Thread: Project Block
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Unread 02-20-2006, 05:09 PM   #1
phide
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Default Project Block

Hello everyone. I'm somewhat new to these boards, but certainly no stranger to watercooling. I've been tooling around with some block designs for a little while now, and have set aside some cash to get a few prototypes done. I've settled on something of a 'jet' impingement' pin arrangement that's most like The Nexxos block. Here's the pin arrangement:



There are 135 pins, each 1.4mm square, 2mm tall and spaced .2mm apart. These pins occupy an area 2.2cmx2.2cm. There are 29 circular cuts for .8mm 'jets' (on the middle plate). For clarification, the jets on the adaptor plate are actually just holes and not tubes like those that are used on the Cascade/Storm. This block is intended to be somewhat restrictive and designed for IHS processors. I'm looking for opinions on the following:

1) Pin height. Too short?

2) Gap between pins. Too wide?

I settled on the size, length and number of jets using data I've forgotten long ago. I'm certainly not looking for stellar performance - just looking for an enjoyable project that will end up being reasonably capable. If there any adjustments I could make to yield a more ideal, fairly-high restriction block, I'm all ears.
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