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Originally Posted by jaydee116
I am in the middle of designing a TEC block and it is not nearly as easy as a regular water block. Lot's more stuff to consider. I am trying to design it to hold a 50mm TEC but the AMD mounting holes are not in a good spot. After the O-ring groove is milled it doesn't leave much room for a proper bolt pattern to clamp the cold plate/tec/block together.
What I got so far in attached pic. It is a Rotor variant. The holes will be connected through the middle. Just have to figure out the hole pattern for the coldplate. Being I know nothing about the math of figuring out proper thicknesses to use I .
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I'm in the process of designing one myself (#rotor' style too) and I agree that the hole pattern (i'd like to use more than 4 screws to for the coldplate) is what has me do the most thinking, not much space to play with.
As for cold plate thickness, BillA has made some
recommendations for the thickness.
Also, I thought the recommended pressure was 300ish
pound, not psi, wich is the same, I think, as about 75psi (with 50x50 TEC)?? The americain's unit system is killing me!
Superart
making the block is not complicated, what is complicated, as Jaydee pointed out, is making a
proper or good design.