Overclock.net › Forums › Cooling › Water Cooling › Please Read Before Purchasing EK Nickel Plated Blocks - Update: Revised plating info
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Please Read Before Purchasing EK Nickel Plated Blocks - Update: Revised plating info - Page 122

Poll Results: In light of EK's nickel failure, will you buy their blocks?

 
  • 37% (207)
    Yes, continue or consider using their blocks (copper or nickel)
  • 62% (339)
    No, I will look into other manufacturers.
546 Total Votes  
post #1211 of 1624
12/20/11 at 4:59pm
I'm finding that a lot of people are having success using distilled water with Feser Corrosion Blocker even after almost a year without touching the loop, if you stay away from silver and PT Nuke you be just fine.
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply

Gear mentioned in this thread:

post #1212 of 1624
12/21/11 at 1:20am
Got a response from EK; they don't recommend distilled water or any Biocide without anti-corrosion additives. They recommended EK-Ekoolant, Thermochill EC6 or Mayhem premixed coolants.

No specific mention to exclude Silver or products with Copper sulphate.

So I'm now looking for some EC6 (clear).
Edited by error-id10t - 12/21/11 at 1:30am
Mine
(20 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
2600k ASUS Z77-V EVGA 670 4GB SC+ EVGA 670 4GB SC+ 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
G.Skill Ares F3-2133C9D-8GAB 2x Crucial M4 256GB (RAID0) Lite-On iHBS212 RX360 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
Raystorm block EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC670 Koolance RP-452X2 Reservoir Koolance PMP-450 12V Variable Speed Pump 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Win8 Pro x64 BenQ XL2410T 120hz MX5500 Seasonic X-760 
CaseAudio
Corsair 800D Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Mine
(20 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
2600k ASUS Z77-V EVGA 670 4GB SC+ EVGA 670 4GB SC+ 
RAMHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
G.Skill Ares F3-2133C9D-8GAB 2x Crucial M4 256GB (RAID0) Lite-On iHBS212 RX360 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
Raystorm block EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC670 Koolance RP-452X2 Reservoir Koolance PMP-450 12V Variable Speed Pump 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Win8 Pro x64 BenQ XL2410T 120hz MX5500 Seasonic X-760 
CaseAudio
Corsair 800D Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1213 of 1624
12/21/11 at 4:02am
Quote:
Originally Posted by error-id10t View Post

Got a response from EK; they don't recommend distilled water or any Biocide without anti-corrosion additives. They recommended EK-Ekoolant, Thermochill EC6 or Mayhem premixed coolants.
No specific mention to exclude Silver or products with Copper sulphate.
So I'm now looking for some EC6 (clear).

Oh of course they want you to buy their Kool Aid, its to make up for all of the money losses RMA so many defective blocks! In the end what EKWB has done is charge more for the extra durable (EN) electroless nickel plating process and charge you for the Kool Aid as well. I wouldn't believe anything EK says, with a grain of salt I say!
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1214 of 1624
12/23/11 at 9:17am
How can I say everything I read is true?

It seems like speculations from everyone.

I have two En blocks in my loop and one nickel plating from old generation and I've always been running the loop with distilled water and pure silver,
Quad Damage
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i7 3930k @ 4.8Ghz Asus Rampage IV Extreme (Koolance Full WB) Zotac GTX 680 AMP Edition Corsair Dominator GT 2133 Ghz (16GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
(128GB Crucial M4 - 64 GB Patriot Pyro SSD) 1x1... LG Blue-Ray Burner Fully Custom Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
3 x CrossOver 27Q Led-P 1440p (Eyefinity 3x1) Logitech G15 Lepa G 1600 (1600 Watts) Corsair Obsidian Heavily Modded 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Logitech G700 RocketFish Speed/Control M-audio AV-40 (Logitech G-35) 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Quad Damage
(15 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i7 3930k @ 4.8Ghz Asus Rampage IV Extreme (Koolance Full WB) Zotac GTX 680 AMP Edition Corsair Dominator GT 2133 Ghz (16GB) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
(128GB Crucial M4 - 64 GB Patriot Pyro SSD) 1x1... LG Blue-Ray Burner Fully Custom Windows 7 Ultimate x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
3 x CrossOver 27Q Led-P 1440p (Eyefinity 3x1) Logitech G15 Lepa G 1600 (1600 Watts) Corsair Obsidian Heavily Modded 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Logitech G700 RocketFish Speed/Control M-audio AV-40 (Logitech G-35) 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1215 of 1624
12/23/11 at 11:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by KaRLiToS View Post

How can I say everything I read is true?
It seems like speculations from everyone.
I have two En blocks in my loop and one nickel plating from old generation and I've always been running the loop with distilled water and pure silver,

Any flaking yet?
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1216 of 1624
12/23/11 at 1:18pm
  • Joined: Oct 2011
  • Location: Louisiana
  • Posts: 1,724
  • Rep: 200 (Unique: 149)
  • Reviews: 2
  • Folding Team Rank: 2,025
  •  
    Name Team Rank Points / May Work Units / May
    Los_Hog 2,025 448,166 / 0 316 / 0
     
  • Select All Posts By This User
Quote:
Originally Posted by KaRLiToS View Post

How can I say everything I read is true?

It seems like speculations from everyone.

