Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
Crucial T700 First try..........
Good god. That's speedy.
You can’t tease us with “full custom cooling loop” and then not post pictures!Current Build -
MSI MPG X570 Wifi
Ryzen 9 5900X
32GB DDR4-3200
RTX 3080
1x 2TB NVMe, 1x 1TB NVMe
Full custom cooling loop.
So let me preface this by saying I hate RGB lighting. I don't care what the system looks like as long as it performs well. So it's not a flashy system.You can’t tease us with “full custom cooling loop” and then not post pictures!
I just have a laptop at the moment… from 2016’ish? 17” Asus with a matte 1080p 75hz g-sync display, Intel Core i7-6700HQ, Nvidia GTX 965m, 16gb DDR4 RAM and a Samsung 970 EVO NVMe. It’s enough to play Fallout New Vegas.
Looks like pee.So let me preface this by saying I hate RGB lighting. I don't care what the system looks like as long as it performs well. So it's not a flashy system.
The coolant looks like pee I know, but I'm using 75/25 water/Zerex G-05 so yea. LOL
So my coworker and I both built our cooling loop at the same time. I've always been a proponent of using automotive coolant as pc coolant, and I had some left over. So we split the quarter gallon of 50/50 and diluted it down to 75/25. His immediate reaction was "I'm cooling my machine with pee...." LMAO.Looks like pee.
J/K - man that has to be the most impressive home PC cooling I've ever seen. My radiator just fan size.
I was going to ask if any of you guys used an automotive coolant mix with success. I never built a custom water cooling loop system, but I often read that the coolant needs to be changed periodically because of algae growth when using coolants "engineered" for computers. I just though that it must be close to pure water and colorant for these coolnats to have algae.The coolant looks like pee I know, but I'm using 75/25 water/Zerex G-05 so yea. LOL
Plenty of people use pure water as coolant. But off the shelf coolants for computers vary widely in composition. I'm also using a mixed-metals loop with aluminum and copper ,which is a known bad combination. Luckily automotive coolant has plenty of corrosion inhibitors that drastically slow down the rate of reaction. Plus the antifreeze component is poisonous, so algae wont grow anyhow.I was going to ask if any of you guys used an automotive coolant mix with success. I never built a custom water cooling loop system, but I often read that the coolant needs to be changed periodically because of algae growth when using coolants "engineered" for computers. I just though that it must be close to pure water and colorant for these coolnats to have algae.
Plenty of people use pure water as coolant. But off the shelf coolants for computers vary widely in composition. I'm also using a mixed-metals loop with aluminum and copper ,which is a known bad combination. Luckily automotive coolant has plenty of corrosion inhibitors that drastically slow down the rate of reaction. Plus the antifreeze component is poisonous, so algae wont grow anyhow.
I've only been running this for a few months, so it hasn't gotten changed yet. I'll probably let it go a while. There's no reason in my mind that the coolant should really "wear out" in these systems when using auto coolant. The liquid is subjected to *FAR* less stress than it would be in a car, and we only change that every 5-10 years (or 100-150k miles, depending on your preference.)Interesting, I've never thought about using automotive coolant. How long do you go between changing the coolant?