Well... today i received my heatkillerand im thinking to silver,chrome or nickel plate the upper copper part of the block
The think is which of these 3 metals has the better results with heat, corrosion etc.???
Well... today i received my heatkiller
The think is which of these 3 metals has the better results with heat, corrosion etc.???
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Nickel, its the cheapest.
Originally Posted by Mankz_91
Do you think ill have some performance loss?
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No, but dont plate the bottom base.
um, kinda hard to not plate the bottom... the thing gets dipped into some liquid in process of plating...
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the Ybris Eclipse I have is chrome plated and the performance is just fine!
just take the entire block apart and only have the top portion plated, yeah you'll see a bit of copper if you look directly from the side but thats about it.
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nickel plated bottom and top without any losses ...
last i checked, they hang the components on a rack and dip it into a bath of some chemicals and whatnot...
also seen this on OCC as well...
it's kinda tough for them to plate only the top areas... it's not a brush on technique...
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Note my previous post, take the block apart and only bring the top portion to be plated.
So when you take apart block
Top <----get plated
O-Ring
Bottom <---- Don't get plated
due to the retention plates your not even gonna see the bottom once it's installed
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ha ha ha... i'm having a brain fart...
i'm thinking that OP wants to plate the cooper bottom base, but not the bottom surface that comes in contact with the IHS...
scusi while i go bang my head a bit...
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It is true that thermal conductivity of nickel is smaller than copper (about 25%). But the thickness that one plates nickel is on the order of microns. The thermal resistance will be negligible. The two major thermal resistances occurs in transfering the heat from the IHS to the waterblock (thermal paste, small amounts of trapped air, and oxides) and transfering heat from the waterblock to the water (boundary layer). So you will not notice any performance losses by plating the block with nickel, because the other resistances are much greater.
Last edited by Bond Number; 06-09-2009 at 12:37 PM.
They told me that they cant nickel plate the aluminium parts is that true or should i find another workshop?
Bth as i see the block i think i can take off the upper part so i can i leave the bottom as it is
Edit: I forgot to mension that youve done excelent job! extremely nice
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Exactly thats what ill do
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not possible to nickel plate aluminium at all afaik.They told me that they cant nickel plate the aluminium parts is that true or should i find another workshop?
Bth as i see the block i think i can take off the upper part so i can i leave the bottom as it is
Edit: I forgot to mension that youve done excelent job! extremely nice
And: I did not do the job, I only did pay for
Then what the heck was on the top of the Swiftech GTX?...and OP, what is aluminum on the HK?not possible to nickel plate aluminium at all afaik.
And: I did not do the job, I only did pay for
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"The housing is CNC machined out of billet aluminum and receives two plating's for a lifetime protection against corrosion: electroless nickel plating (MIL-C-26074E grade B) and Zinc Cobalt plating (ASTM B 840-99 grade 6)."
Maybe it was the Zinc Cobalt first then the nickel
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Precisely my point. Aren't the fins on TRUE's nickel plated alum as well?
greg, To answer your question...yes, find another shop. It may be that they aren't set up to plate aluminum and not that it "can't be plated".
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just to state more precisely:
afaik aluminium has to be copperplated before you can nickelplate it ...
So it is possible, but would be more than inefficient.
Yes, Copper plating first is usually involved in nickel plating. I don't know of any commonly plated base metal that doesn't get the copper treatment then nickel.
Copper and nickel are also pre steps to chrome plating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_plating
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Exactly
You can nickel plate aluminum with an electroless process. You just have to spray it with something first. (starts with a z) Check with caswell.. It's also in the manual somewhere. If it were a pure aesthetic part, then thats fine, but I wouldn't necessarily start coating blocks with multiple sprays, etc.
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