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- Oct 31, 2009
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Conumdrum has performed another service for us all with this posting:
http://www.overclockers.com/annual-water-cooling-cleaning-rebuild-journal/
It raised a number of questions in my mind, which I would like to raise here in the spirit of open discussion.
Mostly I want to ask if all of this work is really necessary, or justified in economic terms. For example, what if we didn't do this cleaning annually? What happens? Does system cooling performance decrease? By how much?
What if the tubing were replaced at every cleaning, instead of being cleaned out? How much can new tubing cost? $25? $30? If I could save 1 or 2 hours, and ensure that my tubing was "fresh," I might be willing to discard the old tubing and replace it with new?
How important is it to clean all the "tarnish" off the waterblocks? What happens if this tarnish is not cleaned off at regular intervals?
Now, I'm not disputing the need to drain the loop and clean out the radiator. But, does it have to be done annually?
I'm not all all trying to disrespect Conumdrum, believe me. I just want to get some questions answered.
Thank you.
http://www.overclockers.com/annual-water-cooling-cleaning-rebuild-journal/
It raised a number of questions in my mind, which I would like to raise here in the spirit of open discussion.
Mostly I want to ask if all of this work is really necessary, or justified in economic terms. For example, what if we didn't do this cleaning annually? What happens? Does system cooling performance decrease? By how much?
What if the tubing were replaced at every cleaning, instead of being cleaned out? How much can new tubing cost? $25? $30? If I could save 1 or 2 hours, and ensure that my tubing was "fresh," I might be willing to discard the old tubing and replace it with new?
How important is it to clean all the "tarnish" off the waterblocks? What happens if this tarnish is not cleaned off at regular intervals?
Now, I'm not disputing the need to drain the loop and clean out the radiator. But, does it have to be done annually?
I'm not all all trying to disrespect Conumdrum, believe me. I just want to get some questions answered.
Thank you.