discussion coolant

[WolfBane]

I've been watercooling pc's since 2004 and to be honest I have tried pretty much every fluid.
Currently I am using Mayhems Pastel fluids and am enjoying them.
Is your reason for asking to determine which fluid is the best performing fluid or the best for anti corrosion and anti microbial?

I tend to upgrade every 6 months or so, so the fluid in my loop is drained and flushed once or twice a year.

well the fluid I have now is (yikes ) 2 years old and it is primachill seems to work well tho , but I am thinking blue pastel would be nice , wonder what the cost of that will be lol

also where do I buy some blue pastel and does it come in like a 2 liter bottle?

 

[WolfBane]

Corrosion is mainly caused by oxygen. If you use an auto AIR vent that problem goes away. It helps with thermal expansion too.

I run two rezs in my system a 5 1/4 dabger den and a 6 inch round one as well

 

[WolfBane]

I too have tried everything from distilled to just about every pre-mixed you can think of.

Pre-mixed are nice, and will get you about 1-2C cooler than distilled with something like a Mayhems biocide (I've also done silver kill coils as well, but now, I just use a biocide), but are they worth 20-40 times as much money? I don't think so. They only exception to this for me is when I want an opaque look to my cooling tubes. In that case I go with a pre-mix. Otherwise, just good old distilled and Mayhem dye.

I usually drain and refresh every 6 months and do a tear down and scrub once every 12-18 months.

wow I blow my system out about every 3 months etc etc but haven't changed out my primochill in 2 years , but I think I will go with maythems powder blue I like that color

 

[JD]

also where do I buy some blue pastel and does it come in like a 2 liter bottle?

NCIX sells it: Ekwb EK-EKOOLANT Pastel Blue (Concentrate 250ML) for Mixing 750ML Distilled Water Form 1L Coolant - 3830046999726
As well as Dazmode: https://www.dazmode.com/store/product/ek-ekoolant-pastel-blue-concentrate-250ml/

I just used Pastel Red in my PC and it looks amazing.

You have to mix it with 750mL of distilled water (4L jug at your local grocery or drug store for about $2). I probably ended up mixing it with closer to 1L of water though, but its still a nice solid colour.

 

[WolfBane]

NCIX sells it: Ekwb EK-EKOOLANT Pastel Blue (Concentrate 250ML) for Mixing 750ML Distilled Water Form 1L Coolant - 3830046999726
As well as Dazmode: https://www.dazmode.com/store/product/ek-ekoolant-pastel-blue-concentrate-250ml/

I just used Pastel Red in my PC and it looks amazing.

You have to mix it with 750mL of distilled water (4L jug at your local grocery or drug store for about $2). I probably ended up mixing it with closer to 1L of water though, but its still a nice solid colour.

nice I will look into that right now might just drop a dime and get some
thankyou for the help JD