Ok people... I am doing the waterblock roundup right now.. and I am fast finding NO ONE.. and I mean absolutely NO ONE has come up with a REAL retention mechinism for waterblocks! I am talking, an Intelegent design, something that you just lock the block into and its ready to go. No tweaking 4 bolts, or risking smashing your core with the one center screw bolt... a REAL latch.
I want to see someone succeed where EVERY waterblock mfg to date has failed. I want a stupid proof, repeatable (meaning every time you put a block in it, it works, perfect tension, prefect mating), and effective.
What I am thinking is something VERY close to what the Pentium 4 concept is. But make this for the ATX 2.03 Socket A holes. Have a standard set of receptical locks on either side of the core and then have different lock plates to go over the blocks or for the blocks themself lock into those.
I mean the industry is killing for this... Build a standard, and if its good, I think you will see everyone fall inline sooner or later. ( hell make it able to be used in HSF's - even better!)
Design it, test it, and build a standard. This is the single biggest thing that waterblocks has lacked and kept it from becoming truely main stream. An Open standard for waterblock retention design. Eliminate the hundreds of half assed attempts that have been done.
The existing crop of socket 370/socket A clips are either asking for over or improper tension on the core.
So this is my personal request to any of the smart folks in this field. ProCooling will review, test and back any ideas that have some merit and will help in any way we can with this. Waterblock technology and design is top notch, but our retention mech's are just SAD and I want to help anyone out there with the talents to design something like this.
(excuse the crap spelling.. its 1:30am and I am too lazy to spell check this
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