Got all the parts, but no idea what to put in them!

[Egil87]

So I have finally ordered the parts for my watercooling loop. I will be cooling 2 GPU's and the CPU. Most will probably be overclocked, at least the CPU.

Everything is going smoothly, except I have no idea what to put in my loop. Some say distilled water + Nuke, some say silver coil, some say premixed. What do you suggest I use? Is there an optimal solution?

The store I am ordering from suggested I use this: https://www.techbay.no/product.html/aquacomputer-double-protect-ultra-1-liter
They said that distilled water+nuke and coil will make the water more conductive, thus ruining the copper in the long run.

Since it's clear it won't clog up the tubes, right?
All my blocks are copper, if that helps.

Thanks for the help!

 

[SEBAR]

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2008/02/16/watercooling_fluid_shootout/4

Read this, it is a good article about water cooling fluids. According to these tests the distilled water performed the best.

 

[Murphyslaw]

So I have finally ordered the parts for my watercooling loop. I will be cooling 2 GPU's and the CPU. Most will probably be overclocked, at least the CPU.

Everything is going smoothly, except I have no idea what to put in my loop. Some say distilled water + Nuke, some say silver coil, some say premixed. What do you suggest I use? Is there an optimal solution?

The store I am ordering from suggested I use this: https://www.techbay.no/product.html/aquacomputer-double-protect-ultra-1-liter
They said that distilled water+nuke and coil will make the water more conductive, thus ruining the copper in the long run.

Since it's clear it won't clog up the tubes, right?
All my blocks are copper, if that helps.

Thanks for the help!

not 100% sure about them saying it will ruin the copper, a good thing to note, water is 7.0ph (nuteral) how ever anything added in will change that. The nuke itself not sure if it would be conductive.

Also not sure how relevant it is, I did a poll a few months ago asking about what other use (liquid wise). http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=43029

 

[Timeless]

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2008/02/16/watercooling_fluid_shootout/4

Read this, it is a good article about water cooling fluids. According to these tests the distilled water performed the best.

That's a 4 year old article. Feser was still new then and during the last few years I have seen several stories about serious staining problems with Feser. Then again most colored solutions will stain to some degree over time. Some quicker than others

The problem is there is no 100% clear answer cause if you google around you'll find good and bad reviews about any coolant even distilled water with different kinds of add-ons.

It's best you choose if you want color or not, if you want color choose if you want colored coolant or colored tubing + clear coolant. Then choose a coolant and use google to see if you find many bad reviews or ask here about specific brands.

But after all that still be prepared for several different opinions and still no 100% clear answer .

 

[Master&Puppet]

Just get some premix from a decent brand IMO. Mayhems x1, xspc's premix, ek's etc