These rads perform well, but it's luck of the draw whether or not the rad you get is relatively clean from the factory. I ordered three -- two were reasonably OK but one was just absolutely filthy.
Even after 25+ rinses with boiling distilled water (took me several hours), I am still getting debris when emptying the rad into a white bowl. I've attached a picture, with the bowl on the left just a regular bowl of clean water for comparison, and the right bowl containing what came out of the rad after rinse 25.
If you happen to get a clean rad, great. If not, you may have a long night ahead of you.
I'm knocking off two stars because this much debris can absolutely wreck your expensive watercooling components. A few rinses is reasonable, but the fact that I'm still getting dirt after 25 rinses is a bit much.
Edit 6/29/2020: In the end, I wound up rinsing each radiator over 80 times each (I have three of them), which took several days. I even did a couple vinegar baths, followed by sodium bicarbonate to clear it all out, checking the pH levels to ensure things were back to normal, followed by several distilled rinses.
I wanted to really make sure these were clean, as the previous iteration of rads which resulted in GPU gunking were a possible error source.
I ran the GPU block with the pump by itself with distilled water for a few days with no issues. I then hooked in my three rads, and the block turned dirty-brown over a single night.
As far as I'm concerned, these rads are unusable - they are so dirty that even after 80 rinses each, they're still gunking everything up. It's possible that I am a corner case but it's still a case nonetheless. Lowering my rating to 1 star.
| Brand | Black Ice |
|---|---|
| 制造商 | Black Ice |
| 商品尺寸 | 39.8 x 13.3 x 2.95 cm; 900 克 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | 不是 |
| 颜色 | 黑色 |
| 是否包含电池 | 不是 |
| 商品重量 | 900 g |
