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2012/06/08 19:45:08 (permalink)
A forum member was kind enough to donate his board to the effort.  The project officially has the green light.  Why not SUBSCRIBE to the thread and watch the progress through the CAD design, my infamous paper prototype, to a real prototype and finally a finished block!
 
Did I mention SUBSCRIBE?!  I will update this thread as the progress moves along.
 
1st *real* Update:
A rough CAD design of the block:

From left to right it is 8.48" long, and from top to bottom, it is 4.59"
 
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27 March 2013.  Finally.... FINALLY.... it is complete. 
 
 
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/08 22:09:54 (permalink)
Bah another project delaying the CPU coolers :P~
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/09 10:08:17 (permalink)
I can't wait for this!  Going to be... AMAZING!
 
 BTW I might be one of your customers if you could do nickle plating, and maybe just maybe make it out of acetal for looks?  If you wouldnt mind making some lga 2011 waterblocks, and some gtx 680 classified waterblocks... and maybe... nevermind.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/09 11:12:05 (permalink)
Ok, Ok, I subscribed. Lol, I wont be getting an SR-X anytime soon, but I love watching what you come up with.


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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/09 14:34:26 (permalink)
yah baby, this should be cool man. I wont be getting an srx myself but am interested in that combo block I was talking about a few months ago. do me a favor and if you can get me a relative position of the cpu mounting holes to the vreg mounts so i can finish the prototype cpu top to work with both srx and sr-2:) this is good timeing for you....just finished up those 580's eh?

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/09 21:20:21 (permalink)
Almost done with the 580's.  I have the rear holes to drill & tap, polishing of plastic covers edges, and the 4 way SLI bridge.  Then install the blocks on the cards. 

The bridge is going to be a challenge thats for sure
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/09 22:39:40 (permalink)
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yah baby, this should be cool man. I wont be getting an srx myself but am interested in that combo block I was talking about a few months ago. do me a favor and if you can get me a relative position of the cpu mounting holes to the vreg mounts so i can finish the prototype cpu top to work with both srx and sr-2:) this is good timeing for you....just finished up those 580's eh?


I like this. Looking forward to seeing it become a reality.


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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/10 05:06:47 (permalink)
Thing is, I don't have an SR2 board, so I can't do any drafting up of one :(
 
This first SRX block will have a plastic top.  I may try to model it in the likeness of the SR2 block, but I may choose a completely different design.  Been brain storming for a while now.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/14 06:16:51 (permalink)
cant wait to see your amazing work!

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/14 07:20:32 (permalink)
Should be interesting!

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/15 17:50:23 (permalink)
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Thing is, I don't have an SR2 board, so I can't do any drafting up of one :(

This first SRX block will have a plastic top.  I may try to model it in the likeness of the SR2 block, but I may choose a completely different design.  Been brain storming for a while now.

drafting designs or it didn't happen
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/16 05:46:42 (permalink)
At some point next week I will post them.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/16 20:24:24 (permalink)
I hate to say, but at this point... it looks too easy?
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/16 20:45:59 (permalink)
picts! we beg for pictures lol

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/17 14:43:43 (permalink)
Looking forward to this. I don't have  my SR-X yet, but  it is on the cards for late summer. Hopefully will see the first blocks before then :)

 
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/17 20:14:25 (permalink)
I am somewhat torn about that motherboard hole that resides in the center there.  To utilize it for the block, or leave a giant hole to allow the board to be screwed down.

What to do?
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/18 00:28:24 (permalink) ☄ Helpful
Hello.
 
Please post a picture ;-)
 
Anyways, If I get your drift, I would assume, that it is one of the motherboard standoff holes you are talking about, or is it to do with a mounting hole for the old aircooling block ?
 
If it is a motherboard standoff hole, I would recommend 2 different ways:
1.) to make it two-way - meaning that you allow the waterblock to go flush with the hole, for a small O in the block, so a screw will fit through it, such that both block and motherboard is thightend - this may not look that good though, but would keep both block and board tightend to the standoffs.
 
2.) make a threaded hole in the bottom part of the waterblock, and then put in a threaded pin (like a screw, but without the head), then screw a standoff onto that, and then, (the user : should then drill in that motherboard standoff hole, with a 3mm drill, to allow for the standoff to go directly through, and finally, have a small bolt fit on the backside of the case motherboard standoff area onto it - that way, you will have tightend the block and board to the case, without having a screw-hole in the block (from the top-side - that would be the case with method 1.))
 
At least for my 2 recommended methods, I think that it is best to tighten both block and motherboard to the case - the difference is how it will look on the top part of the block.
 
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/18 06:14:31 (permalink)
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Hello.

