[SOLVED] H60 (2013) performing amazing still?

[hazey123]

So this AIO is almost 6 years old to the day. I bought it on may 23 2013 and have been using it since i bought it, and its still preforming amazing to this day. Something is telling me to Replace it because of its age, but thats why im asking here.. Should i get ready and switch it out, i was thinking with a N-D15.. So far no noise from the pump, but my main concern is the fluid. Evaporation? Corrosion? Not sure...

 

[tennis2]

Just keep an eye on temps. No need to change it if temps are still fine.

 

[CountMike]

My CM nepton 140XL is still working like new, more than 6 years now. Had to change one fan, bearing vent out a year ago, got 2 new ones under warranty (5 years).

 

[hazey123]

Thanks for the reply guys!

 

[Gam3r01]

As they age you are going to approach a failure date (whether this is a leak, a plugged loop, etc is a different discussion), I personally wouldnt trust an H60 past 6 years, I generally recommend trusting them up to or a bit past their warranty period.

That being said, the NH-D15 would perform substantially better than the H60 would.

 

[hazey123]

As they age you are going to approach a failure date (whether this is a leak, a plugged loop, etc is a different discussion), I personally wouldnt trust an H60 past 6 years, I generally recommend trusting them up to or a bit past their warranty period.

That being said, the NH-D15 would perform substantially better than the H60 would.

Thanks you very much for this comment. Im thinking going with a good air cooler with less points of failure is the best way to go , i plan on replacing them at the end of the month.

 

[Karadjgne]

The original series of H60's used a flexible almost plastic tubing (still very stiff) so coolant evaporation as such is almost negligible. However, what you get from constant heat and fluid is a breakdown on the molecular level, such as H²O ceases to be and becomes HO or H+H+O, which will eventually drop fluid levels as gas levels rise. Other components might lose much of their fluid nature and get thicker and more sludge like.
But this generally takes years of usage, a good starting point being 5yrs. After that, it's just a waiting game, if the cooler still works, great, but it's going to start getting gradually worse at some point until fluid levels are so low, the pump can't effectively pressurize the fluid volume and your temps go up drastically.

So yeah, it's time to start thinking about replacement, but you've got time to wait and watch for a good sale/deal, it's not failed so no rush.