As I was very interested in watercooling but I wouldn't spend a fortune to buy one, I decided to make my own waterblock. Because I can't mill my own block and didn't want to make a very difficult explanation to the guy who actually is going to make it (after his normal hours
) , I designed a very straight block.
This is almost the block as it is installed on my XP1800+@2250Mhz - 1.9V on a Abit NF7-s ver 1.2 The only difference is that the plexi top has changed by copper one, hard soldered together. I had too much troubles with cracks in the plexi. The base of the block is 15mm thick. The mill is 12mm deep. The copper top is 5mm thick. My temps are about 51°C after a few hours full stress.
The rest of the setup are a Eheim 1048 pump (600l/h), a copper rad from a japanese van (it's about 20 cm * 12cm) and a home made airtrap.
My hopes were to have a temperature about 40 to 45 °C. Do you guys think these temps are quite normal with this block? And what would you advice for the next block to come?