SFF.Network Ncore V1 prototype shows efficiently minimalistic mount

Over on HardOCP, Kyle Bennett has gotten his hands on a prototype waterblock from NUDEcnc, run by Arek Tobiszewski.

Unlike most waterblocks this tiny block mounts only on delidded Intel socket 115x boards by basically replacing the heatspreader as a part of the design. This allows the waterblock to make a direct contact with the CPU die meaning a much more efficient cooling.

It will be available for crowd funding on Kickstarter on April 1st.

Read more here (hardocp.com)

 

[NUDEcnc]

Hi Guys!
I just wanted to let you know that Linus Tech Tips review of the Ncore V1 is live!

Enjoy

 

[Feingeist]

LOL
min 6:28 ! Waterfall....

Greetings from Germany

 

[Phuncz]

Oh wow amazing results ! Well done !

 

[|||]

@NUDEcnc those results look very promising!

What is the center-to-center distance between the tapped inlet and outlet ports? And will there be a nickel-plated option at some point?

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Amazing!

 

[w5endless]

Can someone please explain to me why this is so great apart just from it is cool that it is so small? Waterblock-size have never been the issue even for ITX, have it? The issue is how to make the fittings flat enough for small cases. What is the benefit of making the contact area so small?

because it eliminates the heatspreader from the chip? It has direct contact with the cpu dye. nobody has ever done this before....? What are you on about

 

[Stevo_]

Just wondering about the protective coating Intel uses on the finished die and what the assumptions are for it, Na+ ion contamination could be a thing longer term.

 

[Mortis Angelus]

because it eliminates the heatspreader from the chip? It has direct contact with the cpu dye. nobody has ever done this before....? What are you on about

Yeah I did get that explained to me already, but thanks anyways. When I read the original article the first time I didnt understand it properly; I didnt understand that the waterblock actually replaced the original heatspreader on the CPU. Thus it looked to me as only a very minimalistic waterblock.

 

[psycho88]

Hi Guys!
I just wanted to let you know that Linus Tech Tips review of the Ncore V1 is live!

Enjoy

do you have any plan to make direct die contact monoblock for itx board in the future? not only cool the cpu die, ut also the VRM, chippset and M.2 ssd like this :

https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...k-for-asus-z270i-z370i-strix.6890/#post-96449