Purified water = distilled or deionised?

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 20:37

Went to the chemist and they said they had 'purified water'. It didn't say on the bottle which one it was. But it said that the conductivity was 30us. It was 5 litres for £2.95. How can I work out if it was distilled or deionised?

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:00

Purified water can be made in a number of ways including distilling and reverse osmosis. The only way to be sure is to call up the manufacturer.

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:05

Just remembered that purified water with a 30us conductivity will more than likely by reverse osmosis, found this out when looking for water. Should be fine.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:15

Oh okay, I'll buy it then for my loop. I've also got some pt nuke, silver coil, blue antifreeze, and some anti corrosion stuff on order. Thanks for your help Jeff, you've been really helpful the last few weeks

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:20

Anytime, looking forward to your build

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:28

Don't expect anything special

colour scheme will be pretty basic. Maybe in a few years I'll got for something more adventurous. But for me the thrill of taking my hobby in a new direction will fuel me on. Also, I got a standard camera so photography won't be the best.

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:33

Building my loop made me feel like a kid at Christmas and reminded me of the first time I built a pc. It's contagious though and you'll soon be looking at gpu blocks if your not already.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:37

I was going to order a hydro copper 480, but they're not in stock anywhere

I'm toying with the idea of getting a gpu block and fitting it myself, but I'm a little scared to do so. So at the moment, I'm going with the zotac amp 480.
The case should be here tomorrow so that's when my build log will start

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 21:46

Gpu blocks are a bit fiddly, was the trickiest bit of my loop but nothing major. If you are going to have your gpu in your loop it may be wise to do so from the start. That way you won't need to drain and re route the loop to add the gpu.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 22:13

I'm really not sure at the moment. My order didn't go through, but I can do it now. Decision time. I've heard good things about the zotac amp, I'm really not sure whether to do that or watercool the gpu. Does the waterblock come with alcohol pads for wiping the gpu?

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 22:41

My ek gpu block didn't.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 22:50

I must say, I'm so close to ordering yet I'm now unsure what to get

Marvin · 24 Aug 2010 at 22:57

Definitely watercool the GPU - you'll get the overclock a 480 deserves, and have a ridiculously powerful card, and all in relative silence...

I use de-ionized water - which is also good as it's non conductive (I've tested :eek:

) so isn't an absolute disaster if you get a leak.

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 22:59

A good tip for gpu blocks, make sure you have the correct screw drivers, seen people try to use phillips on posi screws and rounding the screw head off making it a real ball ache to remove.

What are you unsure about?

Marvin · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:05

If you're worried about removing the stock cooling, just get the OcUK GTX480 with the water block and a 3 year warranty. Easy. Costs a lot less than the Hydro Copper too.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:10

JeffyB said:
A good tip for gpu blocks, make sure you have the correct screw drivers, seen people try to use phillips on posi screws and rounding the screw head off making it a real ball ache to remove.

What are you unsure about?

Installing the thing. Just a bit nervous about that

Marvin said:
If you're worried about removing the stock cooling, just get the OcUK GTX480 with the water block and a 3 year warranty. Easy. Costs a lot less than the Hydro Copper too.

Problem with that is that they take 2 days before delivery. I'd like to have the system fitted starting friday and spending the weekend on it.

JeffyB · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:16

It's not as hard as it may seem, it's just a bit fiddly. Thermal pads were a bit of a pain to take the plastic off of but i have a theory thats its because they got warm as i used them. might try chilling them in teh fridge next time i do a gpu block to see if that stops the plastic sticking.

Squakingcow · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:22

Fitting a GPU block shouldn't be too difficult as long as you are careful and make sure that everything is making proper contact and nothing is shorting out before installing it, and since you are going down the 480 route there is a huge great IHS over the die so you don't have to worry too much about applying uneven pressure and cracking it.

TheCenturion · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:24

JeffyB said:
It's not as hard as it may seem, it's just a bit fiddly. Thermal pads were a bit of a pain to take the plastic off of but i have a theory thats its because they got warm as i used them. might try chilling them in teh fridge next time i do a gpu block to see if that stops the plastic sticking.

Squakingcow said:
Fitting a GPU block shouldn't be too difficult as long as you are careful and make sure that everything is making proper contact and nothing is shorting out before installing it, and since you are going down the 480 route there is a huge great IHS over the die so you don't have to worry too much about applying uneven pressure and cracking it.

Okay, I'll definitely consider it! I'll probably get the stock zotac card and put it on that due to warranty.

Marvin · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:31

I can also add my opinion in that assuming you get the EK block, fitting it is not much of a challenge. Just take your time, and make sure you have a decent 3.8mm (or so) phillips screwdriver for the stock cooler screws (at least, on my GTX470 that was all that was required). Just don't do anything silly, like stick the card in a vice and yank the cooler off and it'll be fine.

Best piece of advice when it comes to fitting the EK block would be to superglue the spacers to the block, makes it a lot easier when assembling.