NICE!
that is a neat solution, though it gives me some questions that I hope you don't mind my asking...
1. What type and size of wire?
2. How do you get the tension uniform and ensure the cooler is square on the CPU?
3. Judging from the holes, I assume you originally intended to grab all 6 lugs, is there a reason you didn't?
4. What are those red and black wires that look like they're attached to the blocks?
I'm involved in a discussion about cooling flows and plumbing patterns over on
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=6385
I notice you have a dual CPU mobo, plus other things. What is your plumbing pattern and why? I was originally planning to have several circuits, including the CPU's in parallel (w/ 1/2" tubing) and a third circuit for drives, NB, etc. w/ 1/4" tubing. The suggestion on the other thread was that there was no real advantage in this as running the CPU's in series would only result in about a 1/4th degree C difference between them. What is your opinion? (FWIW, I will not be doing pelts, just WC to ambient)
I'm also discussing cooling hard drives, and noticed the nice hard drive block on your website. I think I mentioned it, but I hadn't noted your site, so didn't give as much credit as I should have. The thread is
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=6149
On the block itself;
1. How do you make the water loop over the entire plate and keep the water from just taking the first couple of cross passages between the inlet and outlet?
2. How do you avoid problems with the barbs leaking at the seam between the two block halves?
3. I assume the block goes on the drive cover, how do you attach it? Do you use any TIM, if so what kind? Do you take the labels off the drive?
4. It certainly won't be as pretty as your block, but I was thinking of just soldering a maze of 1/4" copper tubing onto a 1/8" plate. Would that work reasonably well?
On a more general note, there is a debate between those advocating putting the cooler on the sides of the drive, and those (like me) who say it's better on the top cover, or possibly on the bottom over the controller card. What is your opinion?
Hope I haven't bothered you with to many questions...
Gooserider