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Originally posted by lukasz70
hi, gonna be making a NB block, i just need some suggestions on the design,
the materials i will be using are a copper base and brass water housing, i have to use brass housing b/c the copper i have is about 5mm thick so its good enough for just the base,
since the brass will be the housing, the way the water flows inside will depends on the design i drill (i'll be using a drill press) in the brass, so my question is, what would be the best design to drill into the brass? i was thinking of just an open design like the swiftech block have, OR a U shape.
as for the base, here is what i came up with, i will be drilling pits into it,
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I think that all that drilling for a NB is really overkill.
A much simpler design would work just as well for it.Its not like it going to be getting anywhere near as hot as a CPU die anyway.
I would just do an open cavity like the swiftech or go with the U shape as many commercial offerings have done.
If youre using a drill press to do the block, the open cavity can be done using a tungsten carbide Dremel bit to pocket it out.
Ive done it a few times when I didnt have the proper equipment and it works quite well.
Oh and I would save some time and wondering and just use all copper. Then you really wont have to worry about corrosion all that much, and can concentrate more on frying your CPU from overclocking too much
