Introduction
Right now a lot of you are probably scratching your heads going “What’s a Nateman Doo?”. I don’t blame you necessarily- Nateman Doo is an artisan who frequents the EVGA forums and has created water blocks for a lot of people- especially the recent EVGA motherboards which tend to not get a lot of love from the more established units in watercooling. Thanks then to Nateman for providing this sample for review.
This started as a result of a few people on that forum not being particularly pleased with the current offerings as far as CPU waterblocks for for Haswell-E. A few weeks of talking between them and Nateman and the first prototype was ready. He wanted to get a baseline of liquid flow restriction and thermal performance, and I agreed to help him out. So here’s where we are. Keep in mind then that (a) this is not a mass production CPU block, (b) the design would be simpler than what we are generally used to seeing, (c) there is no packaging or accessories, and (d) this is a socket specific block. With that said, let’s take a look at the block on the next page.
Hey, I was wondering if its possible for you to release the cad drawings for the gtx 690? I can’t find any decent clear blocks for it any more. Maybe an 1150 block as well.
If you are asking me, I am sorry but I don’t have any CAD drawings for any waterblocks.
Damn. I’m trying to get in touch with nate
He’s on the EVGA forums if you want to contact him.
I tried no reply there. Then I tried his email and he replied to me once and then left me to die.
Sorry to hear that 🙁
in the latest news my source of funding for my watercooling project inside a cardboard box is now gone 🙁
I was going to get a whole custom EK loop with dual 480mm rads, a once in a lifetime oppurtunity, for $150
So, second from worst cooler, but also very low flow resistance…
This looks like a good way to inline the cold side of a peltier right before your cpu waterblock. The hot side of the peltier would have a mediocre air cooler.
This is along the lines of what I had suggested the creator of this block, and also to further explore his idea of having a heatsink as a top for the block for additional cooling.