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Hello,

 

After have done my Voodoo5 6000 Gold Second Edtion I have a new project : Voodoo5 6000 rev.3700A WaterCooling edition. (with a special hard work of an excellent man)

 

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Step by step :

 

- Waterblocks :

 

That is the coding that allows the machine to make that logo on front waterblock

 

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Delrin + Copper

 

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Voodoo5 6000 heatsinks removed

 

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Just a quick sketch up of the card and what needs to be cooled.

the green is the pcb, the bright red is the HiNT chip, and the 4 squares are the GPU's.

 

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The whole back of the card will be cooled.* One large block.* a large single piece of thermal tape will be used.

 

The one large sheet will touch every inch of the board and pull the heat off.

 

the chips themselves get hot. The back of the chips were probably getting hot from the lack of cooling on the top of them.

 

This rear block will take off any heat the top block will produce.* It will pull any heat off of every component that it touches.

 

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A CAD model of the card.* Things to cool in black, and things to avoid in red, and the very limited holes in the board.

 

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Basic overall shape :

 

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The blue outline that is the funny shape is the copper

the black outline is the overall card.

The copper is what needs to be touching the chips, so I will avoid all those red areas.

The plastic is thick enough to just mill out depressions for the components.

So the black plastic will cover the entire card

giving you the sleek appearance of a seamless block.

A copper plate that touches the HiNT chip, GPU's and Ram.

Then the black plastic is a much larger piece that covers most of the card.

Each block will be 19mm thick.

V5k6 card is 1.6mm thick, and 19mm of copper and plastic on each side

 

All of my stuff (WaterCooling kit).

I can't put into words, how powerful just one of those fans are.

I will have to screw this thing to a table.

I firmly believe that the radiator will levitate if all three are on.

I am still speechless from the power of a single fan.

I have all the power imaginable, and it sounds like a jet starting up :)

 

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Delta Fans 120 mm * 38 mm - 252 CFM ai capacity* :

 

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Here is a print to scale (I hope) version of the copper section of the waterblock.

 

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The plastic top part will have the same top and left boundaries.

 

Cut a prototype out of aluminum

 

Here is a basic prototype of the copper board that will touch all the chips.

 

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A few minor improvements to a few lines of code and it will be ready to cut.

 

Block progress :

 

The backside blocks initial outer shape is cut. Fits like a charm.

 

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Milling of the Vram section:

 

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I have good news and bad news. The bad news is the O-ring sealing didnt work. Thats a simple fix-i will seal it with a silicone gasket sealant along with the O-rings. So thats really not a big issue. It will never ever leak.

The good news is the block is very effective. when i was doing the leak test i pumped some cold water and the block instantly got very cold. The performance of these blocks are very good!

 

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Your reactions?

 

...Still In Development...

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The blocks are just about finished as far as basic construction.

 

I came up with an idea to make a seperate plate for it with the logo. I attached a pic of the 0.25" plate. The logo will go on that plate to give it some personality.

 

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Beginning 3dfx logo :

 

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Thermal pads :

 

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This is the overall size of the logo. Now comes the hard part, filling that logo with a solid sheet of polished copper.

 

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The next step is trying to cut the identical logo out of copper, just a hair smaller so it drops right into that logo and glue it into place.

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Front waterblock:

 

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He came across a slight problem. H can't mount the plate without covering the holes.

Rear plate would cover up holes.

The solution is I stick it on.

I can purchase a special role of tape so I can remove it whenever I want.

I can purchase some extra tape to stick the rear plate on waterblock.

That is a very easy solution.

 

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Still trying to dress up the Voodoo5 plate, but here its almost finished. Both blocks are sealed watertight now. Just awaiting installation...

 

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The last part:

 

Enclosing a bag of spacers (washers) that are plastic. They need to be stacked 2 high on each side of the card.

 

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The 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 Watercooling Legend Edition:

 

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Third video:

 

 

 

Thanks for Nateman_doo.

 

An Amazing Man...

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Packing:

 

Step 1: the card as it was received, about to be packed...

 

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Step 2: card in bag, placed in box lined with anti-static foam.

 

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Step 3: card secured in foam.

 

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Step 4: card completely immobilized in foam. Voodoo plate & old fans on top.

 

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One unmarked box. Ready to go.

 

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Hello,

 

I just received package with the 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 Watercooling Legend Edition...

 

Here are the pictures:

 

Unpacking...

 

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The card ::)

 

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This weekend, I will test the boot of the card just to see if she works without water.

I let you know.

I have fear :-X

I am waiting for the Watercooling system parts package now.

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Today, I have tested the Voodoo5 6000 Watercooling Legend Edition booting without water.

Just to see if the card boot...

 

Here are results and pictures:

 

Card and Adaptors ready to test:

 

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Assembled:

 

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Complete PC with the card:

 

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Turn ON:

 

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V5k6 Bios:

 

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Booting video:

 

 

 

As you can see, this is a successful booting test :)

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