how does this block look? DIY

[lukasz70]

started this block years ago when WW came out, but stopped watercooling for a while, now with new tower im getting back into it. and instead of paying for a new block or wasting copper i wanna finish this one off and besides its going into a system thats just gonna have a cpu block, no NB or gpu.

here it is, used cutting disk on drill press before thats why the channels are messy , but now using a small dremmel cutting wheel to finish the channels off. also gonna finishing off the ends of it where the channels end, make it deeper.

questions,
1. how thick should the base be? 2mm, 3mm? cause im still cutting the channels

2. should i cut the channels to make them into pins or leave them as channels?

3. should it be a high flow block? or restricted flow? this will depend on how tall i make the cover

for inlet, it will only be 2 barbs, not 3, for top plate, dont think im gonna bother with the brass, to much work, gonna use 3/4 copper pip, cut in half and solder it over top, wanna make a quick block.

any suggestions

[nikhsub1]

Looks, ummm, ghetto

[lukasz70]

Originally Posted by nikhsub1

Looks, ummm, ghetto

LoL,

yeah, keep in mind its not done yet lol this was the progress i made 2 years ago and left it

now i have a demmel so i can salvage this.

BUT how thick should the base be? 2-3mm?

and should i make the channels into pins or just leave the channels?

here it is again, i cleaned up the holes

[billbartuska]

Very, Very ghetto, bordering on amature. nearly crap.
Ya kinda need machine tools nowadays to make anything that will have performance anywhere near what is commercially available....but if you're a Dremmel freek. have at it

[lukasz70]

Originally Posted by billbartuska

Very, Very ghetto, bordering on amature. nearly crap.
Ya kinda need machine tools nowadays to make anything that will have performance anywhere near what is commercially available....but if you're a Dremmel freek. have at it

keep in mind, this was butchered over 2 year ago i was around 18 at the time just want to make a quick block by fixing it up, no need to waste copper on an aging amd2400xp

as for available tools, just dremmel and crapy drill press

BUT still, no one answered my questions!!!LOL

1. base should be 2 or 3mm? i still have to cut deaper channels

2. should a make channels into pins? or leave as channels? will it make a diff?

[Etacovda]

Id go for 3mm, as your channel density looks far too low for shallower base thicknesses.

Hard to say, pins vs fins. Can you tell us actual dimensions of the channels/fins?

[lukasz70]

Originally Posted by Etacovda

Id go for 3mm, as your channel density looks far too low for shallower base thicknesses.

Hard to say, pins vs fins. Can you tell us actual dimensions of the channels/fins?

lol, dont have measurements for it, but i can say that a penny will fit in each one, and now since ive started using the dremmel to make them deaper, hard to say, the penny only fits as deep as the old cuts

[Etacovda]

Im not familiar with the thickness of a penny I have a vague idea, ive seen them before, but cant recall. At any rate, they're thicker than 1mm, so keep the depth at 2.5-3mm, at a guess. Cathar mentioned that the optimal baseplate thickness for 0.8mm channels was 2mm; logic makes me assume that the less dense the structure, the more the thickness of the baseplate should be...