You bring up exellent points!!!! It actually will cost more than you think. You have to add in tooling, mounting hardware, solder(or what ever you use to attach the top and bottom), and time.
What most manufactuers are charging for though is either their overhead(cost of equipment, employees, bills, ect..) or they are just not selling enough blocks to keep going so they have to jack up the prices. Water cooling is not all that popular yet but it is getting better!!
I plan on removing alot of the variables as I have no overhead, as my equipment is bought and paid for, and I have no employes.
The cost for my blocks should be about 10-15% less than most AND I will make them in Aluminum and Copper, not just my best ones in Copper. Anyone seen a Maze 2 in Aluminum??? By using Aluminum the price will be a lot less and the performance will still be good enough. Especially if you use a pelt. For you that want the maximum I will still use Copper aswell. I plan on doing all my designs in both metals. If things work out the way I hope then it will not cost you much more to buy my blocks as it will to make one yourself.
AND YES, the CNC was worth it as it is not that expensive for the one needed to make small stuff like water blocks.
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Originally posted by Skippy[the bush kangaroo]:
I think price performance is a big problem in getting right. But Most of the waterblocks available are all based around a few central designs and I can't imagine why they are so expensive. Several sites seem to sell there own versions of common waterblocks for a similar price but they don't have to pay lots of money in the research area so why aren't they cheaper. Many sights do a maze type block but most are copies. I have decided to buy my own because the materials will cost me aroun £5/$8. How can people be charging £60???? I know my manufacturing isn't CNC but I will probably get a more jagged edge causing turbulance and increased surface area so, is CNC maching really worth the money??? Sorry for the rant but unless someone can detail all the costs involved then I won't be buying them.
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