Need help with a design
 

Finally my friend Paul who's father own's a company that works with CNC machines and metall stuff has got time over. So now he will make a socketA copper block for me as soon as I can provide a design with all possible dimensions of the block so he can program the machine. Is there anyone who has designed a socket a block, then please reply to me and show a image with all the dimensions.

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RADIUS block here

Still in design stage though, but PM me if you want measurements.

well
 

The orginal design seems a bit to hard to make :)

Then give the Pro/Snowflake a shot! Here's a tip: add some steps at the bottom of the channels: it'll increase turbulence in a critical area (the bottom of the baseplate) and improve performance, ever so slightly. It's also the kind of thing that could potentially give you a sweet spot, with the right flow rate.

Re: Need help with a design
 

If you have an idea you can describe or make a drawn representation of, I can probably supply the CAD/CAM info you need.

Bob

well
 

I can make an .jpg image in photoshop and post it here.

Re: well
 

That would be a start!

Bob

wow someone has already made a socket a block?

COOL!


SMART ASS I am indeed!

Indeed!:evilaugh:

why thank ya!!!!!!


I try!

My momma always said, do 1 thing, and do it well!


What programs U use for Cad work anyways?

a image
 

Here is one idea of how the block could look. If you could make an cam version, that would be very kind of you. And yes, it's a rough skiss, made it in photoshop in like 1min, so it looks like shit :)

http://w1.406.telia.com/~u40607021/s...-block1-v1.jpg

Hey that looks like the design I put into a z4 base a while back, and soon after I showed it...... guess who was selling them just like that???????????

Re: a image
 

What size inlet/outlet/channels do you want?

Post this info here (so everybody can agree/disagree :D ) and pm me with contact info - I'll probably get something out this weekend (or sooner)!

Bob

btw: I use Solidworks/WorkNC mainly these days, though I have access to others both old and new :) !

and there, just as you thought you have seen it all....


The Opteron Block


:D

Re: Re: a image
 

Well I found this design of a block. The only problem is that the cnc machine can't make the edges the way the design is made. So the edges have to be round instead. http://w1.406.telia.com/~u40607021/main.jpg

1 Inch = 25,4mm (76mm/25,4mm=2,9921inch)

So 12mm = 0,47244

84mm = 3,30708

55mm = 2,1653

76mm = 2,9921

2,5mm = 0,09842

5mm = 0,196850

4,5mm = 0,177165

4mm = 0,1574803

46mm = 1,81102

15mm = 0,590551

Btw, I'm planning to make the whole block into one rectangle shaped block since there is no need for making the advanced two step block like the one on the image. That would just take a lot of time and be of no use. Better to build a solid one.

also
 

I'm planning to use a plexi part on top so I can see the water flow. So the end product will look something like the maze3

Re: Re: Re: a image
 

OK, I'll probably have something for you tonight or tomorrow.

btw, round corners are better anyway.

Bob

why is round corners better.... I say it's not....

not for cooling anyhow.... sharp corners induce more turbulence for a given amount of flow.... thus improving the block's cooling ability.

Who told ya that you cant make that block the way its drawn????

Sure you can. U will have some rounded edges, but U cant make the angles just fine. Juse use a smalled endmill, and have it make side by side passes. Hell, U could make it so that the rounded edges are very small. Rough out the desight , then finnish it up with a 1/8th endmill, and if you wanted to really get a good angle, go in with some really light passes with a 1/16th endmill that way the rounded parts will be 1/16 /4= or smaller

Try to make a triangle-block...?

Well, as I see it, turbulence is good close to the heat source. Turbulence away from the heat source only causes flow restriction. Since this design plawsworth submitted is so large relative to the effective "heat source dissipation zone", the sharp corners won't really help that much with the cooling ability of the block. It comes down to where the corners are.

Just my opinion....

Bob

I agree with your opinion.

Re: Re: Re: a image
 

sorta like my block

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mujaj/water/block.jpg

which just happens to be the design of the Liquid CC Blocks.

Re: Re: Re: a image
 

Well, about this design... I checked the dimensions, and it seems to be a socket 478 block. We were looking to make a Socket A block, correct?

If so, I will "adjust" the design to fit. Just don't expect it to look exactly like the one pictured. I will assume that the general design + the baseplate thickness are paramount, all else is "negotiable".

Let me know if this reflects your requirements.

Bob

Re: Re: Re: Re: a image
 

I found the picture on some website and thought that the image looked kind of "cool". Yes, it's a Socket A we are building :) How the end product look, doesn't matter to me, as long as it does it's job :) As long as the block fit's on Socket A motherboard, all thickness and other dimensions doesn't care. Feel free to change whatever you want to make it right :) I have talked with my friend Paul and since there is an autum holiday that starts next monday we will begin to make the block then. When finished I will take some photos and upload. Then when I recieve my bix pro and my eheim 1048 in the same week and got it up running I will post pics of the whole thing in action.

You might want to consider adding a couple of fins, over the core area. It'd give you slightly better performance than a regular maze type block.

Re: Re: Re: Re: a image
 

I talked with paul, he would like the design in .dxf or .dwg if possible.

utabintarbo, if you got more question or anything, email me at fallenraver@telia.com cause I have fixed my mail now. //CJ

You do have a very valid point there, indeed. I did not think of it in that way. :)