Well I guess I can show you my new block :)

[morphling1]

Well after about 2 months of perfecting my machining methods and optimizing my desing in theory, and then making different prototypes of slightly different dimensions of 1. fin height 2. base thickness and 3. fin width. As for inlet opening I made it for normal aquarium pumps with aprox 1.5 m of head. I can almost say that I have final design of the block, I need to try two more changes. I did play with only 1mm thin base, but it wasn't as good as 1.5mm on tbred core cpu. aprox 1-2 °C higher load temps. performanse of the block is very good. On a palomino core cpu @1980 MHz @ 2.15V and water temp of 20°C my folding load temps are ~ 33°C measured by 8k3a (on die diode).
Anyway here are the pics.







Block was tested under 4 bars of water preasure for 5 hours and o-ring sealed perfectly.

Here is another version of my block in action

[MadMax]

Niiice work dude

[KnightElite]

Very nice work. Is this perchance based on Cathar's design?

[morphling1]

Well it's based on micro channels, but yeah Cathars block was inspiration to got me thinking again on how can I effectively make such small channels. Because I did try 2mm quite some time ago (different layout) but it was to difficult for machining on my mill (read broken bits), but after seeing his design, I got few ideas how to make those micro channels so sometime later and few modifications to my mill, that is the result.

[Crazymofo]

A very nice block indeed, I like that it uses the basic concept of cathers block but channels into one outlet. Good work m8!

[Tweaked!]

Looking sweet as expected I'l be getting w/ you soon

[antipop]

nice one, i'll have to buy you someday one of those (maybe for my gf4)

[DeBastaard]

Nice block man =]

[morphling1]

Rev. 2 tbred optimized design getting ready, I'll be running this block tonight to see how well it cools

[gooFly]

morphling1: how much does that WB restrict the waterflow?

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gooFly

[N8]

Hadn't seen this till now

Still love this design, morphling1.

I'd personally love to see a side-by-side w/ urs & Cathar's

[morphling1]

Hi N8, I just took that photo no time to PM first
I also just went through diode calibration calculation and saw that tbred has totaly offset diode reading on 8k3a, I substracted 18°C and now I'm using halt command which shuts cpu pretty much off and my water and cpu temps are there where they should be, so now I'm at big dilema if that thiners base block won't be better well only one thing to do finish this one and compare to previous one.

gooFly haven't realy check yet but not too much as the path for the water is realy short.

[Craig]

Interesting change with the pins in the center. 20% over the center core in pins now? Won't that make it harder to determine if the change in the base thickness was helpfull ? Seems that would obscure the results of comparing the two designs, or have you tried this pins arrangement in the other base thickness? The inlet barb may be blocking view of that in earlier pixs.

I see you seem to be opting for the 9 fin design over the one w/13 fins. How well did the 13 fin design compare with the 9 fin?

Have you tried bead blasting the interior of the block to gain a touch more surface area? Results?

I really like the fact that you have a two barb design. Saves on fittings, one less barb and no Y needed, cleaner.

A great design, I too would like to see how it would match up to the WW.

[morphling1]

Craig those aren't full lenght pins but only 1mm deep on top for improving turbolence and for better flow distribution to outer fins.
The design were actualy 10 and 14 fins, and in second the fins were too thin and because of that the results were few deegres higher (still better then every large channel block)
Blast I would, if I would have a blaster I'm looking into that.
Ok the block is ready and but first I must see how high can I overclock with current one, I'll be using overclocking because I just learned that 8k3a and tbred just don't mix well with temp reading.

[Iolao]

congratulations! outstanding waterblock! I emailed you and asked some info about it

[PimpJack]

with so much copper not being cooled (ex: the middle island and the bottom of the block in most pics) wouldn't the block get quite hot over time. I see all the cooling is done directly on top of the core.

Nice design!! It would make sense that with high flow rates the base should be kept to a minimum. Unsafe in case of pump failure ect. but should be effective

[morphling1]

Jack, surprisingly no quite a noob question, wouldn't you think if the cpu core is being cooled efficiently that the rest of the block won't heat up, trust me it does not get hot over time
Base thickness is pretty minimal is it is, and the block works incredibly well even with lower flows.
Anyway block is finished and already installed, it's 10 MHz better then previosu, hehe small gain, but very little room for improvement.
Some more pics.




N8 this is it I'm done yours will be in the mail next week

[Craig]

Thanks for all the information you have shared here.

Did you note any improvement in your temps with this block?

Your O/C on the other thread is VERY impressive. Best I've heard of with water cooling only used on current AMD chips. Congrats! !

[morphling1]

I gave up on accurate temp reading, it's very hard to look at them when they fluctuate up and down (I have 1s refresh), so the stable overclock tells me more then temps and like I said I got another 10+ MHz
I intend to send one block to Bill Adams for test, and then everything will be known

[N8]

Originally posted by morphling1
N8 this is it I'm done yours will be in the mail next week

Looks sweet as could be...results sound awesome! I'm rdy 4 it

[antipop]

Originally posted by N8
Looks sweet as could be...results sound awesome! I'm rdy 4 it

Keep us informed, give us some results

[N8]

The only thing I have to compare it to is a retail D-Tek Spir@l block...but I'll surely let ya's know how it made out

/me's anxious to try it

[DodgeViper]

Looking good morphling1.

[Craig]

Will sure be looking to see your comparison n8.

And a write up by BillA will be great as well. Glad to see you've decided tosend one in Morphling1.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[RichBa5tard]

Originally posted by N8
The only thing I have to compare it to is a retail D-Tek Spir@l block...but I'll surely let ya's know how it made out

/me's anxious to try it

I'm curious about your results, i've got a D-Tek spir@l too!