Why would anybody choose to go Pure Copper if the result is guaranteed tarnishing over time? Perhaps if you plan to hide it with a dye colored coolant? Or is there a performance benefit to pure copper?
Cooper for sure. Nickel-Plated looks cool until it starts to flake off. I installed a Nickel-Plated block on my Radeon 7 and after 2 months of almost no usage it flaked off. That being said I have an EK CPU block that is nickel-plated and still spotless after years.
and really, you're spending way too much time looking at the computer instead of using it if it matters that much to you.
not that there's anything wrong with that. I guess I just have a natural distrust in those that're a e s t h e t i c s & updoot chasers. doesn't end up meaning much in the apocalypse, unless you're using it to send morse code maybe.
Why would anybody choose to go Pure Copper if the result is guaranteed tarnishing over time? Perhaps if you plan to hide it with a dye colored coolant? Or is there a performance benefit to pure copper?
Hi,
Main thing that causes copper to tarnish is light, mainly sun light but that really does nothing but turn it brown not black you get black and you added another item air pockets and or even mixed metals or most of all improper fluid
Obviously if you add two layers of another coating like nickle plating it's adding distance to transfer cooling...
If prefer nickel. If you use a quality coolant (Mayhems for example) it stays spotless.
And nickel can be used with liquid metal, whereas copper absorbs the liquid metal.
Minimal maintenance... No biocide. No silver coil. No coolant.
Too much misinformation regarding corrosion and distilled water here.
The block out lived the GPU it was cooling. GPU still works, just outdated and was sold. Poor power consumption compared to today's silicone for performance.
It all comes down to preference. I prefer the raw copper vs an extra coating.
My Supremacy EVO and Phanteks Glacier are both ~4 years in service with X1 Clear (annual fluid changes, Blitz Pt 2 every two years, no sunlight on the case). The nickel on both of them looks like it just came out of the box.
Younger, dumber me used a Silver Bullet with a couple of nickel blocks (not EK). They didn't flake, but they badly discolored.
Pure distillate water will get corrupted, with trash, ions, and other stuff i even can pronunciate...
Reading this tread, and already scared, from buying a Heatkiller IV on niquel....
My old Apogee GT (still use it) and Inovatek Rev3, are like new inside (both copper).
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