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Never thought about using the P5 chassis as a desk! Awesome work Peter!

My general rule of thumb is that you want a minimum of 120mm of radiator space per chip in a loop. Obviously there are many factors like rad thickness, FPI, and fans being used. While your core temps may look cooler than air, your fluid temps will be really high which can, like LimeCat said, cause damage to your pump. High fluid temps can also cause soft tubing to cloud rapidly and begin leaching into your loop (yes even Advanced LRT will at high temps). Mayhems actually did a test one time and once the fluid temps got around the 45C mark, soft tubing began to have issues. If you are going with rigid tubing, then that doesn't matter at all. 

Antifreeze also doesn't have any biocides in it as fluid temps in cars get well over 200F regularly. (which kills anything growing in the sytem)
 
I have been using Mayhems X1 coolants for years. Red, green, black, silver, orange, yellow etc. I have never had a growth or corrosion problem in any of my loops.

Hello everyone.  Willie@hardwarelabs here.

First of all.  JayzTwoCents did not show any of the issues he claims he's encountered using our rads.
 
Second, we are unable to determine if this was a new radiator or one that we previously sponsored him with.  Making determination of any potential contaminant variables that caused the discoloration of nano-particle infused coolants even more difficult.

So here's the quick explanation.  The thing is, the pH change of the coolant that ends up being close enough to the isoelectric point of the nanoparticle aggregates.

This causes the surface charge to drop, allowing these particles to aggregate and become bigger.

As they get bigger their plasmonic properties change and they appear a different color.  This could possibly be what he was referring to as more "flux" the more he flushed.

If they get large enough to the point where they settle out of solution, the coolant gets muddy and dark.

And some of the aggregates can even get stuck in small spaces and may appear like residue. 

Incidentally, the flux we use is water soluble.  This is the first ever reported instance of discoloration attributed to our radiators.   Common sense and practice would simply use a quick flush or even a light acid wash to get this sorted.
 

Trust me, we want this resolved because the best outcome is that the industry will be left with a better product in the end. As for my fluid temps, the max I have seen it get is 30c using a probe while my GPU loop is under load. My CPU loop is a little cooler at 28c. As for the heat, its not the CAUSE but more of an accelerator... the heat is a key factor in what is happening, but we still dont know  WHAT is happening. 

Im going to document all of this. Obviously my intentions are not to damage any brands. I am an advocate for the WC community and want it to grow, not cause damage. I am offering my radiators as well as fluid samples to both Mayhems and Hardware Labs to investigate completely. Have not received a response from HWLabs yet on whether or not they want the rad. 
 
They did respond a lot to the Pastel and Nano Particle issue, however I dont think they realized that this time around... there is no nano fluid in my system whatsoever. 

Actually I am. Both Mick and Willie were in communication with me about this. I have been trying to figure out what is going on myself, and doing tests with a lot of rads and nanofluids at my own time and expense because I was interested. No speculation here
 
Having said that, if you were using PC Clear then that changes things a LOT. I was told it was a nanofluid, and I owe you and others here an apology since my reasoning was based on nanoparticle dispersions.