Quote from: bobsag3 on October 17, 2014, 03:53:37 PM

Quote from: musicmaker613 on October 17, 2014, 02:52:19 PM

One of the biggest concerns I have, and one nobody is mentioning, is the mixing of metals. These appear to be cooled with aluminum waterblocks, but people who already have decent watercooling gear (the majority of the people who will buy this) likely have rads with copper cores. I have always been told to NEVER mix the two in a loop without the use of special corrosion inhibitors and/or specialized coolants. Otherwise, you're basically creating a battery in your loop with different electric potentials... ionization... some chemistry BS that can damage your blocks/rads. I assume that's why Bitmain says to use specialized coolant. Which isn't a huge deal. You can get a droplet bottle of corrosion inhibitor that will last longer than the C1's profitability for pretty cheap at most WCing retailers.

Bobsag, since you're familiar with WCing, what are your thoughts here? Is this something that people need to be aware of or has the "mixing metals" thing become just a dated myth now?

What Mr Teal said.
I havent had to use alum block in forever... copper is better and does not have the same corrosion problems. This is a certain deal killer for me.

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* Coolant: If you choose an aluminum radiator, you can use deionized water with an additive, or specialist coolant. If you buy a copper radiator, you must only use specialist coolant.