i have this:



wanna turn to this:



i got the normal version(with the lga775 bracket) for cheaps(relatively), but i wanted the look of the AM2 version, i think that's black chorme tather than normal chrome, anyways i have found some contacts on electroplating shops:

http://www.kellysearch.com/my-product-34326.html


Will Chrome Plating reduce Heat Conductivity of my cooler?

I think it'll reduce the conductivity...
Why?

Because u'll be covering the original fins to another colour that makes the fin will be somekind of thicker than the usual...

well for decorative chroming, we are talking about a few hundredths of a mil to 1 mil..

mil - a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch

....i am not so worry bout the thickness, but the thermal conductivity of the plating material itself...

This post has been edited by seanl: Nov 3 2006, 03:38 PM

mayb just a few celsius la. coz the plating is so thin....

Alright then, threadstarter, why don't u start doing it leh?

After that, share with us the experience...

those shiny chromy heatsinks are nickle coated

nickel plate 1 layer, 2 chrome layers....but dunno whether the shops here do black chroming or not.

any metal/thermal expert out there?

Just read the reviews between both cooler. They say that the difference between the bare copper and the nickel plated one is none. Both performs the same

maybe i'll try, dunno whether the local chromer pro enuf or not.....maybe i shud prep and clean properly before i hand the cooler to them, i know some bike shop have chorme tub behinf their shop, but those are too dodgy...

i think for the base stick with copper i think(not sure) unless u can make the base to mirror shine

I 2nd that statement, for the base, just let it be in the original condition, don't "kacau" the base...

by the way? what type of chrome plating u r doin? electrolysis or the spray type?

izzit metal or other elements for chroming? if u use electrolysis, then it should be ok...but if the chromeing process uses other material than metal, there will be a heat problem...the fin is design to desipate heat, if u do pure electrolysis chroming, that's good, conductivity is still good, but if other method is used, i'm not sure the heat can desipate quick or not...

where can u find the chrom paint ?

u cant paint that my fren its kinda the same process like ur chroming ur rim or metal chroming

sori, out of topic.....u CAN paint something to chrome...

yes but in this case are u sure u can?

in this case, can u can't simply bcos the heat can't desipate effectively due to non non or poor conductive elemen....i was correcting ur statement, not within this case

hey why didnt any one thought about metalizing
something like the layer on the car head lamps.

it is known to be allumanium based type
and the way they layer in the lamps is put it inside a big vacuum-oven
allumanium pellets are stuck on a tungsten wire which is heated up
and the Al will ionised and stick to the surface(this is why it requires a vacuum condition.
and walla!!
a smooth layer like your car lamp

though you hafta noe some one on the inside to do this

my statement was regarding this case only.i know we can chrome by spraying my fren.

This post has been edited by styloe: Nov 6 2006, 01:29 PM