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I got a couple designs that beat my Maze 4 at all flow rates. The Maze 4 is really not that great of a block.
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My point exactly. The Maze 4 would still beat out any air cooled heatsink provided a decent pump and rad are used. I'm thinking that one could throw together a decent system using an Al block, a BIP Al rad, and perhaps a CSP Mag pump for $90-100. If done in mass production, the prices could be driven lower. How much... I don't know. Any ideas on exploiting the strenghts of Al JD? I was thinking about a design with very thin pins and a very thin base. I also would push for 45 degree inlet and outlet.
I remember an article over on Frostytech where they used an Alpha Pal heatsink with a TEC to cool a video card. By mounting the fan at a 45 degree angle, they achieved something like 6-8C lower temps. They attributed this to the way the air exhausted from the heatsink. I'll look for it and post a link tomorrow.