Re-building my loop

[Kavalree]

So, I am finally re-doing my loop. I have been using some green UV liquid that is about 8months old now. What is the best way to flush all this from the blocks and res?

I also purchased a silver coil from competitor removed. Where do I put this in my loop, and will it work fine with de-ionised water from tesco?

 

[rctneil]

I will be in exactly the same situation as you in a few weeks when I redo my loop.

About cleaning the rads and blocks. Open the blocks and clean them with ketchup and a toothbrush is what I have been told. With the rad, Best bet is boil a kettle and fill the rad up with boiling water, flush it about for a bit and then run deionised water throughout to clean it.

I too will be using plain deionised water in my loop instead of green UV liquid. From what I have heard, just put the silver coil in your res, you can bend it into a shape so it doesn;t go whizzing off through your loop.

This info is just what I have been told very recently. I know for a fact that there are more people on this forum who have much higher expertise in this area than myself so let others confirm or deny all my info first!

Thanks

Neil

 

[TheCenturion]

Deionised will still contain organic matter, I would use distilled. 5 litres of distilled can be had for about £3 from your local chemist.

Remove that competitor name as well mate.

I need to flush my system too, I've been given some advice on this. The way I think I'll do it is to drain the system, then replace the fluid with tap water and run for about an hour. Then drain this and run for a few hours with distilled water. Then, drain this distilled water out, and put some new distilled water in and that's the job done.

 

[rctneil]

I was told that deionised and distilled water can both be used?

 

[TheCenturion]

Yeah, but they're different. I'd always go for distilled over deionised.

 

[Kavalree]

Yeah, but they're different. I'd always go for distilled over deionised.

Oh....I dont have the cash to get more water, I bought a nice 3L bottle of de-ionised from tesco. How long will it last?

 

[TheCenturion]

I'm not saying deionised won't do the job, it will do the job fine . But surely you do have the cash? If you've got a watercooling setup, you can easily part with £3.

 

[mike gunnz]

De-ionised water is absolutely fine mate. Been using it myself for ages. Throw a silver coil in and away you go.

3L should last you ages, but will depend on the size of your loop/how much tubing you have used.

If like me you keep the tubing to a minimum you might use as little as half/three-quarters of a litre. A large loop might take 1L plus. Either way 3L is plenty.

After flushing with tap water, as long as you've drained the parts theres no hard and fast rule that states you must then flush with de-ionised/distilled water. The amount of tap water left in the loop will be insignificant and won't affect the running of your loop.

 

[Kavalree]

I'm not saying deionised won't do the job, it will do the job fine . But surely you do have the cash? If you've got a watercooling setup, you can easily part with £3.

I spent it all over the weekend, off sick so needed supplies, lol

 

[rctneil]

I guess i'll have to pop out sometime and get some distilled water instead of the bottles of deionised I ahve now.

http://www.watercooling.co.uk/water-coolant-guide/

 

[Biffa]

I guess i'll have to pop out sometime and get some distilled water instead of the bottles of deionised I ahve now.

http://www.watercooling.co.uk/water-coolant-guide/

No, read the summary:

In summary deionised water is ok to use as a coolant but it’s no more preferable than using distilled water.

That means its not better than distilled, not that its worse.

Deionised is just as good as Distilled for this application.

Believe me, I went through the same thought patterns as you when I first started water cooling.

Distilled is just harder to find "off the shelf" than deionised, but it won't make a bit of difference to your loop which you use. Just don't use tap water, and don't use stuff with lots of additives in it. Use distilled or deionised with a kill coil and you will be fine.

Unless you can get hold of some unicorn tears, in which case you will get sub zero temperatures, zero condensation and a 3x overclock without even changing your bios.

 

[TheCenturion]

Unless you can get hold of some unicorn tears, in which case you will get sub zero temperatures, zero condensation and a 3x overclock without even changing your bios.

Are children's tears just as good?

 

[Phoenixdancer]

No, read the summary:



That means its not better than distilled, not that its worse.

Deionised is just as good as Distilled for this application.

Believe me, I went through the same thought patterns as you when I first started water cooling.

Distilled is just harder to find "off the shelf" than deionised, but it won't make a bit of difference to your loop which you use. Just don't use tap water, and don't use stuff with lots of additives in it. Use distilled or deionised with a kill coil and you will be fine.

Unless you can get hold of some unicorn tears, in which case you will get sub zero temperatures, zero condensation and a 3x overclock without even changing your bios.

Deironised still has crap in it... It hasnt been distilled!

If i was the OP i would buy some Thermochill EC6 and be done with it. yes its expensive but it was made for this job

 

[Kavalree]

So, It's done

Sorry about crappy pic, all my BB is capable of, sorry.

 

[Biffa]

Deironised still has crap in it... It hasnt been distilled!

If i was the OP i would buy some Thermochill EC6 and be done with it. yes its expensive but it was made for this job

Mate for what we use it for it doesn't make any difference, what you are putting it into is full of crap anyway compared to the water. Thats why you use a silver coil or biocide.

"Distillation does not guarantee the absence of bacteria in drinking water; unless the reservoir and/or bottle are sterilized before being filled, and once the bottle has been opened, there is a risk of presence of bacteria."

Thats why I said "for this application", again it makes no odds the microscopic amount of "crap" that might be in there that is going to be killed anyway.

However reccomending a product with additives in it that may break down over time above something like even double distilled pure water available from the same supplier for half the price seems a bit odd to me.

Top the op, if you can get distilled from your local chemist (around £5 for 5 litres) or are happy paying £4-£4.50 per litre for branded distilled then get that, but deionised will do the job 99.9% as well and better than any premix imho.

 

[Marvin]

What he ^^ said. Been using deionized with a kill coil for a little while now.

As for the amount, I use around 1.5L to fill a loop containing:

-PA120.4
-1 full cover GPU block
-1 CPU block
-1 HDD block
-1 reservoir (XSPC DDC one)
-Plenty of tubing due to size and spacing of case and components

So, yeah, 3L will be fine.

EDIT: Oh you've filled already - well done! Just make sure you've got a kill coil or something like PT-Nuke in there (or both!)

 

[Kavalree]

What he ^^ said. Been using deionized with a kill coil for a little while now.

As for the amount, I use around 1.5L to fill a loop containing:

-PA120.4
-1 full cover GPU block
-1 CPU block
-1 HDD block
-1 reservoir (XSPC DDC one)
-Plenty of tubing due to size and spacing of case and components

So, yeah, 3L will be fine.

EDIT: Oh you've filled already - well done! Just make sure you've got a kill coil or something like PT-Nuke in there (or both!)

Got a silver coil in there, does it have to stay in a coil shape though?

 

[Biffa]

No coil shape is just to stop it going into the pump

 

[Biffa]

EDIT: Oh you've filled already - well done! Just make sure you've got a kill coil or something like PT-Nuke in there (or both!)

dont use ptnuke or other strong biocide if you are using any EK parts as they wont rma it if they discover its been used on a part returned to them for any reason