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Old 12-05-2011
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Originally Posted by kikicoco1334 View Post
^ I have the GTZ and i never really had to clean it or anyrthing, I take them a part to clean them just for fun and I use hand soap and tooth brush and brush the living hell out of it, then just dip it in water for 10~15min and dry it out then put it back together, again i am no where near expert comes to water cooling, i kinda just do it for fun
Nice. I like using a wire brush. Brass brushes around the size of a tooth brush work great. Scoring the inside of the heat sink makes little scratches increasing surface area no matter how small the scratches are. I've never seen a big temp drop from it, but in theory, it should help.
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