Quote Originally Posted by Koolance View Post
As Vapor pointed out, our original VID-AR587 didn't use microfins. The VID-AR587T2 (for later HD 5870's) does, though.

There are certainly other factors, like quality of contact, cold plate thickness, etc. But all things being equal, I will be surprised if the microfin coolers don't top out the list. ... And the Koolance 480 block uses microfins on both the GPU *and* VRM area.

Tim
Speaking of prior blocks.... What happened to making blocks that were gold plated? Like the one's you did for the 2900XT/3850/3870, Koolance VID 290, 385, and 387 respectively?

Working on a build right now and am having trouble picking which waterblock to go with. First I was going towards EK's Nickelplated waterblock (w/ backplate) then hearing that the Aquacomputer version performs better, I then thought why not go with Aquacomputer... Finally hearing that Koolance is doing very well with their micropin design, I'm thinking now either Danger Den or Koolance (or AquaComputer).

Now if you were to release some gold plated waterblocks, now that would be the deciding factor.

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If that doesn't work, I came across this site http://www.goldplating.com/Products/...-brushgold.htm

They supposedly offer solutions that allow you to "gold plate" bare copper. And I was thinking of doing this on one of EK's waterblocks. Does this seem like a viable option or should I just forget about the gold (bling) and just go with a nickel plated waterblock instead?