Please post a picture ;-)

Anyways, If I get your drift, I would assume, that it is one of the motherboard standoff holes you are talking about, or is it to do with a mounting hole for the old aircooling block ?

If it is a motherboard standoff hole, I would recommend 2 different ways:
1.) to make it two-way - meaning that you allow the waterblock to go flush with the hole, for a small O in the block, so a screw will fit through it, such that both block and motherboard is thightend - this may not look that good though, but would keep both block and board tightend to the standoffs.


 
I may not be a fan of the look of a hole right in the center of the block, but that is a damn good idea.  I was going to just steal the hole for the block, have a blind hole tapped so it gets screwed up from the bottom.  This would be just fine for horizontal motherboard applications, but this board being vertical may need that screw out in the middle.
 
If anyone has this board mounted vertical it would help shed some light on the subject (mainly with video card weight on the board)
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/18 08:21:45 (permalink)
Hello.
 
I would have preferred the 2nd method, but I came up with a 3rd !!
 
3.) make a hole in the bottom part of the water-block, and make the user fasten a screw through the bottom part and through the motherboard into the standoff. Then, you can
  a.) Keep both the motherboard and Waterblock tightend to the case, and
  b.) Hide the Screw (as method 2.), BUT without having to modify the motherboard tray holes and without exotic mounting.
And then put the top of the waterblock on top, without hole here. It would still be tight as you would probably still need screws around the sides of the block.
 
 
;D
 
Think this is the very best solution, as it would hold both motherboard and waterblock tight, and with a hidden screw (the top hides the screw in the bottom block).
 
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/18 08:31:54 (permalink)
This should get interesting. I'll have to keep an eye on this project.

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/18 08:53:39 (permalink)
I guess I would have to consult the ownder of the block which method they prefer. It only will take moments to program the subtle differences. I can do either the countersunk top down approach, or the underside blind hole.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/19 11:24:01 (permalink)
Updated main post with CAD drawing.
 
I designed it with the hole in the center. Depending upon the board, I can either blind hole from the bottom for horizontal board, or as you see it for vertical applications.  Its completely optional.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/19 14:17:48 (permalink)
Nice design, though I had expected something a lot larger :p (i.e. going over all of where the regular air cooling block is (even the battery - here - there could be a circular hole with a glass lens with a led put into it for a "bling-effect"), and then also going along the CPU1(the 2nd cpu) where normally the EVGA metal plate is located(between CPU1 and PCIE slot ), and then around  CPU1's ram slot to cover the MOSfets.
 
To be honest - In my opinion it should cover just about everything - beginning from the sata connectors, and then flowing around over the board, and stopping with covering the mosfets/powerphases behind CPU1 - unfortunately, it would require a second block to cover CPU0's powerphases/mosfets.
 
Also, as I have not played around with waterblocks previously (so I might be missing something obvious) - would it be hard for the user to unscrew the screws along the edges to mount a hidden screw (where you have made it now) in the bottom part of the waterblock, and then remount all the screws along the edges ? - that way the top part of the block would cover the screw hole, and the bottom part would be keeping the block and board tight ?  (Using this technique, you can for every mounting hole tighten the bottom block and board)
 
 
Best regards : CyberstormXIII
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/19 15:34:25 (permalink)
I can make anything.  I can make a block the size of the entire board, and cover the CPU's and every single component.  Problem is it would cost a fortune and would take quite a while to design.  The reason the factory cooler is so large is because its a passive heatsink.  It doesn't have a fan to help it, so all the heat the chips create must find their way into the aluminum heatsink, and then into the air.
 
I opted for a simple, and much more cost effective solution.  The only things the stock heatsink cools is the nb/sb blocks.  I just had to get the in/outlets out from underneath the video cards.
 
besides, video cards hide the block anyway.  The exterior of the block I can still play with, but the rest is practically ready for a prototype. 
post edited by nateman_doo - 2012/06/19 15:41:58
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/20 14:36:14 (permalink)
cost effective is good!
cant wait to see your famous prototypes on the board.

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/24 07:50:13 (permalink)
pyrebuilder

cost effective is good!
cant wait to see your famous prototypes on the board.

BTW, this is your board:

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/24 08:04:00 (permalink)
How does the SLI bridge go on with the blocks like that?
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/24 08:24:49 (permalink)
The SLI bridge:

The SLI bridge just has to be slid in sideways.
 
 
 
The "other" bridge.

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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/24 08:30:00 (permalink)
Ah, nicely done.
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Re:The EVGA SRX Waterblock... Coming soon to an SRX near you. 2012/06/24 11:29:09 (permalink)
Thanks!
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