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Watercooling Corruption on Gigabyte WaterForce block

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Hey all,

July last year I did my first watercooling build. A few weeks ago (so after 1 year of use more or less) I took it apart to clean it and noticed that the GPU cooling block looks terrible.  I also believe that it was blocking my flow (I saw that the flow had decreased which is why I decided to clean it).

My whole loop looks a bit janky now.  I'm talking to Gigabyte about what i can do with the warranty because I think this cooling block is junk now. 

 

Question for the forum is:

1. What went wrong?

2. Should I be worried about other parts? The rads? The pump? The CPU cooling block?  These look a bit corroded too but not at all as bad as the gpu.

Parts in my build:
1. Corsair hydro x kit: https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Hardline-Reservoir-Radiator-Software/dp/B09T744P88/ref=sr_1_2?crid=UZ3UTIZTN5PS&keywords=corsair+hydro+x&qid=1660648036&sprefix=corsair+hydro%2Caps%2C304&sr=8-2

2. GPU: https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N3080GAMINGOC-WB-10GD-rev-10#kf

 

And that is about it.  I used a full hydro x kit for the rads, cpu cooler, pump, lines and fittings.  The GPU is the only foreign part to the kit.

 

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I don't know much about custom water cooling, but I doubt those parts should look that bad after only a year, especially if every part is copper and there's no aluminum in the loop.

 

Did you use the coolant that came with the kit?

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What coolant did you use? That looks like growth rather than galvanic corotion to me. Not enough biocide basically.

 

I don't belive there is any aluminium in what you have used, but if there is, that would also hurt it.

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The radiator looks normal and you only have issues with the nickel plating. Would also be interested to hear what coolant you were using.

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yer gigabyte 3080 non-extreme waterblock is alu, likely galvanic corrosion happening

there's lots of ppl complain on reddit r/watercooling on non-extreme gigabyte waterblock

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1 hour ago, fonzz1e said:

yer gigabyte 3080 non-extreme waterblock is alu, likely galvanic corrosion happening

there's lots of ppl complain on reddit r/watercooling on non-extreme gigabyte waterblock

You've got to be kidding! I looked up the page for the (non extreme) 3080 Waterforce and nowhere does it state what the block material is. The pages for Extreme and non-Extreme simply state "WATERFORCE Water Block cooling system" which doesn't help at all. Most people would make the assumption that it would be nickel/copper, not aluminum IMO.

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don't know where you where reading.. under spec's last line Notes it says "Please use non-corrosive and aluminum compatible coolant."

 

 

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guess. that's what happens when you mix copper and alu... i would swap the radiators.. cheapest option.. 

 

don't forget aluminium friendly cooling liquid.. 

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wow, did not expect that from Gigabyte, and also surprised by the particularly poor labelling. Having said that I would have thought a decent modern generation coolant could keep up with this mix, so  nonetheless, would be interested to see what coolant (if any) was used. 

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dam a custom 3080 with aluminum block...

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21 hours ago, Blai5e said:

You've got to be kidding! I looked up the page for the (non extreme) 3080 Waterforce and nowhere does it state what the block material is. The pages for Extreme and non-Extreme simply state "WATERFORCE Water Block cooling system" which doesn't help at all. Most people would make the assumption that it would be nickel/copper, not aluminum IMO.

 

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I believe that's the nickel plated aluminum block. Nickel plating fails and well...this is what you get.

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