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post #1 of 11
5/8/12 at 9:19am
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Just wondering, I hear a while ago there was something funky going I with exwb's nickel played gpu and CPU blocks, like something to do with corrosion because it wasn't done properly or something, any who if this was even true in the first place is it straight to get some now?

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post #2 of 11
5/8/12 at 11:55am
You still hear about random issues, but that is pretty much with any vendor. A year ago, there was wide spread nickel plating failure on EK's part.
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post #3 of 11
5/8/12 at 12:04pm
I would asume those who get corrosion is those who use distilled water + any sort of extra.
Which is why I always recommend getting premixed. Its worth the extra cost in the end.
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post #4 of 11
5/8/12 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by Angrybutcher View Post

You still hear about random issues, but that is pretty much with any vendor. A year ago, there was wide spread nickel plating failure on EK's part.

Yeah thought i had heard something like that, though im not an EXTREME "every degree counts" kinda guy so i wont be adding all that extra hard core junk in my loop.
Thanks though for the response man biggrin.gif
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post #5 of 11
5/8/12 at 1:07pm
Just glanced at mine that i bought just a few months ago and i believe i can see it flaking already mad.gif Think im gonna do a full tear down here shortly and see.
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post #6 of 11
5/8/12 at 1:12pm
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WOW REALLY!?!? I'm praying for your sake it isn't because I know how devistating that would be for me! What in terms of coolant are you using!?
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post #7 of 11
5/8/12 at 1:34pm
plain distilled.
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post #8 of 11
5/8/12 at 2:11pm
I have a full EK HF Supreme (EN) Nickel block and will open my whole loop up in a couple of days. I'll post pics up to show if any corrosion has occurred. I've only ran my loop for a month, so I'm not sure if I'll find anything. On a side note, my PrimoFlex tubing has started to turn a light shade of brown. I'm running plain distilled water with a kill coil. Water looks clear as day one, so not sure why tubing is starting to "fade color". Will post pics in a couple of days once I have time to pull everything out.
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post #9 of 11
5/8/12 at 2:27pm
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Is primo chill and primoflex the same thing!? D: cause that's what I just got frown.gif and I really wanted these
Nickel blocks too frown.gif i got bad taste haha,
But yeah if you could take pix and post em here that would be awesome smile.gif
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post #10 of 11
5/8/12 at 2:29pm
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Is primo chill and primoflex the same thing!? D: cause that's what I just got frown.gif and I really wanted these
Nickel blocks too frown.gif i got bad taste haha,
But yeah if you could take pix and post em here that would be awesome smile.gif

Yep same Primochill is the company that makes Primoflex tubing. I'll see if I can take a quick snap tonight once I get home.
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