Chipsets getting ready to be made.

 

Figured the size could probably vary, thanks.

Will have some pics in the AM,  letting the machine run overnight.  

Serious question, do you have anyone local who can do a hard gold plate on request?   Copper is copper and nickel can have compatibility issues with some types of TIMs (namely Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra).  Since this board is going to survive through Broadwell-E (10-core), figure might as well let the blocks have max corossion resistance.

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Serious question, do you have anyone local who can do a hard gold plate on request?   Copper is copper and nickel can have compatibility issues with some types of TIMs (namely Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra).  Since this board is going to survive through Broadwell-E (10-core), figure might as well let the blocks have max corossion resistance.

I have used CLLP and CLLU on Nickel.. it has no issues with Nickel at all. It will eat through Aluminum though. Silver and Nickel have a sweet galvanizing effect from what I hear.

This is what CLU did to my nickel plated 380i.  It's dusty because I haven't used it in a while, but you can see the "hologram" etching of when I reseated it.  This was back when I was direct die cooling my 3770k and 4770k:
 

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This is what CLU did to my nickel plated 380i.  It's dusty because I haven't used it in a while, but you can see the "hologram" etching of when I reseated it.  This was back when I was direct die cooling my 3770k and 4770k:
 

That is crazy.  I have seen a very light discoloring, but never that.  I was not impressed with Direct Die mounting at all, as it didn't help the temperatures enough at all. 

^Ungh!  Get it away!  Get it away!!!  What did you do to that thing?!      Just get some mega tubes of MX-4 from the Egg for $5, problems solved.  Doesn't have the absolute best temp, but good and it works very safely with everything.  Here's a chart from Frozencpu that has been fairly accurate for me , and not a whole lot has changed if you want some options:

My personal favorite has always been artic silver ceramique.  Its non-conductive  & non-capacitive properties are handy if you get it on other components. Time to head downstairs and see what the nights labor brought. 

One more operation to remove some material on the back side and were good to go.