Again, sorry for taking so long to post back, my computer was all around the room in the last couple of days, I did a Vmod on my mobo, now it can give a Vcore of 2.10, it would only go to 1.85 before, I also exchanged the original northbridge HSF for one that is waaay bigger and undervolted it to 8V so even undervolted (and silent) it will still cool much better than the original, it's actually a modded K6 HSF.
I got my XP 1700+ running at 1713 MHz, it dissipates 120W including the pump, better for block testing than the 90W it dissipated earlier, I also added a thermistor under the core reporting temps trought the game port, as described in that benchtest.com article I posted before. I also added an properly insulated thermistor to my reservoir and another one with a long wire to measure radiator intake temp. That should give us some accurate enough temp measurements. I'll just have to finish
making the shroud for my new radiator to begin testing with the new thermistors. I'll post some pics as soon as I reassemble my water cooling rig, right now I have a loud heatsink/fan running, after getting used to the silence this noise is driving me crazy!
As for the 2nd batch, I'll start working on it once I sell the 2 blocks I have on stock so I can buy some more copper
@V12|V12: Yes, I can get you with a raw copper top, I just wan't to let people know that this is an exception, if everyone would want their custom blocks I would be very screwed.
Please let me know what kind of lacquer you're using, I need to try some and see wich one it's better.
As I said I'll start casting it once I sell these 2 I got, I already have someone to buy them so it shouldn't take long. I can't give you a date but If I would have to _guess_ I would say something like 2 weeks until I got them ready. As I said I really can't say I'm just guessing.
Thanks
Bruno