Whats the Best Coolant to buy?! ... Come on Bro!

[itznfb]

i have always just used distilled water. no additives.

[Hybridchemistry]

i have always just used distilled water. no additives.

DON'T use just distilled.


This is after running distilled+pt Nuke+ some color additive... that might have been the cause. My friend Aspire just runs bottled water, but he can because he uses Norprene :P No sunlight = very little, if any growth

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

MCT-5 Been using this for over a year, plenty of nasty spills on motherboard, GPU etc.. No issues . I do change my fluid every 12 months and did not notice any gunk in the loop / cpu block

MCT-5 gives some pretty terrible temps, I used it in my first system and I was less than satisfied. that said how the heck do you get that many leaks to have those issues?

[warriorpoet]

DON'T use just distilled.


This is after running distilled+pt Nuke+ some color additive... that might have been the cause. My friend Aspire just runs bottled water, but he can because he uses Norprene :P No sunlight = very little, if any growth

Looks like additive issues.

My distilled + PT Nuke has been in my loop for 13 months (I know...) and it's perfectly clear.

[itznfb]

DON'T use just distilled.

i've been using only distilled water for over 5 years now. 2 machines that have been running for over a year. never had an issue. still clear.

[NaeKuh]

This is after running distilled+pt Nuke+ some color additive... that might have been the cause. My friend Aspire just runs bottled water, but he can because he uses Norprene :P No sunlight = very little, if any growth

drinking water contains minerals..

minerals can lead to growth...

Distilled has no minerals... which is why we recomend it...


Any additive you add to distilled will decrease its cooling efficency, thats why most people adopt using just it.

We use silver now for anti microbs, and it works good...

So im lost in what your saying...

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Well if it makes you guys feel any better about the possibility of algae, I have had bacteria grow in two of my liquid loops (dads and brothers computer) and your entire loop could be PT-Nuke and it wouldn't stop that foul smelling stuff. I have no idea how it got in there, my brothers case was blacked out with no lights and no windwos so it was definitely not algae for him.

[HamidFULL]

Awesome topic thanks men! and what about this? :



Swiftech use this (HydrX) for all of Swiftech water cooling kits!

[ownage]

distilled water + antifreeze FTW!
I used all sorts of coolant, but distilled+antifreeze works best for me.

[Chruschef]

Awesome topic thanks men! and what about this? :



Swiftech use this (HydrX) for all of Swiftech water cooling kits!

DI+pt nuke.

[DarthBeavis]

antifreeze is HIGHLY toxic (ethyl glycol). if you use propylene glycol you are ok.

[Alexontherocks]

true...

here is a comparative chart.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/et...col-d_904.html

[DeanB]

We publish our MSDS here

Propylene Glycol is the acting agent

[DarthBeavis]

We publish our MSDS here

Propylene Glycol is the acting agent

My wife, a veterinarian, would approve.

[DarthBeavis]

true...

here is a comparative chart.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/et...col-d_904.html

THAT SHOULD BE A STICKY!!!! Tons of people here water-cool and should know they risk their pets' lives with ethelyn Glycol (I am the king of leaks so I speak from experience). This is why I have used Fluid XP in some builds. PT nuke contains copper sulfate which is only slightly toxic and will not likely kill your pets (same stuff used in fish tanks). The problem with Ethelyn Glycol is that it is sweet and animals and kids love the taste.

[mindspat]

The problem with Ethelyn Glycol is that it is sweet and animals and kids love the taste.

I recall several incidents of Chinese manufactured goods containing high amounts of the stuff as well...

Does everyone purchase their DI or make it themselves?

[DarthBeavis]

I recall several incidents of Chinese manufactured goods containing high amounts of the stuff as well...

Does everyone purchase their DI or make it themselves?

buy it from the store (label says either DI or Distilled or reverse osmosis or filtered through NaeKuh's bladder)

[Chruschef]

(label says ... filtered through NaeKuh's bladder)

[Aberration]

DI water = De-Ionized. Not sure the effect it would have in cooling, but I wasnt aware you could just buy it in the stores?

[FrostyPanda]

pure distilled and either iandh's silver coils or pt nuke

[warriorpoet]

pure distilled and either iandh's silver coils or pt nuke

Heh, I read that "...iandh's silver coils or puke".

I thought it not very sanitary.

[NaeKuh]

buy it from the store (label says either DI or Distilled or reverse osmosis or filtered through NaeKuh's bladder)

[Sparky]

I am the king of leaks so I speak from experience

[Sdammads]

What about this?

http://www.watercoolingshop.com/cata...roducts_id=665

[Chruschef]

... D.I. + PT nuke.

or killcoil if you wanna get fancy.

don't mix metals, ever. that simple.