Are there 100% silver coolers?

Top 3 in heat distribution metals are:

1. Silver
2. Copper
3. Gold

How come you never see silver used for other than thermal paste. Shouldn't there be silver for coolers too since it is the best at thermally distributing heat?

weight of silver vs copper makes it hard to make a silver heatsink.

price of copper is 3.10 per lb
http://www.infomine.com/investment [...] &r=7d&r=7d


silver is 200$ per lb
http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

The difference in cooling ability between the two metals does not even come close to the difference in price between the two metals. Sure, silver is a slightly better conductor, but only by a slight margin, and the price of silver is nearly 50 times that of copper.

Now, I could see silver-plated copper, possibly. That would work. But more often than not, you will see nickel-plated copper, since it is much cheaper and almost as good. And nickel is less likely to tarnish and less likely to be subject to galvanic corrosion.

http://www.proplate.com/silver.html

Feel free to send your solid silver coolers for me to, um...*test*.

You won't be too upset if they *get lost in the mail*, will you?

HDT nunchukas!