Evenings Gents,

I assume you've all heard of Galvanic Reaction and I'm hoping some of you here are somewhat experts on the subject

Basically I have a few questions, I'm planning on building a CPU/GPU/NB water cooled set-up in September and I'm taking to carefully plan everything. One of the issues I have ran into is that the CPU blocks tend to all use copper (rightfully so) however, while I am still trying to get a confirmation on this from ASUS), I believe the Asus Striker II Extreme Fusion Block placed on the NB contains aluminium.

  1. Am I going to need a corrosion inhibitor? [Yes]
  2. How effective are they? [Do they inhibit or slow down?]
  3. Does their efficiency deplete over time? [How much more maintenance is required?]
  4. Should anything be added to the loop when including corrosion inhibitors? [Filling tube, draining tube?]
  5. Would the downsides make choosing a different motherboard/changing the NB block a better option? [Knowing I would have to change the whole heatpipe covering NB/SB/Mosfets/ect]