Nanofluid tested with three different temperatures on a Q6600

[NaeKuh]

somebody wanna invent something?make a NON-pouros or 0.001 pourus tubing....will sell like hotcakes

its called neoprene tubing.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tyano1id3odi.html

I Honestly think you guys are hoping too much.

The greater the delta from ambient air -> coolant temp, you'll see better benifits with a heavier water.
However when your coolant is already kept within a very low delta of ambient air, then you guys are just hoping for too much.

Remember this is ambient cooling, you can only go as low as ambient.

[railmeat]

its called neoprene tubing.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tyano1id3odi.html

I Honestly think you guys are hoping too much.

The greater the delta from ambient air -> coolant temp, you'll see better benifits with a heavier water.
However when your coolant is already kept within a very low delta of ambient air, then you guys are just hoping for too much.

Remember this is ambient cooling, you can only go as low as ambient.

its called neoprene tubing.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tyano1id3odi.html


neoprene tubing looks like crap and does NOT flex without kinking(tight corners) like tygon 3603.this is why %95 of modders use it.downside is staining,fogging,hazing,looks cool for a few weeks,then looks like trash.

"I Honestly think you guys are hoping too much."


listen plz..we all seen the charts,the stuff is not meant to perform period(barely)and thats fine cause it looks really cool .i mean white fluid,how cool is that! =) got milk rig!?!?.there selling point is meant for looks?i myself think it looks killer.on that note of looks great-sold!but...if it stains,hazes,fogs tubing a few weeks after filled up its pointless performance and looks wise this is my point.

***im not bashing please understand as im ALWAYS looking for something better for my water setup and price does not matter.but what does this stuff bring to the table for watercooling guys?***

[relttem]

Remember this is ambient cooling, you can only go as low as ambient.

That is exactly right. We aren't claiming that the nanofluid is going to lower your temp below ambient or anything like that. But, what it is going to do, and I admit the jury is still out, is going to improve your heat transfer. And, what that means is that when your WC loop is maxing out because of all the stuff you are trying to keep cool instead of adding another radiator and more fans and possibly another pump, you can use the nanofluid.
Now, if you want to look at the big picture, what we have been looking at is server rooms that being water cooled. From our lab tests we found almost a 20% increase in heat transfer, which translates into 20% less power needed to maintain the same temps, which further translates into almost a 20% decrease in decibel noise. When you think about a 20% savings in power consumption for the cooling aspects of a room of servers it starts to add up. And, just from a noise aspect, running a fan/pump 20% less is nice.
And, as NaeKuh, mentioned, the settling is/was a problem. That was the main thing we were trying to fix. The only thing that has shown us anything positive so far is a simple 'wait and see' experiment in which we placed a clear bottle of the nanofluid on a shelf to see if anything would settle out. And, after a few months it still looks pretty good. Of course, just by gravity it will settle out. But, we tried to match the buoyancy of water with the nanoparticle as close as possible. As a result, we think that with constant motion it won't be able settle. What I hope Skinnee can say is whether or not it is better or worse; we are trying to improve the stuff. At the same time, some pump set-ups have dead zones - the intake might be in the side meaning that below the intake might be a dead zone that will allow some settling. We have to wait and see on that. Both of my home computers do not have that, but my old WC pump does have that and did have some settling. HESmelaugh's intake was at the bottom, so I doubt he will see anything, but I am not 100% sure. That is why we have people like the people on here test this stuff for us..total honest and unbiased results.