Hi guys-
I’m trying to gauge interest in an idea I had. I’m currently a female mechanical engineering PHD student (yes, we exist) with a very strong background in heat transfer. So here’s the pitch- I know from my male friends that they put a lot of stock into what kind of heat sink they use on their CPU’s. They seemed to think that there would be an interest in custom built heat sinks for their computers, getting original designs specific to their cases/airflow setups that would give them optimal performance. Further- they didn’t always know what they were buying as far as materials go. Obviously copper is idea, but they said that they’d frequently get aluminum painted as copper! As a gal who’s done a lot of research into heat transfer, and with a machining background, I figured maybe I could help them out- so I did!
I began by measuring the case dimensions and creating a model of the innards of the case, including some large cards/bulks of wiring they had. I estimated the airflow between a single inlet fan and two outlet fans, then came up with a custom heatsink design (# fins, dimensions, heat pipe diameters, etc) assuming a single fan mounted to the heat sink. The computer model showed great results in cooling! The only problem here is that they wanted to try making the heat sink mostly out of copper, which can be costly.
The point here is that I feel as though I can use my specialties to possibly come up with custom cooling solutions for computer enthusiasts. You’d give me some case dimensions, a picture of the insides, some processor/powersupply/video card data (heat generators), and I’d return to you a custom built heat sink (aluminum or copper, depending on $) along with a guide of how to set your inlet/outlet fans for ideal cooling.
Is this something you guys would be interested in? I have no idea in costs- I’d assume it would be somewhat steep because of the machining/copper material costs, maybe $100-200?
-K
I’m trying to gauge interest in an idea I had. I’m currently a female mechanical engineering PHD student (yes, we exist) with a very strong background in heat transfer. So here’s the pitch- I know from my male friends that they put a lot of stock into what kind of heat sink they use on their CPU’s. They seemed to think that there would be an interest in custom built heat sinks for their computers, getting original designs specific to their cases/airflow setups that would give them optimal performance. Further- they didn’t always know what they were buying as far as materials go. Obviously copper is idea, but they said that they’d frequently get aluminum painted as copper! As a gal who’s done a lot of research into heat transfer, and with a machining background, I figured maybe I could help them out- so I did!
I began by measuring the case dimensions and creating a model of the innards of the case, including some large cards/bulks of wiring they had. I estimated the airflow between a single inlet fan and two outlet fans, then came up with a custom heatsink design (# fins, dimensions, heat pipe diameters, etc) assuming a single fan mounted to the heat sink. The computer model showed great results in cooling! The only problem here is that they wanted to try making the heat sink mostly out of copper, which can be costly.
The point here is that I feel as though I can use my specialties to possibly come up with custom cooling solutions for computer enthusiasts. You’d give me some case dimensions, a picture of the insides, some processor/powersupply/video card data (heat generators), and I’d return to you a custom built heat sink (aluminum or copper, depending on $) along with a guide of how to set your inlet/outlet fans for ideal cooling.
Is this something you guys would be interested in? I have no idea in costs- I’d assume it would be somewhat steep because of the machining/copper material costs, maybe $100-200?
-K