I like it Utabintarbo, but the point was to basically limit the effect of the baseplate to the "radial" pattern, or in other words, keep the same thickness of copper at exactly the same distance from the core, which is how the heat spreads, roughly.
It may not be relevant though: the heat will spread (mostly)equally in all directions, but as it spreads sideways, who really cares, since that heat will have a larger mass of copper to allow it to be dissipated, right?
Wrong.
The added mass adds to the buffer zone between the cooling solution, and the core. The bigger the buffer, the higher the core temp will be.
Mind you, my baseplate prototype isn't of much help either. What we need is for the coolant to flow at a level below the top of the core, and that just goes into the "physically impractical" realm.
Oh well, back to the drawing board!
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