Nanofluid tested with three different temperatures on a Q6600

[HESmelaugh]

Excellent test just like your sandwich test (looking forward to the continuation of the sandwich testing). I'm curious how this stuff would look with dye, would the dye even take to the nanofluid?

If you still have the loop filled, take the fan off the single 120 radiator and just have airflow coming from a distance from an 80mm or weak 120mm fan, I'm just curious what the result would be considering the results from the weakest cooled-radiator. Perhaps (I know I'm reaching) allowing the removal of radiator fans to be replaced by one or two case fans blowing very little air over the radiators. (forgive me for even suggesting you to take the chance with your Q6600, nothing personal against your hardware, I'm just curious)

I was also wondering about Nanofluid plus dye. But since I've never used any kind of dye or any additives, this isn't something I'll be exploring myself.
Originally, I thought about testing Nanofluid with passive radiators. I didn't get the radiators yet, so I didn't do the testing yet. I wouldn't want to use a radiator that's designed for active airflow passively, rather I would use a radiator designed specifically for passive use. This would be another scenario where one can expect considerable heating of the fluid.

As you point out yourself, going for even less airflow would take us into temperature regions that I consider dangerous for the CPU, so I avoided that.


Someone in a German forum asked about what the Nanofluid looks like in colored tubes, so I made a few pics:





The tube crossing over the top is empty, the one benath is filled with Nanofluid.

Also, someone on that forum theorized that Nanofluid is esentially diluted wall paint. Nor necessarily suggesting that it's made by diluting wall paint but saying you could get the same effect with diluted wall paint because it contains Nano-sized particles with improved heat transfer. I seriously have no ideo whether that's possible or not since I know next to nothing about molecular physics. Just thought I'd mention it here and see what you guys think.