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Unread 01-08-2004, 09:18 PM   #3
killernoodle
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Originally Posted by Ewout_vB
Hey everyone, I'm new to the forums, would just like to say hi.

A few weeks ago I started looking into water cooling, but the price of 150 bucks for 3 heatsinks for my CPU, Chipset, and Videocard was a bit above my budget, I almost won a PolarFLO Pro set on ebay but lost by 2 bucks at 126$, I decided to go and try to make my own Water Blocks if some people could help me out.

Now I am somewhat limited to recources, I can get all the copper and connections I need, but I don't have a fancy CNC machine or anything, I can get things soldered very well with some help from my family, and we can drill most things, but we don't have that many professional metal working tools...

Do any of you know some good designs for Chipset, CPU, and 9800 pro water block designs? I am restricted to Soldering and Drilling pretty much as I mentioned earlier...

Any help would be apprieciated!
You should check out some of the #rotor blocks. They perform very well and can be made easily with a drill press and a dremel if you have those. Basically, they are the easiest waterblocks to make that have good performance characteristics.

The easiest way to make them is to arrange a grid pattern on top of a block and drill out holes of equal size and depth in that grid. Then, using the dremel, you connect the holes in the block to form channels and pins. These blocks can be quite effective at cooling pelts too.

That is my .02
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