Water Cooling Advise

[mDust]

The Nickel coating had been scratched and a whole had been eaten clean through the side of the block and water flowed out like a waterfall.

Geez!

How does one go about scratching the inside of a water-block though? Sounds like a bit of mischief to me...

[Spawn-Inc]

Geez!

How does one go about scratching the inside of a water-block though? Sounds like a bit of mischief to me...

if the top was nickel plated it could easily get scratched by just screwing in the barb or compression. i'm willing to bet that's what happened to half of the GTX blocks swiftech came out with way back when.

[Canadian Psycho]

wow, that is crazy, defidently not gona go mixed metal anything.

[mDust]

if the top was nickel plated it could easily get scratched by just screwing in the barb or compression. i'm willing to bet that's what happened to half of the GTX blocks swiftech came out with way back when.

My current cpu block is a 3-4 year old GTX. It has a double plated aluminum top with a copper base. It's got no scratches in the plating at all. I actually just had it out the other day to fix a leak and decided to open it up for possible maintenance. The copper is still as shiny as the day I got it. It's apparently still under warranty as well! I never would have guessed that...

* The housing is CNC machined out of billet aluminum and receives two plating's for a lifetime protection against corrosion: electroless nickel plating (MIL-C-26074E grade B) and Zinc Cobalt plating (ASTM B 840-99 grade 6). A black die is applied after plating strictly for cosmetic appeal.
* The housing is supported by a 5 year limited(*) warranty.

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/apogeegtx.asp

[Spawn-Inc]

wow, that is crazy, defidently not gona go mixed metal anything.

just a note you can mix the following metals with no issues,

copper, brass, gold, nickel, silver, chrome, quality stainless steel.


so basically just avoid aluminum in your loop in ANY form. plated, anodized, etc.

EDIT: nice, though there is always a bunch that are unaffected. the boys 4rm oz had his gtx corrode up,
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...&highlight=gtx

[Oneslowz28]

IMO I would get either Danger Den's TDX-MC or a Heatkiller. Both will more than adequately cool your PC.

[Kayin]

The current top is either the new Aqua-Computer block or the EK-Supreme HF.

Now as to Koolance. These pics are a learning time for the company. They wised up, and I think Koolance full-covers are an excellent value for the money now. Their materials and methods have changed, and they're doing so much better now... They say the measure of a man is how he handles his mistakes, and as a company they've done damn well. Besides, I think I still know Tim there...