A year's dust/lint on my H100 radiator (pic)

[HalloweenWeed]

A year's dust/lint on my H100 radiator:



FYI. I do run my computer a lot, more than most gamers per week. I suspect somewhere around 80hrs/wk.

I just rotated my H100 block to put the hoses at the top too. I was getting 10-11*C disparity between two cores, I suspect there may have been an air bubble. Also I added a 35mm fan on the Vcore area of the VRM (I know they are not much airflow). I updated pic #6 in my ModsRigs. Going to try a re-OC very soon.

[n113]

im shock that the radiator can get lot of dust like that... did ya'll room runnin in aircon? i am not.. and im afraid of this... (im sori, im new here)

[Menthol]

I have found this very helpful, seems expensive but you never have to buy compressed air again, it works very well

http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359...

[Zka17]

Yeap, that's what you need, Menthol! :cool:

Even for a single rad like the H100's, one can of compressed air wasn't enough for me... Guess, how many cans I need for one 4x120mm and two 3x120mm ones? 🙂

[Mankz]

I find a quick brush every few weeks works well for me now, and then a full rebuild of the loop every couple of months, and washing the radiator fans with with a shower head.

[Zka17]

Yes, giving a shower to the rads seems the most efficient cleaning method... however, not everyone may take apart their system for that so often... (hope nobody tries to shower the rads while built in the case...)

[Zygomorphic]

Zka17 wrote:
Yes, giving a shower to the rads seems the most efficient cleaning method... however, not everyone may take apart their system for that so often... (hope nobody tries to shower the rads while built in the case...)

🙂 I would hope that no one would do that, then again, someone might.

[Zka17]

Zygomorphic wrote:
🙂 I would hope that no one would do that, then again, someone might.

Just for those who might: OC'ing on a wet mobo didn't turned out to well for me... 🙂

[HalloweenWeed]

No, no pets; no A/C. We live in the North, so no A/C = windows open about 3.5 months/yr. I have cleaned dust off many things in my life, and I have to say that adding any sort of cleaner or water is a mistake. It would leave dried on residue that will never come off, and the buildup will be much harder to remove the next time. It was very easy to remove and took less than 1/10 can of "air." My system is set up W/exhaust upward, so the lint comes off downward, without the need to remove the radiator, I just blew the "air" downward all over real quick, then began working on lateral blows. It was harder to remove all the bunnies from the other areas of my case than it was to remove from the radiator. TG I didn't install the screws where the VRM was in the way - it made it easy.

I suppose after a few years a brush might become necessary, to get the harder to clean off residue - I have seen this on window screens and window fans. And that's how I know not to use liquids, I made that mistake on fans and window screens.


As for the temp differences: Before cleaning I was getting 87-76 peak @ 4.6GHz, after 77-68. I also rotated my CPU block, W/the hoses on top, and I think this is the reason the disparity between cores dropped a little. But since my AS5 has not cured yet, it is also possible that my temps will drop another 1-2C when that happens.

Anyways, I finally made 4.7GHz stable after I mounted these dual 2200RPM 60mm Kingston HyperX memory fans to VRM area:



Temps 84-75 peak, ambient 75-76F. 159.6Gflops. I am not necessarily done OCing (again) yet. But I doubt I will get another multi out of it stable without VRM downclocking.

[Mankz]

Im a big fan of the ghetto rigging of fans.. Good stuff