 LinX run and never go hotter with.



Shtrafenhoofen seems to have pretty low Room temp ... look at his GPU temp. ~18.1°c on the PCB.... he may be at ~15°c room ... or lower ... I dont think his block can handle such nice temp with a 22°c+ room.

is correct, thats why i asked the question

[Waterlogged]

Snip. . .

Its winter here and my Girlfried need hot room

. . .snip. . .

Umm, This is why she has you hanging around.

[Shtrafenhoofen]

Boulard83 the 18.1c was the average room temp nothing to do with the gpu ambient