Cathar, JFettig, Thorilan, and Fushy,... or anyone else who's got some experience with this stuff....
i need some insight on a waterblock idea i've got....
since we're almost at the material limits of heat conduction, would a waterblock with a heat pipe/column defeat the 4.5celcius limit of a waterblock?
i know such a design would be extremely limited by the performance the the heat pipe used, but since the current best heat conduction rates for a heatpipe are approaching diamonds, it shouldn't be too much of a problem right?
e.g. use:
(two center pieces)
or
from...
http://www.npowertek.com/product/index_heat_pipe.htm
as in use the center of this cooler...
http://www.overclockers.com/articles754/
http://www.overclockers.com/articles754/ttic2.jpg
and machine a baseplate with a hole just big enough for the heatpipe/column to fit through just like the air cooler listed above,... and then water the heat pipe/column....
would that work?
and if it would, how well?
thanks for the time everyone
i need some insight on a waterblock idea i've got....
since we're almost at the material limits of heat conduction, would a waterblock with a heat pipe/column defeat the 4.5celcius limit of a waterblock?
i know such a design would be extremely limited by the performance the the heat pipe used, but since the current best heat conduction rates for a heatpipe are approaching diamonds, it shouldn't be too much of a problem right?
e.g. use:
(two center pieces)
or
from...
http://www.npowertek.com/product/index_heat_pipe.htm
as in use the center of this cooler...
http://www.overclockers.com/articles754/
http://www.overclockers.com/articles754/ttic2.jpg
and machine a baseplate with a hole just big enough for the heatpipe/column to fit through just like the air cooler listed above,... and then water the heat pipe/column....
would that work?
and if it would, how well?
thanks for the time everyone
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