water cooling question

thebull · 04-25-2008, 05:12 AM

ok so i am finally nearing the end of buying the parts for my computer build, and i have a water cooling kit, and i was reading about the coolant online and they talk about losing their UV reactive-ness after 4 ish months. does this hold true for most/all UV coolants? just curious...that's not the important question

another question is the sludge. is there something i can add to prevent this? or reduce the time in which it happens? distilled water? or i read something about car anti freeze with the coolant to keep micro-organisms from growing. but how much do you put in?

this is the coolant i have with the kit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106060

looks like it has not so good ratings, and i kinda rather have blue so i think i'm gonna get some of this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fluid-XP-High-Pe...2em118Q2el1247

i've heard good things about that type...but what about sludge? or is that pretty much going to happen with any cooling kit?

cchris1216 · 04-25-2008, 05:54 AM

I have owned water cooling components for about 3 years with great success. I use feaser one fluid, but used fluid xp during my last loop and was throughly impressed. Another advantage in using fluid xp or feaser one is that they are non conductive. I never experience any sludge ever in my rigs. Hope this helps

thebull · 04-25-2008, 07:49 AM

that does help actually. every other review was talkin about sludge and build up and this and that. but they didnt have fluid xp on newegg, so i only saw in one review that he bought the good stuff. ima look into feaser too. thanks for the reply

WhiteFireDragon · 04-25-2008, 08:09 AM

lol theres no such thing as sludge in water cooling. you wont get a build up of gunky stuff like that. the best fluid to use to distilled water because it conducts the least amount of electricity in case of a leak and has a good heat capacity. however, you should and a few drops of additive that kills algae to prevent any algae buildup that results from light. but try to minimize adding extra stuff to the distilled water because it will increase conductivity. if you really want your water to have color, then go ahead and and a few drops of UV color but it will just take away a tiny bit of the effectiveness of the water cooling

royalmarine · 04-25-2008, 10:48 AM

my mix consists of 8 parts distilled water. 1 part uv blue anti freeze. 3 drops pt nuke.

thebull · 04-26-2008, 12:07 AM

lol no sludge? i dno wtf i was readin then. ima get that xp+ UV blue, and add distilled water. it has blue UV dye in it, that wont affect it will it? in the same ratio as royalmarines i guess

[-0MEGA-] · 04-26-2008, 05:58 AM

I guess I just like it simple, but I used just plain old distilled water. It's non-conductive, very cheap, and easily refillable.

thebull · 04-28-2008, 02:09 AM

plain distilled water will be fine? i was thinkin you had to add somethin to it. hell yeah i have a gallon of distilled water sittin here. i can use that then. thanks

[-0MEGA-] · 04-28-2008, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by thebull

plain distilled water will be fine? i was thinkin you had to add somethin to it. hell yeah i have a gallon of distilled water sittin here. i can use that then. thanks

Nope, although I would recommend flushing out the entire system before hand just to make sure theres not an excessive amount of bacteria and dirt, you don't want algae to form, or dirt to contaminate the distilled water.

ThatGuy16 · 04-28-2008, 03:36 AM

Plain distilled water should be fine. But its good to mix about 15-20% anit-freeze and a few drops of povidone iodine to keep it clean and corrosive free.

04-25-2008, 05:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
thebull Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51	water cooling question ok so i am finally nearing the end of buying the parts for my computer build, and i have a water cooling kit, and i was reading about the coolant online and they talk about losing their UV reactive-ness after 4 ish months. does this hold true for most/all UV coolants? just curious...that's not the important question another question is the sludge. is there something i can add to prevent this? or reduce the time in which it happens? distilled water? or i read something about car anti freeze with the coolant to keep micro-organisms from growing. but how much do you put in? this is the coolant i have with the kit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106060 looks like it has not so good ratings, and i kinda rather have blue so i think i'm gonna get some of this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fluid-XP-High-Pe...2em118Q2el1247 i've heard good things about that type...but what about sludge? or is that pretty much going to happen with any cooling kit?

04-25-2008, 05:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
cchris1216 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 27	I have owned water cooling components for about 3 years with great success. I use feaser one fluid, but used fluid xp during my last loop and was throughly impressed. Another advantage in using fluid xp or feaser one is that they are non conductive. I never experience any sludge ever in my rigs. Hope this helps __________________ E6600 overclocked 3.8 4 gb memory 8800 gtx sli 1000watt ultra x3 psu xfi-xtremegamer card antec 900 swiftech h20-220 apex

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04-26-2008, 05:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
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04-28-2008, 03:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Age: 99 Posts: 5,489	Plain distilled water should be fine. But its good to mix about 15-20% anit-freeze and a few drops of povidone iodine to keep it clean and corrosive free. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

04-25-2008, 07:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
thebull Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51	that does help actually. every other review was talkin about sludge and build up and this and that. but they didnt have fluid xp on newegg, so i only saw in one review that he bought the good stuff. ima look into feaser too. thanks for the reply

04-25-2008, 08:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
WhiteFireDragon Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 734	lol theres no such thing as sludge in water cooling. you wont get a build up of gunky stuff like that. the best fluid to use to distilled water because it conducts the least amount of electricity in case of a leak and has a good heat capacity. however, you should and a few drops of additive that kills algae to prevent any algae buildup that results from light. but try to minimize adding extra stuff to the distilled water because it will increase conductivity. if you really want your water to have color, then go ahead and and a few drops of UV color but it will just take away a tiny bit of the effectiveness of the water cooling

04-26-2008, 12:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
thebull Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51	lol no sludge? i dno wtf i was readin then. ima get that xp+ UV blue, and add distilled water. it has blue UV dye in it, that wont affect it will it? in the same ratio as royalmarines i guess

04-28-2008, 02:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
thebull Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51	plain distilled water will be fine? i was thinkin you had to add somethin to it. hell yeah i have a gallon of distilled water sittin here. i can use that then. thanks

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