Just cleaned the radiator on my computer liquid cooling system

[Mike_Yates]

I just cleaned the Corsair H100i radiator on my desktop and had to physically remove the fans to remove the dust.

Once the fans were off, there was such a disgusting amount of dust that was caked onto the radiator in layers, that I had to get a brush out of my garage to get it off.

My CPU was overheating and the radiator fans were running quite loud even during system idle, I figured that the radiator was dirty, but I had no idea just how bad that it actually was.

My computer literally wasn't able to breathe and was choking on dust.

Things are running a lot cooler and quieter now.

Unfortunately I didn't take pictures to demonstrate the grotesque amount of dust that was caked onto the radiator beneath the two cooling fans.

Yikes!!!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Thank you for the update.


We were so very worried about your performance...

 

[Mike_Yates]

Thank you for the update.


We were so very worried about your performance...

If it didn't get cleaned the laws of thermaldynamics would dictate that my cooling system would get damaged.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

After that last post I'm still worried about your performance...




Perhaps it's time to clean your keyboard.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Now the laws of thermaldynamics dictate that my CPU should be running cooler and the fans not as loud.

 

[jomar]

Mike, stay in character. You're not supposed to know things like thermaldynamics being borderline intellectually disabled and all...stick with your program.

 

[Christobal]

I just changed the oil in mine. The viscosity rebound had dropped below 28.67%.

Don't even ask about the warp core plasma injectors. I had to throw them away and start over.

 

[pointless]

Mike, stay in character. You're not supposed to know things like thermaldynamics being borderline intellectually disabled and all...stick with your program.

he just called a heat sink a radiator, so it still holds up.

 

[Sean]

he just called a heat sink a radiator, so it still holds up.

Nope, he's right. It's a radiator, water flows through it and is dissipated by the fins. Of course, he's a complete amateur and bought an all in one rather than building a custom loop, but that's another topic.

 

[pointless]

Nope, he's right. It's a radiator, water flows through it and is dissipated by the fins. Of course, he's a complete amateur and bought an all in one rather than building a custom loop, but that's another topic.

i actually just realized that when i clicked on the thread to see your post. i missed the "liquid cooling system" part of the title. mea culpa.

for laziness.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I can't believe he didn't replace the condenser and the thermostat at the same time.

 

[Conager]

Mike, stay in character. You're not supposed to know things like thermaldynamics being borderline intellectually disabled and all...stick with your program.

Not true. He is very much within character, as Que writes him as having Asperger's Syndrome.

 

[Que]

Not true. He is very much within character, as Que writes him as having Asperger's Syndrome.

I like to add a little fallibility in, though. For instance, did you notice how I attributed the fan noise to thermodynamics when, of course, that would actually be aerodynamics based on the obstruction of the air flow caused by the clogged radiator.

I may have Mike rebut that though and explain that he was not referring to the minor vibrational differences that happened at restricted air flow, rather, he was talking about the shrinking tolerence between the bearings and shaft because of the elevated temperature of the fan being in that area.

 

[ryan8558]

If it didn't get cleaned the laws of thermaldynamics would dictate that my cooling system would get damaged.

or your motherboard or CPU.

 

[Mike_Yates]

I should have just stuck with my ZALMAN cooler, because the Corsair H100i doesn't perform any better than my old ZALMAN and is a headache to maintain.

Oh, I just remembered, I still have my old CPU air cooler, so maybe I'll swap them out. But I'll have to get some thermal paste first.

Very simple, and easy to clean.

http://www.guru3d.com/miraserver/images/2010/cnps9900-max/IMG_3075.jpg

 

[thør]

I should have just stuck with my ZALMAN cooler, because the Corsair H100i doesn't perform any better than my old ZALMAN and is a headache to maintain.

Oh, I just remembered, I still have my old CPU air cooler, so maybe I'll swap them out. But I'll have to get some thermal paste first.

You went from a 2-phase cooling system to single phase system? I have no idea why the hell anyone would do that, other than it's easier to compute efficiency, etc on the single phase system. Might as well fire up the XT with the old 8086 chip and be happy.

 

[Mike_Yates]

You went from a 2-phase cooling system to single phase system? I have no idea why the hell anyone would do that, other than it's easier to compute efficiency, etc on the single phase system. Might as well fire up the XT with the old 8086 chip and be happy.

I'm using the Corsair H100i

http://www.corsair.com/Media/catalog/product/h/1/h100i_hero_fan.png

 

[thør]

I'm using the Corsair H100i

Tech from 1925.....

 

[Lord Pmann]

Should've put in a help desk ticket and had Sean clean it.

 

[Mike_Yates]

It has a pretty simple assembly/disassembly process, which is just a matter of 16 screws.

 

[Rachel_X]

Custom loop ftw.
I'm never going back to air coolers and using an all-in-one lcs now just seems lazy to me.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Custom loop ftw.
I'm never going back to air coolers and using an all-in-one lcs now just seems lazy to me.

That type of cooling system is only useful for extreme CPU/GPU overclocking.

 

[Rachel_X]

That type of cooling system is only useful for extreme CPU/GPU overclocking.

I am aware.

 

[Lancecastor]

Should've put in a help desk ticket and had Sean clean it.

He's moved up; only cleans routers now.