Round 3 with NZXT. One last look at the Kraken M22 All-in One cooler. I mean it this time!
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- After a suggestion in the comments of the last two videos, I go back for another stab at the #NZXT #Kraken M22 #AIO. This thing has gone through a fan cleaning, a disassembly, and now a full teardown. But does it work?
I certainly hope so, because I don't feel like playing with this thing any more!
Shout out to Nelson Compendio for the idea of tearing down the entire assembly! Great suggestion!
-Keep 'em coming, guys!
*Don't forget to check out Greg Salazar's video on the MSI issue he is having with bad coolant -
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:09 How did we get here?
01:56 Someone call a cleaner?
03:28 So, does it work?
06:55 My thoughts
07:49 Wrap up and outro - Věda a technologie
After years, mine has finally hit the same issue as yours, appreciate the videos. So a full tear down and cleaning is what you would recommend?
It worked pretty well for me, hopefully it's not the pump itself, but a teardown, clean and refill has this one working great again.
Very intressting, i did not think there would be so much dirt in it. Thanks, this was very informative.
A little tip, cause i just saw it. You should try, turning the radiator, so the tubes are comming out the bottom of it. Air alway rises up, when you have it installed the way you did, you will every now and again introduce some air into the system. That can lead to irregular results. If the pump is the highest point, it can even run dry. So the highest point shoud be the radiator and water should be pulled from the bottom of it. This also reduces the gurgeling you can hear to a minimum.
That's a good point and I'll probably do that when I put coolant in it. In this case the pump is actually in the radiator, but moving the tubes to the bottom will ensure no air in the lines. Thank you.
And I had no idea there'd be that much gunk in it either. It was a complete surprise.
My m22 just recently started having this issue unfortunately and i just don't feel confident enough to take the thing apart. I'm just gonna go with air cooling from here on out as this has totally turned me off of all things water cooled. Luckily its still cooling ok but the sound has drove me insane. Thanks for the video it was very informative!
Glad I could help. This cooler is stil working well after the clean up, but I'm actually starting to use more air coolers myself with good results.
@@ThatPaulGuy I'm gonna try out a thermalright phantom. I'm kinda nervous about it not clearing the ram on the aorus z390 board i have but i'm hoping for the best. Actually i'm nervous about the entire process as i have very little building experience. Any tips for getting the aio off without hurting my cpu?
@@friendlyoctopus3512 Especially if its an AM4 CPU, once the screws are loosened up completely, very gently twist the cooling block back and forth to "break the grip" of the thermal paste on the CPU. Sometimes the CPU will come out of the socket if the thermal paste has a god seal, but has firmed up a bit. It usually doesn't do any damage coming up (and it can do it on Air coolers or AIOs), but there is always the chance of accidentally bending pins. The next thing is just to make sure the thermal paste is completely cleaned off the top of the cpu, and take the plastic peel off the bottom of the new cooler if it has any; it will usually say "remove before installation". Take your time and be patient and you should have a lot of success. Oh, when tightening the new cooler, alternate sides or corners a few turns at a time to make sure the new paste spreads evenly.
@@ThatPaulGuy Thanks for the reply!! Its an intel 1151 socket. The paste that is on there is over 5 years old so hopefully it won't be too sticky
thank you for mentioning my name.
The credit is all yours. I wouldn't have tried it without your suggestion. Thank you for the feedback.
Running CPU block and ALU radiator on distilled water would cause corrosion. Use proper coolant for mixed metals loops. Distilled water will not clean it, but will do exactly the opposite.
Only if I leave it in there and continue to run the system. A couple of dollars for distilled water to test the system is much cheaper than the twenty plus dollars for coolant just to see if the repair worked. The next step will be to flush the system again and fill it with a proper coolant which I hope will also help my temps. Of course, I run the risk again of it getting blocked up with the additives in the coolant that distilled water doesn't have, but at least I won't have any corrosion problems or stuff growing in the loop..
thanks for these videos
first thought it was the fan so i removed that then heard it was something inside the radiator
now i know i gotta rip that sucker apart and clean/drain/refill with some coolant
what kind did you use if you dont mind me asking
I ordered from Amazon. I just got some distilled with an inhibitor XSPC Pure is what I ordered, by I didnt think to add a link. I only used a little and it was only like 17 bucks.
Working great so far.
I M shaking. Myself if I can clean it up with sink water and mabye some dish soap, let it dry a bit and the put coolant in it.
I am also asking myself how do I fill it up with water so no or not much air stays inside?
I have a broken m22 laying around and I want to fix it
I filled it from the cold plate side constantly rotating and moving the radiator above and below where I was holding the open section until the coldplate section was full. Then I closed it. Moved everything around and carefully opened it back up to top it off. It was still full so I closed everything and tried it out. It's been running great, since.
It's not the coolant it's the rubber used it's perishing over time with heat cycles
Thank you for the info. I'll keep an eye on it.
How did you refill it?
From where I took the coldplate off, I filled, the moved the hoses and tilted the radiator to let the air out, then continued until no more air bubbles were present.