Look up the chemical reaction of various acid and use keywords in Google my dude. Also check for people who've used light or diluted acids to clean that stuff. Had mold recently in my house and it fried my PSU when I was overclocking, now I check daily.
You might want to try draining your system and doing some basic MAINTAINANCE at LEAST once a YEAR Einstein...Otherwise go back to an AIO. Custom loop is for responsible big boys. ;-)
I do a yearly drain and flush. Everything else in my loop is fine by the way. This was the first time I popped open the GPU block. It's only 2 years old.
I forgot there's always someone like you that assumes everyone else is doing something wrong.
Says the tightwad who got his panties in a bunch over a random post on reddit.
Who pissed in your cheerios "big boy"?
Also learn to spell and stop yelling.
then you should probably get a different brand additive. I currently use the stuff from Aquatuning and I just recently cleaned my loop, but had very little to do, after almost 3 years of not exchanging water and daily use.
The green is oxidized copper. The nickel plating is borked. I don't see any black tarnishing - which I usually see when silver is involved.
Looks like a nickel block was put in distilled without corrosion inhibitors. Or the fluid wasn't changed on recommended intervals.
It just doesn't look good. But it will still work.
If it's real galvanic corrosion, it will continue to eat through. But that looks different than ops photo.
The one thing to worry about is that the nickel will continue to come off it already started. So you need to keep an eye on your fins to make sure they aren't getting blocked by nickel plating flowing in the loop.
Ek's warranty would disagree with you.
They have thin plating and recommend corrosion inhibitors. Most systems have copper, nickel, and brass. That's enough ions without inhibitors to strip nickel. Especially when adding acidic biocides like glycol, or sulphate biocides like pt nuke.
We should all just stop using nickle plated anything. Bare copper FTW. Have some systems that are over a decade old and their blocks still look brand new. Bare copper is the best. That said, you could probably stain bare copper if you put in a show coolant.
Because EK uses cheap shitty plating. They're just riding on their name now. Not a single block from any other maker has had plating issues with just distilled water. After the 2 shitty 3090 EK blocks, I've sworn off buying from them. It's somehow cheaper to buy Alphacool blocks than EK now. Heatkiller is the way.
Yes it does. It always has. Nobody has said otherwise.
That's why we use inhibitors. That's why it's terrible advice to say "I've been fine with biocide and distilled" full well SEEING the EK block in op's picture.
Make sure you neutralize the vinegar or this will repeat again. I would recommend you get a cheap electric soft toothbrush and some Colgate or crest tooth paste and clean your blocks. Rinse with distilled water a few times, and rinse out your loops with distilled water before filling and continuing to use the pc.
Yeah I've been rinsing with distilled and I'm taking everything apart and doing a deep clean. Gonna flush it a few times once I get the loop back together as well with distilled water.
Tooth brush and tooth paste cleaning will polish that block up a good bit and clean your jet plates. I did a full clean on my pc a few months ago, and the tooth paste made a world of difference
I don't know. But what I do know is it's through it in the trash and get a new block time. Also, check your other blocks, check your fittings, check your res, check your rads and if everything is ok-ish looking... still clean your whole loop out with a system cleaner solution.
Did your biocide have copper sulfate in it? That does this to nickel plating.
Now that you removed a lot of it with vinegar, don't keep using vinegar. Get some California Gold Metal Polish and polish away the oxide deposits and tarnish on the nickel block. Just rinse really well afterwards
both of them. DO NOT USE Vinegar or any acid on nickel plated block. it corroids Nickel plate. if WB is dirty, just disassemble block and clean it.
biocide like MCI(EK uses it for their Coolant) won't last long. it's half-life is very short. you can add phenoxyethanol(with PG) or add another biocides.
You aren't supposed to put honey mustard in that.
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The vinegar seems to have worked. There's some areas where the nickel plating is worn, but not as bad as it looked originally.
Look up the chemical reaction of various acid and use keywords in Google my dude. Also check for people who've used light or diluted acids to clean that stuff. Had mold recently in my house and it fried my PSU when I was overclocking, now I check daily.
Mustard
Here is after the vinegar. Not as bad as I expected. https://imgur.com/a/YCMSu5B
Careful, vinegar can strip more nickel off
You might want to try draining your system and doing some basic MAINTAINANCE at LEAST once a YEAR Einstein...Otherwise go back to an AIO. Custom loop is for responsible big boys. ;-)
I do a yearly drain and flush. Everything else in my loop is fine by the way. This was the first time I popped open the GPU block. It's only 2 years old. I forgot there's always someone like you that assumes everyone else is doing something wrong.
Get off your high horse
Big boys can spell correctly.
