Anyone taken an ek mosfet block apart?

JonJ678 · 25 Feb 2010 at 02:01

If so, is the copper base part flat, or shaped in some way? Photos of the plexi ones suggest it's just a piece of copper sheet with plexi on top, the water channel being cut in the plexi itself. I'd like to know if this is the case or not. If you happen to know what the copper base of other manufacturers mosfet blocks look like that would be great too.

Google + google images is failing me on this one. It may be very possible to tell just by peering at one whether the base is anything complicated or not, but I can't tell from photos.

Thank you.

rjk · 25 Feb 2010 at 09:00

mine looked flat, i never took it apart though

it has a channel cut for the o-ring to sit in.

shadowscotland · 25 Feb 2010 at 09:58

They are flat except for the O ring channel.
Mips ones have half the path in the base and half the path in the top plate
I'll post a pic when I get home for you Jon.

JonJ678 · 25 Feb 2010 at 15:43

This sounds promising. Cheers guys.

I'm not quite following you ss, do you mean a semicircular channel cut in both base and top for the water to flow through? If so I'd expect this design to work much better at transferring heat but need a thicker base plate and so cost more.

I have 2mm copper C106 in mind for the base, mainly because anything over that cost significantly more.

Thank you

shadowscotland · 25 Feb 2010 at 15:54

That's why MIPS are the best (and most expensive)
but it's not semi circular it's half a rectangular channel (rounded start and finish)- CNC most likely.
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l l top
l_l base

JonJ678 · 25 Feb 2010 at 15:58

Makes sense. I don't think I can cut more than a mm into the plate, leaving most of the channel in the top, but this is probably an improvement on leaving it blank. Cheers

shadowscotland · 26 Feb 2010 at 09:38

Complete forgot about this last night - will try harder, and post up some images soon

JonJ678 · 26 Feb 2010 at 12:34

Probably not needed to be honest, I'm pretty sure I've got the idea. I'm also sure I can't imitate it unless I buy some significantly thicker copper, but if EK use a flat piece of copper then that's worth a try. Cheers SS.

shadowscotland · 11 Mar 2010 at 21:30

long time coming i know, and was completely wrong about the ek
Anyway as i had my bit box open...