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myv65 · 01-03-2003, 08:13 AM

@chewyboy,

Pretty much all the replies on the first page had already said:

1) Aluminum is fine, though not the top performer
2) Copper is better, but more expensive and more difficult to work with

The "ugly head" comment comes from cruising more forums than just this one and was not intended as a slight or insult toward you. I see nothing offensive in the remainder of the thread. If you thought otherwise, well then ya ought to read some of BillA's "explanations".

Anyway, you can find this topic discussed dozens of times among the more popular forums like overclockers, amdmb, anandtech, etc. Every time you'll see the same thing, namely people repeating the famous statement with nary a clue of what it really means.

What you'll find here are a bunch of people that are generally pretty bright, say it like it is, and make no apologies for posting a very straight-forward response.

For your particular situation, I think it's pretty obvious that you ought to at least start out in aluminum. Chances are somewhere between slim and none that your first attempt will be the holy grail of water blocks. If you're going to practice a little, by all means use what you have at hand. If you decide to switch to copper somewhere down the road for those few extra degrees, there's plenty of info laying around to indicate what design changes would be advantageous for copper vs aluminum.

01-03-2003, 08:13 AM	#44
myv65 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: home Posts: 365	@chewyboy, Pretty much all the replies on the first page had already said: 1) Aluminum is fine, though not the top performer 2) Copper is better, but more expensive and more difficult to work with The "ugly head" comment comes from cruising more forums than just this one and was not intended as a slight or insult toward you. I see nothing offensive in the remainder of the thread. If you thought otherwise, well then ya ought to read some of BillA's "explanations". Anyway, you can find this topic discussed dozens of times among the more popular forums like overclockers, amdmb, anandtech, etc. Every time you'll see the same thing, namely people repeating the famous statement with nary a clue of what it really means. What you'll find here are a bunch of people that are generally pretty bright, say it like it is, and make no apologies for posting a very straight-forward response. For your particular situation, I think it's pretty obvious that you ought to at least start out in aluminum. Chances are somewhere between slim and none that your first attempt will be the holy grail of water blocks. If you're going to practice a little, by all means use what you have at hand. If you decide to switch to copper somewhere down the road for those few extra degrees, there's plenty of info laying around to indicate what design changes would be advantageous for copper vs aluminum.