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Bronze Overclocking badge Conumdrum   06-09-2009 at 05:55:13 AM

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=226632

 

Amazing ugly loop, and not built by a noob at all. This needs added to a sticky somewhere.

 

We preach distilled. I see why.

 

Feser liquids are one of the most popular.

 

Mod Edit: Link fixed.


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starams5   06-09-2009 at 07:23:18 AM
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Hi C

Your link is busted, not working for me anyway.

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Bronze Overclocking badge Conumdrum   06-09-2009 at 07:54:25 AM
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Wow random, your the man!!! What did ya do to fix it?

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randomizer   06-09-2009 at 09:06:02 AM
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I looked in the liquid cooling section of XS for the thread with a URL ending in t=226632 ;)

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Bronze Overclocking badge shadow703793   06-09-2009 at 02:24:56 PM
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Holy sh!t! That thing like almost killed his GTZ (looks like he couldn't completely get the gunk off).

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rubix_1011   06-09-2009 at 03:48:38 PM
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That is one of the most hideous build-ups I have ever seen...especially from a 'respected' brand of coolant additives.

Makes me want to go flush my system again, just for good measure...I think he should have soaked in vinegar and salt like the one guy suggested. However, I don't know how reactive vinegar and copper are or what damage that might cause.


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Bronze Overclocking badge Conumdrum   06-09-2009 at 04:44:23 PM
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Vinagar overdone will eat copper, but for short times with severe build up why not?

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rubix_1011   06-09-2009 at 05:05:34 PM
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I think its a good idea then...I don't have crud like that when I flush my system and pull apart my blocks...but dang. Every once in a while you can find a little crud in a rad, but usually very minimal.

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Bronze Overclocking badge shadow703793   06-10-2009 at 01:17:27 AM
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Conumdrum wrote :

Vinagar overdone will eat copper, but for short times with severe build up why not?


What about 100% Acetone? AFAIK Acetone doesn't react with Copper.

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Bronze Overclocking badge Conumdrum   06-10-2009 at 06:05:38 AM
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I dunno? Try it? Haven't heard of that used. It's not the most friendly stuff, better use it outside, it's fumes are bad for ya for sure.

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one-shot   06-10-2009 at 06:18:11 AM
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That is pretty disturbing. I've never set up a water cooling system before, but by the looks of that, it wouldn't be fun to maintain that mess. It's odd a company would release such a product which can totally fail while under heavy stress. What is the best coolant to use for a water cooling setup? After all, my case does have holes in the back for tubes. :)

 

EDIT: Ranomizer has a pic of that smug little cat there, too. Makes me laugh every time i see it.


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Bronze Overclocking badge Conumdrum   06-10-2009 at 07:43:05 AM
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Easy. Distillled water and Petras PT NUke/PHN Nuke or an Ians Silver Killcoil. All you'll ever need. No UV bling color, no color, no hassles. Drain every 6 months, full rebuild once a year. At $1 a gallon for distilled, PT at $7 and the bottle will last for 15+ refills or the Killciol which lasts forever, pretty cheap eh?

You want color you can buy colored tubing and/or UV colored bling tubing.

Kinda being proven finally, long (years) story.

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rubix_1011   06-10-2009 at 03:14:35 PM
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Setting up and maintaining a water loop isn't nearly as bad as you think. I rarely touch mine except to purge, clean and refill couple times a year. Yeah, it takes about a weekend to pull all the blocks, clean the rads and blocks and then refill/purge air. But, if you do it right, you really don't have to touch it until its time to do it again.

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Bronze Overclocking badge shadow703793   06-10-2009 at 07:06:43 PM
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Quote :

You want color you can buy colored tubing and/or UV colored bling tubing.


+1. Yeah, people should just buy colored tubing.

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rubix_1011   06-10-2009 at 08:40:41 PM
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The honest thing is (speaking from experience) UV tubing works a lot better with clear distilled than it does with coolant additives...i.e...it glows a lot better because the clear water reflects inside the tubing and it 'glows' more.

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