Hey guys, I'm about to dive into a custom watercooling loop, starting with cheap-o items on a test rig to see its performance, but I'm a bit terrified of the corrosion horror stories floating here and there.
One of my orders came, and lo and behold, I got, what I believe, an Aluminum base CPU block. The website on where I ordered it shows as a Copper base, and title even said "Copper Base". Currently, I'm not that bothered that I pretty much got a wrong item since the rad I ordered is also a cheap-o "Aluminum" one.
However, upon searching the www, it looks like there isn't any pre-made aluminum base waterblock available other than those blue colored aluminum blocks with no mounts. So, my question is, is this definitely an Aluminum base? Or is it just some kind of silver colored copper or other metal of some sort?
Follow up -- if this is an AL base, would it still be recommended to add anti-corrosive agents?
EDIT: an ebay page shows it as follows:
"Materials: stainless steel + copper + acrylic"
One of my orders came, and lo and behold, I got, what I believe, an Aluminum base CPU block. The website on where I ordered it shows as a Copper base, and title even said "Copper Base". Currently, I'm not that bothered that I pretty much got a wrong item since the rad I ordered is also a cheap-o "Aluminum" one.
However, upon searching the www, it looks like there isn't any pre-made aluminum base waterblock available other than those blue colored aluminum blocks with no mounts. So, my question is, is this definitely an Aluminum base? Or is it just some kind of silver colored copper or other metal of some sort?
Follow up -- if this is an AL base, would it still be recommended to add anti-corrosive agents?
EDIT: an ebay page shows it as follows:
"Materials: stainless steel + copper + acrylic"