02-14-2014 05:20 PM - last edited on 03-05-2024 11:42 PM by ROGBot
02-14-2014 09:03 PM
02-14-2014 09:37 PM
Antronman wrote:
I would actually recommend mixing Mayhem's pastel with Koolance's coolant. because with Koolance, you can mix metals. For a block, I would recommend the EK Supremacy or XSPC Raystorm blocks.
02-15-2014 01:35 AM
02-15-2014 08:27 AM
Arne Saknussemm wrote:
Well you have it right in your first paragraph...order is unimportant except for the res before pump rule. You then go on to contradict that with the misunderstanding later of warm water from GPU feeding the CPU...
The loop as a whole comes to equilibrium with ambient temp and the difference in water temp before and after a block or a radiator in a loop with good flow is tiny. So you should just worry about designing a loop with the most clean lines of tubing...the least acute changes in direction for the flow..i.e. avoid angled fittings, weird doubling back tubes etc. Just concentrate on the problem of making sure res feeds pump and that you can get air out of the loop efficiently.
And yes you are right you should not mix metals to avoid corrosion...no coolant will prevent it only retard it at the cost of less efficient cooling. The best coolant is pure distilled or deionized water with a kill coil if you can't be bothered to change the water every now and then.
02-15-2014 01:27 PM
riesscar wrote:
The 90 degree rotary compression fitting I have doesn't seem like it is going to result in much restriction, as the turn is not sharp.
02-15-2014 03:41 AM
02-15-2014 09:06 AM
02-15-2014 09:19 AM
Antronman wrote:
Actually rust is not a big problem. You can mix metals with Koolance coolant because I believe it is deionized. The main reason why mixing block and rad metals is unadvisable is because if the water ends up carrying ions over from one type of metal to the other, it could kill your hardware.
02-15-2014 09:19 AM
Antronman wrote:
Actually rust is not a big problem. You can mix metals with Koolance coolant because I believe it is deionized. The main reason why mixing block and rad metals is unadvisable is because if the water ends up carrying ions over from one type of metal to the other, it could kill your hardware.