How to flush a radiator (Water Cooling a Computer Part 1)
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- How to flush a radiator (Water Cooling a Computer Part 1)
This is the first video where we are starting a custom water cooling loop. We will be unboxing and flushing the Alphacool ST30 240mm radiator. it's always a good idea to clean a new radiator to remove the debris left over from the manufacturing process. In this video I'll go over the entire process of flushing the radiator from beginning to end.
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Adding your video to my water cooling playlist. I got my CPU and GPU blocks and my distro plate. Next up radiators and fittings.
Share a picture of your build on Twitter when it's done. Would love to see it.
Thank you. Very helpful.
Great video. Will be using your method on a pair of Hardware Lab SR2's.
Thanks for this, I was thinking I need to buy all this other equipment just to flush my radiator this helped a lot!
Your welcome.
Nice vid, idk why people are not picking it clearly was effective as shown in what came out
Hi Rich!
Totally useful your video! I also like your channel!
Anyway I have a question, what is your mixing ratio of distilled water and vinegar acid. I want to use a 60% vinegar acid but unsure about the mixing ratio...
I use very little vinegar. You don't want to over do it. I don't have an exact ratio. I just add a splash to the cup. It's very deluded.
Also be careful as the blue you can see in the bowl is copper acetate, an amount of the copper dissolves into solution as vinegar is dilute acetic acid.
ok, done! My ratio for 60% vinegar acid was 1 to 10 and I think that is ok. And holy crap, what did I get out of the radiators was really shocking...
So again thank you for this video!
Hey man, good video! couple of tips... show what comes out after each rinse, not cumulatively. Also, did nothing come out after the 4th rinse? if not, you probably should have rinsed more. Also, a very minor thing... gotta get the vinegar off of them caps too ;) .... anyhow, nice video! i subscribed and will check out more vids over time.
By the last rinse nothing was coming out. The system has been running ever since I filmed this video and the loop is still Crystal clean. I'm probably going to break it down in a couple months so I can do a video on how to clean a loop but only because it's been a year and I believe I need to repaste the CPU. The fluid is still beautiful.
@@CyberCPU One thing i'm interested in is how much vinegar to use. some folks say 50/50, others like 20/80 or less. Any comment on ratios?
@@mosey4650 to be honest with you I don't do it by ratio. I just eye ball it. I use a splash for two cups. Not sure what ratio that would be. Likely around 10% of less. Not really sure.
@@CyberCPU Gotcha. I guess there's no real harm using more vinegar so w/e
@@mosey4650 well, vinegar is acidic so there is actually harm in using too much.
how many times on avg with the distilled + vinegar does it take to not see crud any longer, I'm on my 6th time still stuff coming out, also how hot should the distilled water be? I'm working with an XR5 420 and a Nemesis 420
I would recommend repeating until it's clean. The water isn't super hot. I wouldn't make it so hot that you could burn yourself.
Doesn´t vinegar react with copper, to form verdigris?
This would explain, why the water out of the Rad has a blueish green.
just connect one inlet to your tap and let the water run through and out the other hole ~ quick and easy, then do a final flush with distilled
Personally I don't like running tap water through the system at all. It might just be superstition but my loops don't have any issues.
@@CyberCPU the first flush of a rad only - which makes it much simpler and easier and quicker and much more effective ~ then final flush with distilled water before instalation
What type of caps did you use? Do you have a possible link?
Are you talking about the caps to close the ports on the radiator? They are just standard water cooling caps. You could probably even use the plastic ones that come with the radiator but you should have some if your doing a custom loop.
@@CyberCPU awesome thank you. Watching this series has shown me some new tips and things to do. I will be doing my first custom loop within a week or two and greatly appreciate this series.
