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Why would they freak out about 80ºC? That is the cpu temperature, not the water's.Also, I think you should go for the solution that Alphacool has: the water comes and goes from the sides of the thing, and not the top. This would ensure compatibility... and unless your block required a very specific position, it could be rotated at will so it should work pretty much everywhere. You could increase the height of the top so that it clears stuff that could potentially be around the socket, but all things considered it looks like THE solution considering that your design is for space-contrained scenarios and that, by using top ports, you are ruining your work to find a thin block. IE you are doing a very thing apparatus only to make it super big by putting the barbs on top.Now, if you put the ports on the side... you don't have to worry that much about how thin it is (which will make everything more robus, as acrylic is prone to cracking if over-pressured, and if it is too thin it will crack easier) AND you can focus on the really important stuff: that the solution isn't obnoxiously unpleasing to our ears. More space = potentially a bigger pump = potentially less noise.Lastly, if you ask me, ports on the side look much better.
Why would they freak out about 80ºC? That is the cpu temperature, not the water's.
Also, I think you should go for the solution that Alphacool has: the water comes and goes from the sides of the thing, and not the top. This would ensure compatibility... and unless your block required a very specific position, it could be rotated at will so it should work pretty much everywhere. You could increase the height of the top so that it clears stuff that could potentially be around the socket, but all things considered it looks like THE solution considering that your design is for space-contrained scenarios and that, by using top ports, you are ruining your work to find a thin block. IE you are doing a very thing apparatus only to make it super big by putting the barbs on top.
Now, if you put the ports on the side... you don't have to worry that much about how thin it is (which will make everything more robus, as acrylic is prone to cracking if over-pressured, and if it is too thin it will crack easier) AND you can focus on the really important stuff: that the solution isn't obnoxiously unpleasing to our ears. More space = potentially a bigger pump = potentially less noise.
Lastly, if you ask me, ports on the side look much better.
