Nickel plating EVERYTHING...niceee

After i took some valuable advices and heard the opinions of some of you guys:up::clap: here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=226702

i found a goog workshop and nickel plated all my mobo blocks, 2 ek and my new Heatkiller rev.3.0 They used electroless nickel plating and i paid 20€.

Here are the results.......:

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1232/p6170002.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/433/p6170003k.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8760/p6170004.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/605/p6170005q.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2416/p6170006.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7983/p6170008.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6510/p6170009.jpg

Of course more photos are on the way...:D but give some time because my wife will :slapass: and then :shoot:
So just be patient:rofl:

is it flat though? Really shiny. Make sure you didn't use polish. Nice job though.

That's pretty cool man, came out well.

Purely for looks?

mmm,,, pr0nz

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Originally Posted by eligray

That's pretty cool man, came out well.

Purely for looks?

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Originally Posted by Boogerlad

is it flat though? Really shiny. Make sure you didn't use polish. Nice job though.

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Thanks guys

I like nickel and as i heard it works against corrosion. With my ek-4870x2 nickel block theymatch perfect and all that in my cosmos... i like it.
I ask guy in the workshop haw to clean them and he told me to use just water or chemical alcohol. Tommorow ill start the job...

Nice, would really like to do that, but I am not sure if there are any shops in Dallas that do it or what the price would be or I should expect.

Shiiiny '-'
Realy nice mate!

How much did they charge you ? Wanna do this too, wonder how much it costs...

Isnt it stupid to do it on the bottem? Its only the top that is visible anyway?

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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

mmm,,, pr0nz

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I even thought silver or gold plate my staff but then again i should move to Dubai or ........ with this guy:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5977/image020lsm.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3135/image013vfc.jpg

:rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Blizzy

Shiiiny '-'
Realy nice mate!

How much did they charge you ? Wanna do this too, wonder how much it costs...

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as said 20€ for these three, but i had to do a research before i found this workshop/price

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Originally Posted by Mech0z

Isnt it stupid to do it on the bottem? Its only the top that is visible anyway?

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Yes exactly i didnt want to change the copper bottom of my heatkiller so i did plate only the rest of the block

Well for EU people chilledpc made the same service http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...roducts_id=998

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Originally Posted by greg.m

as said 20€ for these three, but i had to do a research before i found this workshop/price

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ohhh, missed the price there x)

Hope i can find something around that near me

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Originally Posted by Mech0z

Well for EU people chilledpc made the same service http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...roducts_id=998

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I didnt know that!!! Thats nice maybe with my next system upgrade ill do that direct with my order

Fargin Sexah Man. That's a really nice custom touch.

greg.m please pm me link of the shop or post it here!

help a fellow swede out!

Trevlig midsommars förresten!

I will tell your wife to :slapass: harder!! haha

:buddies:

amazing,, good job there by the "old man at the shop"
Nice initiative and the finish looks great, so this custom look of yours is coming together nice.


will take a closer look when iam at home

I take it the insides are plated as well?

Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?

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Originally Posted by ctsoccer13

I take it the insides are plated as well?

Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?

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Yes i believe they are.

Can i have a picture of the CPU block from above.

Why didnt you plate the Heatkiller base aswell? And pls dont tell me sth about performance ;)

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Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun

greg.m please pm me link of the shop or post it here!

help a fellow swede out!

Trevlig midsommars förresten!

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Here is the link:

http://www.fintlings.se/nicr.htm

this workshop is i Solna - Stockholm and they did the job in 2 days! Real profs and the cooperate with hospitals also. I dont know where exactly you live but there are many other i södra Sweden also.

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Originally Posted by ctsoccer13

I take it the insides are plated as well?

Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?

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Yes the upper part is fully nickel plated - inside also - and i didnt have the heatkiller installed so i cant compare temps but i can with other blocks sb and nb. Tonight ill install everything and see...:D

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Originally Posted by Dr.Joe

Why didnt you plate the Heatkiller base aswell? And pls dont tell me sth about performance ;)

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Yes i didnt want to change thermal conductivity. I think pure copper has a little bit better conductivity than nickel. But again maybe thats my idea...;)

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Originally Posted by greg.m

Yes i didnt want to change thermal conductivity. I think pure copper has a little bit better conductivity than nickel. But again maybe thats my idea...;)

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you know that the nickel plating only has a thickness of up to 50µm?...

In fact, the TIM youre using conducts heat way worse than this nickel layer.. ;)