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Originally posted by jaydee116
3mm thick is useless for CPU heatsinks and near usless for water blocks.
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I have a Cascade prototype here made out of 3mm thick copper (started off as 1/8" thick, but fly-cut and lapped back to 3mm).
It works pretty well considering, being in-between a White Water and regular Cascade. Makes for a very light water-block.
Wouldn't to go much thinner though as base-flex may become a real issue.
Yeah, I could make a Cascade out of it (3mm thick). I'd be surprised though if the thinness and the penalties associated with that (more to do with jet stand-off distances), coupled with the benefit of increased thermal conductivity resulted in something was better than an SS though.
jaydee is correct is that score I guess. While one could still make a block with it, it would be hard to make a block with it that's good enough to show the material in its best light.