Can I re-use dirty "probably corroded radiators"?

[TheScorpio]

So, ive disassembled my 3years+ old system because i wanted to take its 360 alphacool rad and d5 pump for my newer build, But I've foundout that my loop is kinda gunked up and probably corroded but Ive no idea how bad it is, Ive always known about it since my cpu temps were higher than usual, I used to change the loop water every 6-10 months, (distilled water +pt nuke) the water never shifted color or anything, so i never really bothered to fully disassemble the blocks, kinda wish i did now.... here are some photos, can i still salvage that radiator? My new loop is filled with new parts, and id hate it if this messed up radiator would corrode my new parts

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D5 before

After:

Pretty clean, it was only dirt, can be re-used for sure

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Heres the radiator: its ports had blue gunk on them which i cleaned, but im more worried about the inside? Sorry i cant take a closer pic but it does have some slight discoloration on the inside, ive cleaned it with distilled water and used some vinegar, still worried if it would mess up my new loop or not.

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Cpu block: for reference, its pretty bad lol, it has a bead of dirt on the middle

But upon further cleaning and dumping it in distilled water with vinegar, look what happend

That was a quick wash, its still not perfect but it tells me that the corrosion or whatever isnt as bad as i see in some pics, i still threw the block away since ive a new one, but im worried about that radiator, and I kinda dont wanna wait another month to buy one, since my new system is already disassembled and ready for the new loop lol

[KoeppColto024470]

7 minutes ago, TheScorpio said:

So, ive disassembled my 3years+ old system because i wanted to take its 360 alphacool rad and d5 pump for my newer build, But I've foundout that my loop is kinda gunked up and probably corroded but Ive no idea how bad it is, Ive always known about it since my cpu temps were higher than usual, I used to change the loop water every 6-10 months, (distilled water +pt nuke) the water never shifted color or anything, so i never really bothered to fully disassemble the blocks, kinda wish i did now.... here are some photos, can i still salvage that radiator? My new loop is filled with new parts, and id hate it if this messed up radiator would corrode my new parts

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D5 before

After:

Pretty clean, it was only dirt, can be re-used for sure

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Heres the radiator: its ports had blue gunk on them which i cleaned, but im more worried about the inside? Sorry i cant take a closer pic but it does have some slight discoloration on the inside, ive cleaned it with distilled water and used some vinegar, still worried if it would mess up my new loop or not.

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Cpu block: for reference, its pretty bad lol, it has a bead of dirt on the middle

But upon further cleaning and dumping it in distilled water with vinegar, look what happend

That was a quick wash, its still not perfect but it tells me that the corrosion or whatever isnt as bad as i see in some pics, i still threw the block away since ive a new one, but im worried about that radiator, and I kinda dont wanna wait another month to buy one, since my new system is already disassembled and ready for the new loop lol

Well first if your going to be building a new system you have to make sure your block is compatible with the socket version you want to go with. I'm not sure but I think most manufacturers discontinued there LGA 1150 lineup unless you're using a LGA 2011v3 CPU (I don't know what socket you're cpu is just from looking at it)

[TheScorpio]

I think i should stop cheaping out and buy me a new 360, since i already bought a new 240 from EK, and their radiators seem to be made very well tbh, alphacool have always seemed very cheap honestly, especially with the fact that they come unclean

[TheScorpio]

1 minute ago, KoeppColto024470 said:

Well first if your going to be building a new system you have to make sure your block is compatible with the socket version you want to go with. I'm not sure but I think most manufacturers discontinued there LGA 1150 lineup unless you're using a LGA 2011v3 CPU (I don't know what socket you're cpu is just from looking at it)

Im not going to use the same block, or cpu ive a new one - i only put the pic of the block for reference, its already in the dumpster haha

My new build  - i7-8700k 

I might just bail on that radiator and buy a new one later on lol

[Lurick]

4 minutes ago, TheScorpio said:

Im not going to use the same block, or cpu ive a new one - i only put the pic of the block for reference, its already in the dumpster haha

My new build  - i7-8700k 

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Yah, I would junk the old rads. They probably won't damage or corrode the other stuff but they'll leech particulate and possibly larger debris into the system which could cause problems with the pump.

[TheScorpio]

16 minutes ago, Lurick said:

 

Yah, I would junk the old rads. They probably won't damage or corrode the other stuff but they'll leech particulate and possibly larger debris into the system which could cause problems with the pump.

Yeah, they for sure did leech a whole lot of crap

I guess ill just use my new 240 for now, or maybe throw a stock intel heatsink for a month, so i dont have to waste any rigid tubing lol, till i buy a new radiator