I have two En blocks in my loop and one nickel plating from old generation and I've always been running the loop with distilled water and pure silver,

Same here EK blocks running on distilled and silver for a long time
My System
(27 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Crosshair V Formula NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 
RAMRAMRAMRAM
G.Skill G.Skill G.Skill G.Skill 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Crucial M4 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Sol... Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 720... SONY Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 8X DVD+R 5X DVD-RA... Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
HP LED Black 27" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LED BackLi... Logitech G510 Black 18 Function Keys USB Wired ... SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V ... XSPC H1 Hive Series Cube Enthusiast Water Cooli... 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
Logitech G500 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel... Ozone Gaming Gear GROUND LEVEL L Gaming Mouse Pad Cooler Master Circumaural Storm Sirus Headset -... XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir - w/ Alphacool VP... 
OtherOtherOtherOther
XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir - w/ Alphacool VP... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... 
OtherOtherOther
XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... EK ASUS Crosshair V Full Board Cooling Block Ki... EK Supreme HF Universal CPU Liquid Cooling Bloc... 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(27 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Crosshair V Formula NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 
RAMRAMRAMRAM
G.Skill G.Skill G.Skill G.Skill 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Crucial M4 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Sol... Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 720... SONY Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 8X DVD+R 5X DVD-RA... Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
HP LED Black 27" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LED BackLi... Logitech G510 Black 18 Function Keys USB Wired ... SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V ... XSPC H1 Hive Series Cube Enthusiast Water Cooli... 
MouseMouse PadAudioOther
Logitech G500 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel... Ozone Gaming Gear GROUND LEVEL L Gaming Mouse Pad Cooler Master Circumaural Storm Sirus Headset -... XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir - w/ Alphacool VP... 
OtherOtherOtherOther
XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir - w/ Alphacool VP... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... 
OtherOtherOther
XSPC EX360 Triple 120mm Low Profile Split Fin R... EK ASUS Crosshair V Full Board Cooling Block Ki... EK Supreme HF Universal CPU Liquid Cooling Bloc... 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1217 of 1624
12/23/11 at 1:27pm
Thread Starter 
Old blocks (I believe prior to summer 2010) were very few cases. It was blocks from mid 2010 to mid 2011 that had this major failure immediately. This was my observation and based on several claims from owners (and personal as well). Obviously I was passionate to know why EK wanted to screw over their customers so I kept up with as many threads and forums as possible.
Titan Time!!!!
(12 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k Gigabyte G1. Sniper3 Z77 SLI GTX 685 Titan 6GB (EVGA SC & Asus) Corsair Vengeance 16GB (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingCooling
Samsung 840 250GB ssd  DD M6 Ni + MCP35X + EK FC-Titan C/P (x2) Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 480mm  CM R4 (green a lot) + Enzotech Compression  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 3x Dell Ultrasharp U2412M 3600x1920 Surround OCZ ZX 1250w  Cooler Master HAF XB 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Titan Time!!!!
(12 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k Gigabyte G1. Sniper3 Z77 SLI GTX 685 Titan 6GB (EVGA SC & Asus) Corsair Vengeance 16GB (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingCooling
Samsung 840 250GB ssd  DD M6 Ni + MCP35X + EK FC-Titan C/P (x2) Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 480mm  CM R4 (green a lot) + Enzotech Compression  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 3x Dell Ultrasharp U2412M 3600x1920 Surround OCZ ZX 1250w  Cooler Master HAF XB 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1218 of 1624
12/23/11 at 6:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by wermad View Post

Old blocks (I believe prior to summer 2010) were very few cases. It was blocks from mid 2010 to mid 2011 that had this major failure immediately. This was my observation and based on several claims from owners (and personal as well). Obviously I was passionate to know why EK wanted to screw over their customers so I kept up with as many threads and forums as possible.

I purchased my failing EK block summer 2010, I won't bother with it till I'm ready for my next build.
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1219 of 1624
12/23/11 at 7:08pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Systemlord View Post

I purchased my failing EK block summer 2010, I won't bother with it till I'm ready for my next build.

The hidden ray of light in this ugly and messy ordeal is that the blocks still retain (if not improve) their thermal performance. The crappy side of this coin is without replacement;/rma, the resale value and your wallet will get hit.
Titan Time!!!!
(12 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k Gigabyte G1. Sniper3 Z77 SLI GTX 685 Titan 6GB (EVGA SC & Asus) Corsair Vengeance 16GB (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingCooling
Samsung 840 250GB ssd  DD M6 Ni + MCP35X + EK FC-Titan C/P (x2) Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 480mm  CM R4 (green a lot) + Enzotech Compression  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 3x Dell Ultrasharp U2412M 3600x1920 Surround OCZ ZX 1250w  Cooler Master HAF XB 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Titan Time!!!!
(12 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i7 2700k Gigabyte G1. Sniper3 Z77 SLI GTX 685 Titan 6GB (EVGA SC & Asus) Corsair Vengeance 16GB (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingCooling
Samsung 840 250GB ssd  DD M6 Ni + MCP35X + EK FC-Titan C/P (x2) Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 480mm  CM R4 (green a lot) + Enzotech Compression  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Ultimate 3x Dell Ultrasharp U2412M 3600x1920 Surround OCZ ZX 1250w  Cooler Master HAF XB 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #1220 of 1624
12/23/11 at 7:17pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by wermad View Post

The hidden ray of light in this ugly and messy ordeal is that the blocks still retain (if not improve) their thermal performance. The crappy side of this coin is without replacement;/rma, the resale value and your wallet will get hit.

I'll replace the block in May 2012 as even then its still under warranty. biggrin.gif
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
My System
(14 items)
  		  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
MouseMouse Pad
Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Water Cooling

Gear mentioned in this thread:

Overclock.net › Forums › Cooling › Water Cooling › Please Read Before Purchasing EK Nickel Plated Blocks - Update: Revised plating info