@@GN_Grizz Water cooling is fun. Just make sure to be methodical about everything. Check and double check every fitting and go slow. The quality of parts we have today are amazing and almost everything works right out of the box. However, occasionally you run into problems and you want to identify those problems before you add water. Like for instance I just water cooled the GPU in my system and had to do an extremely tight bend in the hard tubing. It failed the pressure test and I ended up making exactly the same bend with another piece of tube and it worked perfect. It's better to take longer to get it assembled than have to replace parts if you get a leak. 😉
@@CyberCPU absolutely. I will be doing both the CPU and GPU with soft tubing and will be mounting the gpu vertically. I bought a pressure tester to do a leak test. I will also be cleaning my radiators prior to assembly because of you. I am using the Corsair stuff because they are the only company that makes a waterblock for my GPU. I have the Corsair 680x case; so, should have plenty of room.
@@GN_Grizz You should check out the videos where I water cool my E-Waste gaming PC. There's a playlist for the whole build. I used the Corsair kit in that one. Really good stuff. I like it a lot. If you haven't bought your fittings yet I would check out hard tubing. It sounds more intimidating than it actually is. That was the first build I ever did hard tubing on and I was kind of afraid of it before I did it. It's way easier than I thought. The only downside is maintenance is a little more difficult.
Thanks for the video, but I cringed when you shake the rad by holding it by the fins 😢
The fins are not that delicate. Consider this. You drive down the road every day with the same thing in the front of your car and it's fine. 🤷♂️
What's the point of adding vinegar? Opinions are divided in the community. One says you should use vinegar and others say you shouldn't so I'm at a loss. I just received all my water-cooling parts and I don't want to do anything detrimental.
The purpose for using vinegar is that vinegar is acidic and it will help to break up debris that are in the radiator. I've heard people argue that the acidicness can damage the radiator but honestly at the rate that it's diluted I don't think that's going to be an issue and I've never had a problem with it.
You do need to make sure to thoroughly rinse the radiator out so there's no trace of vinegar left in it after you're done. Cuz you definitely don't want vinegar in contact with acetal blocks and acrylic parts in the system.
@@CyberCPU okay thanks man I appreciate it. I'm the most worried about my nickelplated blocks in the end but I'll be sure to rinse the devil out of it afterwards 👍
Yes, flush it really well and you will be fine.
My AC radiator just keep spewing out little black crud no matter how much I clean and flush. When I asked about it on their forum their rep said I had damaged my radiators because the vinegar will damage the copper in them so it's my fault for using vinegar in them :/
The amount of vinegar you use, if you followed my guide, is in no way going to damage the radiator. They probably just sell really low quality radiators. If you can't successfully clean it out I would not recommend using it in your system. I would spend a little more and buy a good radiator. The brand I use in this video is very good. I was very happy with how little garbage was in it. I've also used a Corsair radiator in another build and it was very good. Both systems have been running for a long time with no issues. The one used in this video has been running for several years and the loop is very clean. I also have been a little irresponsible with maintenance on that system and it's still running very well and very clean.
@@CyberCPU Yeah, that was my thought to, and I followed your guide to the letter. I think they are just trying to cover themselves since I'm still gettinga fair amount of debree coming out after 9 flushings. (I also after assembled the loop used EKWB's new clean and flush kit).
@@CyberCPU oh and my radiators are the same as in your video, they are Alphacool radiators.
@@SteinerSE That's bizarre. I didn't have that experience with mine. Maybe you just got a bad radiator.
@@CyberCPU I guess, I have 3 of them in this machine though. And I did your method until nothing else came out of them. Then I built the loop and used the EK clean/flush package (Blitz kinda thing) and now I'm getting all this crud again. Granted, running the pump at full tilt likely pushes out a fair bit more than just sloshing the radiator around for a bit.
Don't need to use vinegar. Simply, because not everyone is using the same Radiator as you and not all Radiators are built equal. Using distilled water until the gunk leaves is fine, also you did not just shake the radiator using the fins.
The fins are strong enough to be held. As long as you aren’t mashing your fingers in as hard as you can, you’re fine. I speak from experience, they are fine.
@@evanjinks7744 No they are not fine... Not all fins are the same, either... Just use the damn frame, that's literally what it's there for...
Idk what weak ass rads you’re using then