Recent content by Louie08213

Ah. That makes sense. So I would use distilled water for projects like these to prevent corrosion. Will the corrosion continue to spread while using the card? And how long until the heatsink becomes completely unusable?

Appreciate the warm welcome. How long will the heatsink last before the corrosion completely takes over? I plan to keep this card for a while. And what can I do next time when cleaning aluminum heatsinks to prevent something like this again?

So I got a 5700xt red devil today; the previous owner was one dirty person. I spent a good hour cleaning the fans and another 2 hours cleaning everything else. The heatsink was not caked but it had some weird oil on it as well as some sticky residue so I took the GPU apart and dipped the...