[kronchev]

I see a lot of people have painted rads. Obviously this will make them perform not as well as a naked rad. My friend brought up a very good question: why not powder-coat it? Its not horribly expensive, and would probabily preserve the cooling abilites well enough. Along that line, how much is the cooling reduced with a painted vs naked core? Ive seen from 1C up to 5C but I want some experiance talking here. Im thinking of bringing my rad from the inside of my case to the top, and its a naked one. since i have a silver case Id probabily build a box since silver paint looks dumb (mmm chromed rad anyone?), but my friend has a black case and we were discussing how hes going to do his future WC system (i sold him my old system for the price of my new pump).