Mixing copper and nickel in one loop?

[Bart_Hunt]

Hi guys

I have a problem.
I will be building a high end pc over next few months and want to complete watercool it.
Thing is, some blocks are nickel only and don't have copper versions.
While I can find all blocks made of nickel, there are still rads and all are made of copper or brass. As I understand there is a corossion problem when mixing metals.
Any way to avoid that?
Or maybe I am wrong and there are some nickel rads and I just couldn't find any ?

Thanks in advance
BH

 

[w3bbo]

You won't get nickel rads, at least not the internals. You are fine to mix brass, copper and nickel. DO NOT mix aluminium and the above metals though as this will generate galvanic corrosion even with some inhibitors used. If you are unsure then buy all your parts from the same manufacturer as they will most likely be compatible (and look better).

 

[Bart_Hunt]

Well, thing is, I will be modding my 540 to put a Phobya 1080 rad on the right panel.
Didn't see any blocks from them for Z87 Maximus Extreme, I'll probably use acetal+nickel full cover from EK, same with rest of the blocks.