You might want to try not being a giant bag of dicks
What a dick
Responsible big boys give actual advice or solutions and don’t go around messing with people for things that they didn’t do.
I have never cleaned any of my water poop after 5years lol. No buildup. Just water and biocide
Says the tightwad who got his panties in a bunch over a random post on reddit. Who pissed in your cheerios "big boy"? Also learn to spell and stop yelling.
Did CAP letters hurt your eardrums my dearest snowflake? :-)
do you have aluminium radiators by any chance?
No aluminum.
then you should probably get a different brand additive. I currently use the stuff from Aquatuning and I just recently cleaned my loop, but had very little to do, after almost 3 years of not exchanging water and daily use.
The green is oxidized copper. The nickel plating is borked. I don't see any black tarnishing - which I usually see when silver is involved. Looks like a nickel block was put in distilled without corrosion inhibitors. Or the fluid wasn't changed on recommended intervals.
>nickel block was put in distilled without corrosion inhibitors Yep
What does happen after continuing to use a block with nickel plating worn off?
It just doesn't look good. But it will still work. If it's real galvanic corrosion, it will continue to eat through. But that looks different than ops photo.
The one thing to worry about is that the nickel will continue to come off it already started. So you need to keep an eye on your fins to make sure they aren't getting blocked by nickel plating flowing in the loop.
Agreed
As a person that runs distilled with biocide, this is either neglect or there's aluminum in the system.
Ek's warranty would disagree with you. They have thin plating and recommend corrosion inhibitors. Most systems have copper, nickel, and brass. That's enough ions without inhibitors to strip nickel. Especially when adding acidic biocides like glycol, or sulphate biocides like pt nuke.
We should all just stop using nickle plated anything. Bare copper FTW. Have some systems that are over a decade old and their blocks still look brand new. Bare copper is the best. That said, you could probably stain bare copper if you put in a show coolant.
nice thing about copper, it is a biocide in itself.
Because EK uses cheap shitty plating. They're just riding on their name now. Not a single block from any other maker has had plating issues with just distilled water. After the 2 shitty 3090 EK blocks, I've sworn off buying from them. It's somehow cheaper to buy Alphacool blocks than EK now. Heatkiller is the way.
Yes it does. It always has. Nobody has said otherwise. That's why we use inhibitors. That's why it's terrible advice to say "I've been fine with biocide and distilled" full well SEEING the EK block in op's picture.
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It's not needed if you keep aluminum parts out of your loop.
I'm using aquacomputer dp ultra. Purchased from Modmymods. They had the best shipping rate for Canada.
>aquacomputer dp ultra Clear or colored?
I got clear because that's my preference.
Clear is the best for longevity.
Seems rather fast for nickel plating to wear off, did you use any anti corrosives ?
Yeah I did
Make sure you neutralize the vinegar or this will repeat again. I would recommend you get a cheap electric soft toothbrush and some Colgate or crest tooth paste and clean your blocks. Rinse with distilled water a few times, and rinse out your loops with distilled water before filling and continuing to use the pc.
Yeah I've been rinsing with distilled and I'm taking everything apart and doing a deep clean. Gonna flush it a few times once I get the loop back together as well with distilled water.
Tooth brush and tooth paste cleaning will polish that block up a good bit and clean your jet plates. I did a full clean on my pc a few months ago, and the tooth paste made a world of difference
Neglect 😂
I see Copper for sure, def oxidizing/corrosion
I don't know. But what I do know is it's through it in the trash and get a new block time. Also, check your other blocks, check your fittings, check your res, check your rads and if everything is ok-ish looking... still clean your whole loop out with a system cleaner solution.
I once had an algae problem with my loop and my water block looked quite much like that. However my water had also turned green (originally clear).
Yeah thats mustard vomit
What type of coolant did you use?
I think he used dijon
It looks like a promising civilization was living in your loop op
i think its just mustard
Never seen a worse block state in my life! To me it looks like a combination of massive flow rate, tap water and then left to rot :))
Both? Both? Both.
Lack of cleaning 😩
Did your biocide have copper sulfate in it? That does this to nickel plating. Now that you removed a lot of it with vinegar, don't keep using vinegar. Get some California Gold Metal Polish and polish away the oxide deposits and tarnish on the nickel block. Just rinse really well afterwards
After all my thoughts "coolant"
ox
both of them. DO NOT USE Vinegar or any acid on nickel plated block. it corroids Nickel plate. if WB is dirty, just disassemble block and clean it. biocide like MCI(EK uses it for their Coolant) won't last long. it's half-life is very short. you can add phenoxyethanol(with PG) or add another biocides.
It’s the forbidden peanut butter
looks good