alu ramsinks
 

bought me some aluminium today to make big-****d, passively cooled heatsinks. they'll make great VGA/memory/HDD coolers

aluminium is surprisingly very cheap, light and easy to work with (not as hard as copper) and it cools with little airflow as good as (or even better then) copper :)

I'll start with it Wednesday afternoon.

bar #1 is 120mm * 15mm * 500mm
bar #2 is 40mm * 35mm * 300mm

crazy modder :)

make it look good Teus.

And make it perform good to :)

sure.... memsinks of 4CM tall :drool:

You gotta make sure that the heat does't pile up underneath the sinks.

can I order 8 ?

yep

>>MSN

i wanna order also 8 HS

contact me @ den_limit@hotmail.com

i'll contact you this week

i'll provide pics first

started with 'em

with a bandsaw (wipzaag - whatever it's called) it didn't go really well, but with a crappy handsaw I'm cutting much easier through the aluminium

I've been borrowing that handsaw for more then 8 months from the neighbours, lol :D
I'll get dad's handsaw ( a better one ) and put a new blade on it, it cut like a knife through butter :)

Does your Alu-supplier have massive cilindric bars (diametre 65mm)?
If he does, can you ask me the price for it? Is it avalible in small pieces, or do I have to order it per 5m :D?

the correct word is jigsaw

and why don't you use a 'frees' ( you know the exact word?? )

you can use it then for your waterblocks too

no problem, I know someone from Waasmunster that can get all kind of stuff

where I got it (the guy also does my cutting/tapping work) I didn't see such huge bars

=> mill

no, that's too much work for what it is :)

oh don't have a CNC machine standing around? (yea I know, I wish too)
You wouldn't be able to get some copper there at good prices (you know, leftovers and stuff)

I can get copper yeah

but I have to buy 4 or 6metres of it

... that's twice/trice as big as me.
and I barely fit in the car.

I guess not.

err, it can be cut in pieces. and i'm trying to find people so we can buy it together

in that case you may always put me down for some.
when you find enough peeps, lemme know.

how many metres?

what's the total size (l*d*h)

pfffrt, the cost of this hobby is getting outrageous. just spent 20€ on a good screw driver, a new blade for the hacksaw and a machine tap so I can use 3mm screws on everything

I've already spent 50 on a drill, 60 on a dremel, 25 on a blowtorch, over 50€ on drill bits and dremel stuff, 50 on barbs, hoses, hose clamps, splitters etc, 75 euro on aluminium and copper and some more money on tools like clamps :puke:

I envy the lucky bastards who's dad has all that kind of stuff :(

look at it this way, one day, your kids will be one of those lucky bastards.

No it's expensive that's for sure. And that's without blowing anything up...