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Originally Posted by jaydee116
Not when a PC's built in probes are +-10C. 9% is a misleading number anyway. That is not what the difference will be in reality. Cathar stated he got about .5C better out of the Silver Cascade verus the copper. That is not a 9% gain by any stretch. Certainly not worth the cash spent on it for performance gains anyway. Simply a gimick targeted at the "my dick is bigger than yours" crowd or the "I am to ignorant to realize I just pissed away a small fortune on no real gain" crowd (especially the one's to buy a sterling silver block) to put it bluntly. 
The money spent on this is better spent on other things. You would gain a lower temp by increasing air flow through the rad than pissing away $100+ on a silver block. |
Not all probes are that bad, internal diode readers iirc are +-2 or 3c, but that wasnt my point. dont quote out of context....
I was asking is the lower specific heat and advantage or not?
For people that want silver looking blocks, electroless silver plating can be done very cheaply (and im supprised its not already being done on commercial blocks, considering how little it costs...). Cant remember exactly but in total about 0.1 - 0.5gram of silver would be enough for a whole block.
As silver doesnt tarnish as quickly and has better thermal conductivity (in this case, not relevant, it wouldnt help..) im suprised it isnt being used as an extra for marketing blocks.
In the UK the only blocks that are easy to get are danger den, d.tek and swiftech, aswell as some form germany. The danger den ones are about £35, which is = to about $50 iirc. Swiftech blocks are about £55 each, about $80, not many people buy them for that reson. Thermochill blocks, that iirc are made in the UK, are selling for £20, why such a difference?