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  1. 06-17-2009, 02:20 PM #1
    greg.m
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    Nickel plating EVERYTHING...niceee

    After i took some valuable advices and heard the opinions of some of you guys 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.......:









    Of course more photos are on the way... but give some time because my wife will and then
    So just be patient
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  2. 06-17-2009, 02:21 PM #2
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    is it flat though? Really shiny. Make sure you didn't use polish. Nice job though.
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  3. 06-17-2009, 02:23 PM #3
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    That's pretty cool man, came out well.

    Purely for looks?
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  5. 06-17-2009, 02:32 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by eligray View Post
    That's pretty cool man, came out well.

    Purely for looks?

    Quote Originally Posted by Boogerlad View Post
    is it flat though? Really shiny. Make sure you didn't use polish. Nice job though.
    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...
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    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.
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    Shiiiny '-'
    Realy nice mate!

    How much did they charge you ? Wanna do this too, wonder how much it costs...
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    Isnt it stupid to do it on the bottem? Its only the top that is visible anyway?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthBeavis View Post
    mmm,,, pr0nz
    I even thought silver or gold plate my staff but then again i should move to Dubai or ........ with this guy:




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    Quote Originally Posted by Blizzy View Post
    Shiiiny '-'
    Realy nice mate!

    How much did they charge you ? Wanna do this too, wonder how much it costs...
    as said 20€ for these three, but i had to do a research before i found this workshop/price
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mech0z View Post
    Isnt it stupid to do it on the bottem? Its only the top that is visible anyway?
    Yes exactly i didnt want to change the copper bottom of my heatkiller so i did plate only the rest of the block
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    Well for EU people chilledpc made the same service http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...roducts_id=998
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    Quote Originally Posted by greg.m View Post
    as said 20€ for these three, but i had to do a research before i found this workshop/price

    ohhh, missed the price there x)

    Hope i can find something around that near me
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  14. 06-17-2009, 03:00 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mech0z View Post
    Well for EU people chilledpc made the same service http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/prod...roducts_id=998
    I didnt know that!!! Thats nice maybe with my next system upgrade ill do that direct with my order
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    greg.m please pm me link of the shop or post it here!

    help a fellow swede out!

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  17. 06-18-2009, 04:51 AM #17
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    I will tell your wife to harder!! haha



    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
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  18. 06-18-2009, 05:44 AM #18
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    I take it the insides are plated as well?

    Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ctsoccer13 View Post
    I take it the insides are plated as well?

    Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?
    Yes i believe they are.
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    Can i have a picture of the CPU block from above.
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    Why didnt you plate the Heatkiller base aswell? And pls dont tell me sth about performance
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    Quote Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun View Post
    greg.m please pm me link of the shop or post it here!

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by ctsoccer13 View Post
    I take it the insides are plated as well?

    Did you have these installed before? Any change in temps?
    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...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Joe View Post
    Why didnt you plate the Heatkiller base aswell? And pls dont tell me sth about performance
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by greg.m View Post
    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...
    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..
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