Coolant Colours

Appleby · 21 Sep 2011 at 20:48

Hey Guys,

New to the forum so I guess this is me saying hi!

I thought I would jump in with you water cooling guys and ask for some advice. I'm about to install a custom loop and I'm pretty set on the hardware however I am struggling to make up my mind on the coolant!

I've been looking at the Mayhems Premix as it's well reviews on here. However its hard to get a gauge on what the colours look like when in a system rather than in a bottle!

So what I'm asking of you kind people is pictures of coolant in systems and most importantly which coolant it is!

(I'm particularly interested in blues and greens!) I'll stick up a full build log when I get the parts in to show my appreciation!

Krony · 21 Sep 2011 at 21:21

This is the Mayhems X1 UV red, no lighting yet and the tubing is Pimochill UV red tubing but u can see the colour in the res.

Cleeecooo · 21 Sep 2011 at 21:26

Cleeecooo said:

This is mayhems clear dye UV blue.

Appleby · 21 Sep 2011 at 21:45

^^^ That's one of the colours on my list of potentials, Reminds me of "Tron!" I like it a lot!

Cleeecooo · 21 Sep 2011 at 21:51

Appleby said:
^^^ That's one of the colours on my list of potentials, Reminds me of "Tron!" I like it a lot!

in a few weeks i'll be changing it to the green

JeffyB · 21 Sep 2011 at 22:16

Not put any in my loop yet but heres some of the new EK UV Blue

and under uv

w3bbo · 21 Sep 2011 at 22:23

I prefer plain, clear liquid. If you want colours have you considered coloured tubing?

JeffyB · 21 Sep 2011 at 22:29

Heres some coloured tubing for comparrison
Masterkleer clear uv blue

Primochill proflex lrt uv blue

Cleeecooo · 21 Sep 2011 at 22:43

w3bbo said:
I prefer plain, clear liquid. If you want colours have you considered coloured tubing?

Main downside for me is that the res lacks colour

Purely opinion though.

Appleby · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:11

Cleeecooo said:
Main downside for me is that the res lacks colour
Purely opinion though.

I have to agree. The part of the watercooling I will see the most is the XSPC dual bay res! It would be a shame not to show it off! Kind of a head vs heart thing. I know there are horror stories of dyes staining tubing and gunking up waterblocks but coloured coolant just looks so cool!

w3bbo · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:18

Add descreet lighting to the res

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I know what you mean tho - horses for courses and the very cheap EK coolants OCUK are now stocking are a steal!

Cleeecooo · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:25

I have to say, that looks better than I would have expected w3bbo.

One downside though is that the colour isn't really spread through the res if you know what I mean? Again, purely personal.

w3bbo · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:29

Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess I just like to see the liquid sloshing around. Adding colour to a liquid makes it looks thicker imo if that makes sense.

Mayhems · 22 Sep 2011 at 04:01

No offence meant by this but goggle is you best friend for things like this.

Cleeecooo · 22 Sep 2011 at 15:55

mlwood37 said:
No offence meant by this but goggle is you best friend for things like this.

I think he wanted to see it in a system