MAximus vi formula water coolant

[kylemm]

Hey everyone, I'm building a cpu water cooler for a 4770k. i was only planning on cooling the cpu, however, I understand that that the maximus board comes with a factory waterblock. However, even though it is galvanized, I wouldn't feel comfortable introducing aluminum into the loop without a anti corrosive element. Originally I was thinking of doing one of mayham's pastel coolants. I was curious if introducing a anti corrosive to them, would they be okay. If so, what anti corrosive? if it wouldn't be okay, what would be your guys suggestion?

Last thing, I was planning on doing a 360 rad with lower fpi to keep the decibels low. would this be enough to cool a overclocked 4770k and motherboard? or would i be best adding a extra 120 or 240?

everyone seems to be leading me in a different direction when i've been checking out the forums, so any knowledable help would be fantastic!

 

[Pinhedd]

I wouldn't bother. Do some research when buying components to make sure that you're only purchasing components which will not corrode. Common examples includes:

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  Brass
  
  nickel plated copper
  
  galvanized steel

Mixing in unplated copper or aluminium components is fine as long as you do not mix in both!

 

[kylemm]

well id be looking at doing a ek waterblock with nickel plated brass. so I wasnt sure if it would be fine with a anti corrosive

 

[ilnex]

http://rog.asus.com/262892013/maximus-motherboards/mixing-alu-and-cooper-is-fine-if-you-anodize-right/

don't know if that helps you much seeing as it is on a asus site.

 

[kylemm]

THanks for the link! I saw that earlier. made me feel a little better. still makes me a little on edge though!

 

[manofchalk]

Good luck finding a water-block that doesn't use copper in it somewhere, and Nickel if anything poses an even higher risk of corrosion in the presence of Aluminium. Quite simply Aluminium is so far away from the typical water-cooling metals on the Galvanic Index that there will always be a significantly higher potential for corrosion when it is present.

Source
http://martinsliquidlab.org/2012/01/24/corrosion-explored/

 

[Pinhedd]

Good luck finding a water-block that doesn't use copper in it somewhere, and Nickel if anything poses an even higher risk of corrosion in the presence of Aluminium. Quite simply Aluminium is so far away from the typical water-cooling metals on the Galvanic Index that there will always be a significantly higher potential for corrosion when it is present.

Source
http://martinsliquidlab.org/2012/01/24/corrosion-explored/

Nickel is extremely resistant to corrosion at temperatures below 400 degrees centigrade

 

[manofchalk]

Tell that to anyone with an EK block in late 2011 (and that was corrosion between Copper and Nickel, which are right next to each other on the index), Nickel Plating isn't perfect and Aluminium isn't a good thing to have anywhere near a loop anyway.