Black Ice II vs. Heatcore

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sweet weapon! i remember that thread hehe

good to see you back! if you want i can help you writing that guide
let me know

you can use a lot of the stuff you posted in threads like the one you linked to and just change some sentences and words to make it the text for your guide helps a lot to save time and it makes more fun to work on text like that and adding and changing stuff than writing all the things youve said so often down again from scratch

and yes, painting a heatercore doesnt really have a bad impact on temps. afaik painting it black with a thin layer of spray paint even increases the heat dissipation

that spary paint is a very very very thin layer, and the paint is not insulating that much, especially since its so thin. if youd use silicon based paint instead you would def get worse temps as it insulates a lot and will create a much much thciker film of paint on the surface of the rad/fins.

thanks for the offer - much appreciated. I think I can get it nailed down before long though. I was debating whether I should go for the plexi shroud or the metal one - either can be done with a few tools at home but the metal one requires a little more skill and hardware to really nail it - at least that was my take on it.

anyway, I have some fun stuff in front of it but it will be taken care of before long - I have to get a H2O box shipped out to a friend and it is going to be an interesting creation - U2-UFO case, new swiftech block and pump, etc. etc. etc.

I also got temporarily sidetracked when I discovered my cable modem was running hella hot - you could feel the heat pouring out of the vents. So I yanked it apart and discovered zero cooling measures (no real surprises there) and the main processor setting on a not-so-lovely 55C during online gaming. I ended up mounting a hsf on the main chip and wiring it into the PCB for power - that was a fun little project but I probably should have watercooled it just to be silly...