Homemade Heatsink

[dmw16]

Has anyone gone to a machine shop with a chunk of aluminum and had them make a heatsink for you? I was thinking of giving it a shot. Someone I was talking to said he was getting great results. Any thoughts?
thanks,
-doug

 

[GasX]

I can't imagine that would be a cost effective way to get a heatsink.

 

[johneetrash]

i think design of the heatsink is more important than the fan (taisol cgk for example) so if you're gonna mkae your own, design it good

it wouldnt be cost effective i think too because your first design probably wont turn out right (design flaw or poor performance) so you'd hafta do it over and over well if it was me anyway