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bigben2k · 08-11-2002, 12:00 PM

Just as a side note, for future block designs...

It seems to me that BillA had a good point, about hot Swiftech deliberatly puts a curve on their waterblock, because the baseplate may bend, as it's clamped down (leaving a gap in the middle, over the core).

So clamping from the top, in the middle, should be better, right? The block could then be perfectly flat.

EDIT: correction: the Intel IHS is curved, not the Swiftech.

08-11-2002, 12:00 PM	#104
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Just as a side note, for future block designs... It seems to me that BillA had a good point, about hot Swiftech deliberatly puts a curve on their waterblock, because the baseplate may bend, as it's clamped down (leaving a gap in the middle, over the core). So clamping from the top, in the middle, should be better, right? The block could then be perfectly flat. EDIT: correction: the Intel IHS is curved, not the Swiftech. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101 Last edited by bigben2k; 08-12-2002 at 09:35 AM.