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Originally posted by bigben2k
I disagree, somewhat.
The issue here is that you may have some difficulty getting the right clamping pressure on the pelt. I'm not sure if the fins can actually support the required clamping pressure without collapsing.
The Spir@l is ideal, because you can simply tap into the four corners, which are relatively massive.
Otherwise, if you can distribute the flow evenly, as much as possible, this block would do well with a pelt, but you're looking at a lot of work to get this done.
JFettig made a channel block that looks pretty good for pelt use. Cathar is also working on one.
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You disagree? You just backed up everything I was getting at.
How do you evenly distribute the flow through all those channels? If you put a inlet on the left and an outlet on the right the water will avoid the outer channels and go strait through the middle. Center inlet? Don;t see that working either. You would need a 40mm inlet. What cathar did to make the channels in the WW work will not work over 40mm with a 1/2" inlet. Probably not even a 3/4"inlet. And if you do that you will need one hell of a pump as 156+watts is alot of heat and your going to need a lot of flow through all of those small ass channels.
I don't see anyway that would make this work any better than the Spiral, Maze 3-1, or TC-4. Not like 1-3C is going to make a whole hell of a lot of difference cooling a 156+ watt pelt anyway. If done right your going to be below the point of diminishing (sp?) returns anyway.
But this is IMO. And IMO pelt cooling is a waste of time, money, and energy aswell.
Better of skipping it and dumping your money into a phase change system and do it right from the get go.