DT Waterblocks has a new waterblock.
You will notice that it is very similar to the 5Noz waterblock, it is really just a further refinement of that concept. This waterblock started life as a nozzle improvement study on the 5Noz, the end result was a completely new block. I have also made many changes to reduce the cost and improve the function.
You will notice that the waterblock top is one piece acetal, this reduces the cost quite a bit compared to two pieces with 5Noz. Massive port spacing, expect no fitting problems. Thumbnuts are expensive enough that I can just build them myself. These nuts have a 12mm hex, you can spin them with a nutdriver if you want, but they are quite easy to spin with fingers. The internal M4 thread in the thumbnuts bottoms out on the top of the mobo mounting screws when the springs are properly compressed, this feature controls the block mounting pressure.
The nozzle, this is the heart of this waterblock design and there was a heavy development effort to choose this nozzle geometry. The bow of the base is machined into the base contact face of the nozzle, so there are visible rings on those surfaces. You can also see a few features of the nozzle and top that poke-yoke these parts so that they can only be assembled the correct way.
The base, this uses thinner stock and requires much less machining than 5Noz. The fins and micro-channels are similar to those on 5Noz. These geometries were re-evaluated through testing, but I arrived at almost the exact same answer.
Mounted on a mobo, the thumbnuts almost cover the springs completely, there is a little gap so you can see the springs are not fully compressed as you install the block.
So, because this is Overclock.net and we are all about numbers, I did a quick dirty test.
I didn't use the stock mounting that came with the DTSniper, I used the mounting for my F1 Gemini since I am going to test on Dice in the next few days.
So pics look terrible and I won't post the images of the mounting. But i took 2 pics of Idle and Load temps with super high vcore.
Idle Temps @ 1.576v
Load Temps @ 1.592v
For testing I'm using a window a/c machine turned into a chiller, I never turned the unit on but the coolant has been sitting a week in a cooler at room temperature.
For normal testing on any platform i would test on the chiller before going to Dice or LN2. Since making the chiller i have been using the original Rasa cpu block and the flow coming out of the block back into the cooler (reservoir) was always a mere trickle of water. But with the DTSniper the flow is simply amazing...
Edited by XtremeCuztoms - 6/9/12 at 6:33pm
You will notice that it is very similar to the 5Noz waterblock, it is really just a further refinement of that concept. This waterblock started life as a nozzle improvement study on the 5Noz, the end result was a completely new block. I have also made many changes to reduce the cost and improve the function.
You will notice that the waterblock top is one piece acetal, this reduces the cost quite a bit compared to two pieces with 5Noz. Massive port spacing, expect no fitting problems. Thumbnuts are expensive enough that I can just build them myself. These nuts have a 12mm hex, you can spin them with a nutdriver if you want, but they are quite easy to spin with fingers. The internal M4 thread in the thumbnuts bottoms out on the top of the mobo mounting screws when the springs are properly compressed, this feature controls the block mounting pressure.
The nozzle, this is the heart of this waterblock design and there was a heavy development effort to choose this nozzle geometry. The bow of the base is machined into the base contact face of the nozzle, so there are visible rings on those surfaces. You can also see a few features of the nozzle and top that poke-yoke these parts so that they can only be assembled the correct way.
The base, this uses thinner stock and requires much less machining than 5Noz. The fins and micro-channels are similar to those on 5Noz. These geometries were re-evaluated through testing, but I arrived at almost the exact same answer.
Mounted on a mobo, the thumbnuts almost cover the springs completely, there is a little gap so you can see the springs are not fully compressed as you install the block.
So, because this is Overclock.net and we are all about numbers, I did a quick dirty test.
I didn't use the stock mounting that came with the DTSniper, I used the mounting for my F1 Gemini since I am going to test on Dice in the next few days.
So pics look terrible and I won't post the images of the mounting. But i took 2 pics of Idle and Load temps with super high vcore.
Idle Temps @ 1.576v
Load Temps @ 1.592v
For testing I'm using a window a/c machine turned into a chiller, I never turned the unit on but the coolant has been sitting a week in a cooler at room temperature.
For normal testing on any platform i would test on the chiller before going to Dice or LN2. Since making the chiller i have been using the original Rasa cpu block and the flow coming out of the block back into the cooler (reservoir) was always a mere trickle of water. But with the DTSniper the flow is simply amazing...
Edited by XtremeCuztoms - 6/9/12 at 6:33pm
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