Thickness of copper Plate

grassi3000 · 07-10-2003, 11:00 AM

Hi,

I'm thinking of designing my own waterblock for a Pentium C1 Northwood.

I've got some designs in mind, but there's one thing I'm not very sure about:

How thick should the copper plate between the canals in the waterblock and the CPU be?

(I've access to a CNC, so I can work very exactly)

Thanks

bigben2k · 07-10-2003, 11:04 AM

Welcome to ProCooling!

Your design is going to dictate the thickness of the baseplate. If you go for something like a DangerDen Maze 3/4, then you'd be better off with 1/4". If your design is extremely efficient, you could go down as low as 1 mm, but make sure that it's structurally supported.

grassi3000 · 07-10-2003, 11:09 AM

Thanks, and what would you think is ideal for designing something like a Swiftec ( http://thermal-management-testing.co...ech%205000.htm
)?

hara · 07-10-2003, 11:11 AM

~4mm

07-10-2003, 11:00 AM	#1
grassi3000 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 46	Thickness of copper Plate Hi, I'm thinking of designing my own waterblock for a Pentium C1 Northwood. I've got some designs in mind, but there's one thing I'm not very sure about: How thick should the copper plate between the canals in the waterblock and the CPU be? (I've access to a CNC, so I can work very exactly) Thanks __________________ P4 2,53 @ 3,02 \| 1 GB Infineon DDR 333 \| Chaintech Apogee 9ejl2 \| Radeon 9500 Pro @ 370 / 330 46xx 3dmarks2k3

07-10-2003, 11:04 AM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Welcome to ProCooling! Your design is going to dictate the thickness of the baseplate. If you go for something like a DangerDen Maze 3/4, then you'd be better off with 1/4". If your design is extremely efficient, you could go down as low as 1 mm, but make sure that it's structurally supported. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-10-2003, 11:09 AM	#3
grassi3000 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 46	Thanks, and what would you think is ideal for designing something like a Swiftec ( http://thermal-management-testing.co...ech%205000.htm )? __________________ P4 2,53 @ 3,02 \| 1 GB Infineon DDR 333 \| Chaintech Apogee 9ejl2 \| Radeon 9500 Pro @ 370 / 330 46xx 3dmarks2k3

07-10-2003, 11:11 AM	#4
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	~4mm __________________ - Every great HD crash day is the day before back-up day. - My Past System - "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - Milton, Paradise Lost. - FMZ

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