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Watercooling What coolant do you use? Show us with pictures!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Parge, 18 Mar 2013.

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  1. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Went from distilled water - which my Nickel Plated EK GPU blocks didn't like - to Phobya ZuperZero, which is great for Four reasons:

    Cheap as chips (£6 for 1L)
    Doesn't corrode my blocks in any way (well, after about 9 months all good)
    Didn't stain any of my Plexi blocks (gave them a quick clean and scrub and all residue just washed away)
    Amazing glow under UV light (see below).

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    Untitled by Penderyn, on Flickr


    That was my old build, just finished the one in my sig, currently using Mayhems Ultra Pure water, with Feser One corrosion blocker, but planning on replacing it with something colourful when the Deep Silence windowed side panels are released.
     
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  2. Guest-23315

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    Deionized water from Halfords.
    Silver kill-coil.

    Nuffin' else.
     
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  3. Big Elf

    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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    Distilled water from Barbers and Benzalkonium Chloride. I stopped using De-ionised water and silver kill coils when I realised it was highly possible they were the cause of nickel being stripped from one of my blocks.
     
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  4. jizwizard

    jizwizard Modder

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    Good old fashioned council pop in mine
     
    jizwizard, 18 Mar 2013
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  5. bodkin

    bodkin Overheating

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    As in tap water?! Heathen!
     
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  6. bulldogjeff

    bulldogjeff The modding head is firmly back on.

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    Plus one to the Halfords juice, works just fine for me.
     
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  7. Guest-44432

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    Filter tap water. Good enough for home heating, good enough for watercooling. Nuff said! :D
     
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  8. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Piss. I like the aroma when opening the loop up after six months.

    I'll spare you the picture.
     
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  9. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    Mmmm. Warm ammonia!
     
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  10. bdigital

    bdigital Is re-building his PC again

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    bdigital, 18 Mar 2013
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  11. Guest-23315

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    6 years of it and not a dead system yet!

    Ran Feser One once... eugh. Gunk everywhere.
     
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  12. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Mmmm biscuits

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    +1 same here. If the loop is clean upon assembly then no worries of growth either.

    I boiled all my LC parts, helps remove nasties before assembly
     
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  13. Margo Baggins

    Margo Baggins I'm good at Soldering Super Moderator

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    In my old watercooled: Feser One Red - looked alot more pink than red.

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Woah! Snakepit!

    That is the reason I've not done a ROG build - Red stuff always looks pink to me. Some of the Mayhems blood red coloured stuff is better, but not UV reactive so.....

    What I'd really like is UV orange coolant, but I can't seem to find any.
     
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  15. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    This.
     
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  16. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    EK UV blue as well.
    [​IMG]
     
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  17. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Nice! You got any shots of that under UV?
     
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  18. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    EK Clear:
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    In black tubing... ;)
     
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  19. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Haha! Is that my old Kuhler!? Awesome!
     
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  20. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    I'll dig out the CFLs and take some pics tonight. :D
     
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