Coolant

ewarwoowar · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:42

Hey geys,

changing the colour of my water cooling stuff soon and going red and black (Original) Just becuase o' my motherboard i'm getting.

But i'm stuck between getting clear hose and red coolant or just red or black solid colour hose.

I've been distilled water + silver kill coil since I started WC'ing and have never dealt wtih coolant so I have a few questions if you don't mind.

Is there any makes to stay away from?
Do I need something to kill algae like silver kill coil still?
Do I need a regular clean out becuase coolant can block?

Thanks in advance

OLDPHART · 21 Jul 2011 at 00:48

Hi, if you mean a pre-mix coolent, Thermochill EC6 Clear is very good, my loop has had it in a year now and its still clear as the day l filled the loop. I changed a couple of fittings on the CPU block which is copper and there was no tarnishing at all inside, my GPU block is actel+nickel as well so mixing your block metals is ok.

No silver coil is needed.

EC6 Clear change every 2 years.

The Asgard · 21 Jul 2011 at 06:52

I have used Fezer One Blue for the last 4 years and had zero issues. Fit and forget. Goes in clear and comes out clear. Highly recommended for hassle free cooling.

:(Rhodri:) · 21 Jul 2011 at 13:50

I use de-ionised water with some anti-freeze mixed in and a kill coil. Seems to work well enough and is very cheap and easy.

ewarwoowar · 21 Jul 2011 at 21:09

Rhodri2311 said:
I use de-ionised water with some anti-freeze mixed in and a kill coil. Seems to work well enough and is very cheap and easy.

De ionised is not a good idea as it tries to re ionise in the loop.
Distilled is a way better way to go mate.

I'm having 2 seperate loops so might have feser one

zoomee · 21 Jul 2011 at 21:22

If your going for nickel EK blocks at all - EC6 is the recommended solution. You don't need to worry about algae nor anti-corrosion protection as it has it all

Its what I'm using

jorzeh · 21 Jul 2011 at 22:58

I like PC ice. But EC6 and PC ice are all about the same.

:(Rhodri:) · 22 Jul 2011 at 13:12

ewarwoowar said:
De ionised is not a good idea as it tries to re ionise in the loop.
Distilled is a way better way to go mate.

I'm having 2 seperate loops so might have feser one

I just drain it and change it fairly regularly, easy to do and keeps everything clean and happy. All fluids will eventually become conductive anyway.

Jokester · 22 Jul 2011 at 13:17

ewarwoowar said:
De ionised is not a good idea as it tries to re ionise in the loop.
Distilled is a way better way to go mate.

I'm having 2 seperate loops so might have feser one

Distilled is deionised as well...