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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/14 02:41:41
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is there by any chance that you can make a full cover wb for gtx480?
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/14 15:46:06
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I most certainly can. I just don't have the card.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/15 07:33:37
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do you have your OWN cutter for these things? :O..
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/15 07:41:47
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^ yes he does....
i gots a Question. When can i get a Nickel CPU block?
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/15 07:45:50
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do you have your OWN cutter for these things? :O..
Yup. The machine in the video(s) is a hand made CNC milling machine that I built with mostly hand tools (except a drill press & bandsaw) in my basement.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/15 07:47:11
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farthestkris
i gots a Question. When can i get a Nickel CPU block?
Clarify, from anywhere or me? I don't nickel plate (yet)
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/15 08:40:34
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do you have your OWN cutter for these things? :O..
Yup. The machine in the video(s) is a hand made CNC milling machine that I built with mostly hand tools (except a drill press & bandsaw) in my basement.
sounds pretty amazing!!! 
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:07:14
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Hey, aj, you ever order your screws??
I finally finished construction of both of your blocks. Just prettying them up now.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:13:23
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Yeah I ordered them a few days ago.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:30:23
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i have extra screws as well, they come in lots of 25. if anyone else needs some. only need 8 per set of blocks so i have extra.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:34:14
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Yeah I wish they would just come in the number you need, but then again I have a large set of them.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:39:18
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so, you know aj, you are required to post pics of the new blocks once you get them  as will I of course in my thread.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:46:37
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You know I will be posting them. My excitement to get this is pretty high right now knowing that they are getting prettied up.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 18:58:08
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yah, lol. I designed the things and it looks like your getting them befor me  thats good though. I have pleanty of kinks to work out of my rig before i get everything mounted up properly. I need about 20 more lbs of copper machined before i will be finished 
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 19:06:48
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oh, btw. there is a spring (i will see if i can find the part number. it is a common one that comes with some of the stock coolers as well.) that will mount under the top to give a positive stop for tightening. you dont have to use a spring at all though if you are carefull not to over/under tighten. also if you use a spring, put a small plastic washer between it and the motherboard.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/18 19:40:24
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Yeah I know what you are talking about...I am going to see what is in the kit that came with the Danger Den blocks. Part number would be nice.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/20 03:20:47
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yah, now that you mention it, i think it is the springs that come with the block that i used. I think you will need the little white washer that comes with the dd kit as well. the springs might not go all the way bottomed out. be carefull when cranking it down. a tip i use is mount it with modest pressure, then fire up the machine run some folding, or burn in, and do an eighth turn in cross pattern and watch the temps. you will see three or 4 degrees diferance depending on tightness on which corners. of course your tim and the flatness of the cpu come into play as well.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/20 04:09:44
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Yeah the koolance CPU blocks have a similar spring mechanism that would act the same way.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 03:50:03
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Looking good, can't wait to see the air cooled waterblock.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 04:04:30
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 Ta-da. btw, the screws came in lots of 10 from McMaster. Did you get black ones or something? That would prolly match better since the SR2 block has black screws. I was hoping someone would have gotten chrome screws to match nozzles but not a single person opted for them. *shrug*
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 05:11:51
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 05:50:08
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yea? I ordered the exact screw that G put down on the plans... OH CR@P... I got the 6-32 ones then?! I forgot we changed it to M3?! argh! What was the screw part # from McMaster? The original spec was 1.125" which I can go under being 25mm, or over being 30mm. I like getting longer screws, and just grind off what gets in the way. Here is what I found: Standard Thread— Black M3—Pitch: 0.5 mm 30 100 91290A130 $8.76 Type 316 Stainless Steel—DIN 912-A4 M3—Pitch: 0.5 mm 30 25 92290A126 $9.69
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 05:57:17
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btw, I counterbored the heads for the .140 6-32 head. The measured depths of each counterbored are around .150 (about a hundredth of an inch here & there)
The M3 screw head is 3mm (0.1181")
That means the screws will be sunk down 0.04" below the surface.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 06:23:40
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Nateman, very nice work man! As always.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 06:36:49
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 07:42:18
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Standard Thread— Black M3—Pitch: 0.5 mm 30 100 91290A130 $8.76 I got the stainless steel ones that were talked about before the change. I think though that the black will look better as you said with the overall theme as I am going with black matte finish compression fittings, although I am going to see what it looks like with some of the Koolance fittings. They are now ordered and shipped. Should have them by Friday.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 08:00:59
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Very nice block Nate. Clean, elegant and slick looking  I have a question, do you think it would make a difference on temps if the outside surface of the block is lapped to 2,000 or 5,000 grit?
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 08:10:53
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I don't think it will matter in the least. It would look SEXY AS HELL to have a mirror finish on all that copper though.
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 08:20:52
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I don't think it will matter in the least. It would look SEXY AS HELL to have a mirror finish on all that copper though.
Oh yeah...  Do I smell a 10% discount for the idea... 
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Re:Home made Danger Den MC-TDX replacement Copper top
2011/07/21 08:22:54
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I don't think it will matter in the least. It would look SEXY AS HELL to have a mirror finish on all that copper though.
Maybe that is coming in my next build  .
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