07-28-2008, 09:05 AM
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Ninja Plus Rev.B Aluminium Socket!?
I just bought a Ninja Plus Rev.B and I'm wondering about the socket being aluminium instead of copper, like shown on all pics I saw before I bought. Is this normal nowadays or did I get a cheap replica? Also the box doesn't have the window, its completely paperboard.
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07-28-2008, 09:20 AM
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Everything is alright with your cooler - Scythe is using nickel plated copper now:
Material of the CPU-Cooler-Baseplate Bye Oli
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07-29-2008, 07:22 AM
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Actually, the nickel-plating is part of improving the quality of our coolers: Copper gets oxidated during transport, nickel doesn't - so the quality of the baseplate stays the same when using nickel-plating.
Cheers, Stefan
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08-25-2008, 01:33 PM
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on my fathers Ninja1 the baseplate copper is oxidated. Does this mean that it will cool less?
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08-26-2008, 11:24 AM
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no, the performance is the same. But you can use 1000er sanpaper to polish the baseplate.
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Guess the nickle plating doesn't effect the heat conduction very much.
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