Copper vs nickel

[edmund306]

Whats the difference between copper and nickel waterblocks?

[Enderman]

the looks

[thekeemo]

I would think that copper would be better

[Oberon.Smite]

Conductivity. Copper blocks will do better at dissipating heat to the water, but not my an amount that you'll need to worry about. 

[Valhallatier]

are you sure it isn't nickel plated copper?

[Enderman]

I would think that copper would be better

Conductivity. Copper blocks will do better at dissipating heat to the water, but not my an amount that you'll need to worry about. 

 

they are both copper

the nickel plating is only a few microns thick and makes 0 performance impact

the nickel plating is just for looks and corrosion resistance

[EvilNugget]

Also doesn't it affect the temperature?

[Oberon.Smite]

they are both copper

the nickel plating is only a few microns thick and makes 0 performance impact

the nickel plating is just for looks and corrosion resistance

My mistake thought that it was the actual part making contact with the CPU heatspreader.

[Enderman]

My mistake thought that it was the actual part making contact with the CPU heatspreader.

yes it is, the whole block is nickel plated

even the part touching the chip

it still makes no difference

[Oberon.Smite]

yes it is, the whole block is nickel plated

even the part touching the chip

it still makes no difference

Well in that case it still technically does. Just not by a noticeable amount.

 

But thanks