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Thanks my dude

Yeah, the silver doesn’t look too bad. My first effort at building my own QBs.

Ive refined the wiring, and the hanging arrangement. Black releases heat faster than any other colour, so the new ones are a little more effective.

These boys are quite heavy with those  massive sinks. A little over 7kgs each. 

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Just now, CreX said:

beautiful man!! shit at 7 kilos you best not bang your noggin haha!!

 

Haha ya you don’t wanna walk into them. I’m still looking for a heatsink with a thinner base, but these things are hard to find in this country.

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yea they are, a friend of mine was looking for some in SA, but seems that there arent many forges in SA that are capable of high quality heatsinks in the dimensions we require.

and to manufacture them, …well.. you may as well import the most luxurious heatsinks from Italy instead because they will likely be cheaper

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This build ends up costing me about the same as an HLG 550/650 kit, so not cheap. But I’ve got better cooling than those kits, so my boards should last a little longer. And when my boards are finished, I can just replace them.

Plus, there’s a lot of satisfaction making something yourself. 

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