Cheap is not cheap
And this is where I get the déjà vu now, because a cooling system that costs less than $25 USD to buy is usually not really durable. This is due to production costs and processes, not just the sheer cost of materials. Defects can often be identified by the purchase price, but the customer rarely knows this. We further analyzed the extensive feedback from readers after the initial publications, conducted our own research, and also inquired about return rates from dealers and distributors where possible. Almost all of the affected products so far were from the manufacturer Apaltek, while Asetek products remained inconspicuous.
This led us to another problem: since we found different results for different batches of products, it would not be objective to name specific models from specific vendors. Moreover, causing panic would be counterproductive and pointless. If, for example, I exclude a vendor (not OEM/ODM) and their products were later affected after all, an explicit purchase warning against individual vendors or products that are only partially affected would be just as illogical.
Therefore, as always, if you buy cheap, you often buy twice. However, if someone notices that the cooling performance of their cheap bargain is declining, they are welcome to refer to this article and contact me via email. I’ve already spoken to a few customers of Apaltek products and made the respective companies aware of the problems with the radiators and cooling fluids. So, if performance issues occur within three to six months of initial startup, the product should be returned immediately.
The radiators without flux compensator
I’ll show you how to do this properly later. Previously, we sawed open not just one radiator of a product, but several. And with that, it is also said that it can hit almost every supplier that gets such cheap aluminum radiators installed. Speaking of flux, do you actually know what that is? Of course, not in the movie (here, they simply used something that the screenwriter had no idea about, but that sounds nice and complicated), but in the cooling system in question. It is usually potassium aluminum fluoride, hereinafter also referred to as flux for short. And a flux compensator is then exactly what your AiO is missing. So Hollywood, even if unintentionally, has something to do with your AiO compact water cooling. After all. 😀
The picture above shows you what you can find when you clamp such a radiator in a vice and cut it emotionless once across. We see slime, crumbs and the usual chips of the cutting process, which of course can be neglected. And what all this means exactly, you will find out on the next page.
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