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Originally posted by Cathar
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.
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That's why I said "near" usless for water blocks. I made some 1/8" bases and they work ok but I don't see anything in terms of strength from this product. Is is brittle? Is it strong? etc.... Also still see nothing in terms of machinability. If it has diamond in it I imagine it will eat up and spit out endmills. Everything I see on that site indicates it is ment to be a "heat spreader" not a heat sink. Thats what my comment about AMD and Intel using it for a heat spreader was about as they say it can be bonded to IC's (which I think means it can be bonded to the die of the cpu?).
Also note they seem to be making quick advances with this technology. This could just be the tip of the iceburg. I wonder if in the future this stuff could be molded in to shapes?!?!?