Will the aluminum water block in my motherboard react with other components in my system?

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Recently, the motherboard I had wanted since computex came out, but I am disappointed that Asus decided to use aluminum instead of Copper or a Nickel plated water block. Will the Aluminum react with my copper radiators, nickel plated graphics cards, cpu block, etc. in my loop? Here is my current parts list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1sODZ
 
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You are speaking of the Asus Maximus VI Formula and there will be no issue, at least in the systems lifetime, die to the coating use don all aluminum components during manufacture. Galvanic corrosion requires ions in the fluid to cause corrosion .... no ions, as in pure distilled water, no corrosion.... however just because you put in pure distilled water that doesn't mean the fluid has not absorbed any.

Look for the thread on the ROG forums

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35094-Maximus-VI-Formula-Discussion-Thread/page9
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You are speaking of the Asus Maximus VI Formula and there will be no issue, at least in the systems lifetime, die to the coating use don all aluminum components during manufacture. Galvanic corrosion requires ions in the fluid to cause corrosion .... no ions, as in pure distilled water, no corrosion.... however just because you put in pure distilled water that doesn't mean the fluid has not absorbed any.

Look for the thread on the ROG forums

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35094-Maximus-VI-Formula-Discussion-Thread/page9
 
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