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Not to, colored tubing is better

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i had black waterand red water. now i dont care anymore and just use tap water

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No go with clear water or colored tubing.

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Colored tubing will have less problems plus it can be UV too. :D I just think it looks better. I would only add dye in acrylic loops.

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No go with clear water or colored tubing.

Always do colored tubing and pure water, just wanted to know other mentions about it.

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no dye i use white tubing to complement my purple, green, black and white build

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I think this is a matter of opinion.

I like dyed coolant. I have a EK v3 240 reservoir and clear tubing. Mayhems Pastel UV White looks pretty awesome in it. I'm not a big fan of colored tubing.

If you have good quality tubing and good coolant, you won't get any gunk.

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Dyed coolant will leave bits in your loop that will clog up the fine passageways in waterblocks, but it looks better than coloured tubing by a long mile. If you're watercooling and cant be arsed swapping out coolant a lot then you shouldn't be watercooling. If you pay attention to temps you will see if the dye has clogged up anything before it becomes a problem.

 

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I'd say go for it, unless you are using that hideous pastel coolant (I hate that shit, don't get the point of it, doesn't look good)

 

I plan on doing a custom loop some day, plan on trying to use a bit of anti freeze in the loop because it's UV reactive, prevents corrosion, and supposedly acts as a biocide. I will probably do a review of it when/if I do it.

 

Edit: Also, car antifreeze has stuff in it that supposedly makes the water mixed with it carry more heat than just plain water, not sure if this would come into play in a cooling loop because cars operate at several hundred degrees (the coolant is usually above the boiling point of water, and only stays liquid because the system is pressurized)

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I prefer colored tubing and just plain distilled water (With a killcoil or deadwater)

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I'd say go for it, unless you are using that hideous pastel coolant (I hate that shit, don't get the point of it, doesn't look good)

 

I plan on doing a custom loop some day, plan on trying to use a bit of anti freeze in the loop because it's UV reactive, prevents corrosion, and supposedly acts as a biocide. I will probably do a review of it when/if I do it.

 

Edit: Also, car antifreeze has stuff in it that supposedly makes the water mixed with it carry more heat than just plain water, not sure if this would come into play in a cooling loop because cars operate at several hundred degrees (the coolant is usually above the boiling point of water, and only stays liquid because the system is pressurized)

 

Myth: Antifreeze improves the thermal properties of water.
 
Reality: Antifreeze actually worsens the thermal properties of
water and is 18 times thicker at room temperature,
resulting in more back pressure and slightly lower flow.
 
However,
in a system with dissimilar metals (eg, aluminum and copper), antifreeze or
some other anti-corrosive is required to keep metals from reacting with each other to prevent corrosion. Antifreeze is used in a car to
raise the boiling point of water and lower the freezing
point. Unless you are boiling your CPU (not recommended) or
running below ambient (see condensation myth), then you are not in
need of those two characteristics.
 
 
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Myth: Antifreeze improves the thermal properties of water.
 
Reality: Antifreeze actually worsens the thermal properties of
water and is 18 times thicker at room temperature,
resulting in more back pressure and slightly lower flow.
 
However,
in a system with dissimilar metals (eg, aluminum and copper), antifreeze or
some other anti-corrosive is required to keep metals from reacting with each other to prevent corrosion. Antifreeze is used in a car to
raise the boiling point of water and lower the freezing
point. Unless you are boiling your CPU (not recommended) or
running below ambient (see condensation myth), then you are not in
need of those two characteristics.
 

 

raising the boiling point of the water does help the water conduct heat. At least that's what they taught us back in engine repair in community college (for the 3 semesters I went to it anyways).

 

Would you say that enough of it to look nice with the UV reactive capabilities would be detrimental or not, and would that amount provide the anti corrosion properties?

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raising the boiling point of the water does help the water conduct heat. At least that's what they taught us back in engine repair in community college (for the 3 semesters I went to it anyways).

 

Would you say that enough of it to look nice with the UV reactive capabilities would be detrimental or not, and would that amount provide the anti corrosion properties?

 

The coolant will be thicker and the little pumps we use aren't driven off an engine revving at over 1000rpm, we don't use it for a reason. Not only that but you should never heat your coolant past 60c (nowhere near boiling) so raising the coolant's boiling point is pointless...  :D 

You won't gain anything other than making your pump work harder which will heat that up ever so slightly. Just use the normal stuff we have already, I wouldn't wash my hair with beer no matter how much beauty people tell me it will make my hair nicer because I have shampoo which I know is fit for purpose.  <_<

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I think dyed looks good, but it tends to get gungey and stain the pipes over time.

I like to see the water, but coloured tubing is the better choice.

unless you use UV additive and then it just looks the dogs danglies

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Dye looks good.

 

I just drained my loop today.

And i can tell you that with Phobya SuperZero Clear + Mayhem White Dye + Primochill Advanced LRT my tubing, blocks were all clean.

Also it was running for over 1 year without any maintenance.

 

 
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One other thing to bear in mind -- dyes may void component warranties, so read the paperwork. I prefer the clear coolant as well -- I have a Koolance CPU block so I use their coolant -- but I've considered using blue coolant to match the rest of my build. Trouble is I use copper tubing, so the only place I'd see the coolant is in the reservoir, so there's not really any point unless I use UV LEDs on my pump (clear acrylic housing around a D5) to see if I can make it glow...

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