Mayhems Aurora

[shea99]

So ive been looking at the Mayhems Aurora Blue premix but it warns against the thermeltake aluminum rads https://www.mayhems.net/products/1ltr-aurora-blue

While i wont be using thermeltake rads i am going to be using the ex aluminum rads and was wondering if this would be a problem 

[DildorTheDecent]

8 minutes ago, shea99 said:

wondering if this would be a problem 

eh some say it was down to flux in the rads which shouldn't be a surprise because Thermaltake. Maybe the EK rads are better. Or maybe it's Aluminium rads.

 

That coolant is rubbish though. It's sole purpose is to look pretty for show rigs. It's not a coolant that should be ran 24/7.

[shea99]

Just now, DildorTheDecent said:

eh some say it was down to flux in the rads which shouldn't be a surprise because Thermaltake. Maybe the EK rads are better. Or maybe it's Aluminium rads.

 

That coolant is rubbish though. It's sole purpose is to look pretty for show rigs. It's not a coolant that should be ran 24/7.

What would you recommend, the kit comes with EK-CryoFuel coolant but i wanted coloured fluid

[DildorTheDecent]

5 minutes ago, shea99 said:

What would you recommend, the kit comes with EK-CryoFuel coolant but i wanted coloured fluid

You can get coloured CryoFuel.

 

Was going to say maybe the Mayhems Pastel stuff but even it has the Aluminium radiator warning.

 

Could just buy a proper copper radiator kit too. Run whatever you want then.

[andrewmp6]

Are the water blocks you are going to use aluminum  or copper ?Honestly i would go copper rads with copper/nickel bocks so you have more options on coolant to use.

[shea99]

13 hours ago, andrewmp6 said:

Are the water blocks you are going to use aluminum  or copper ?Honestly i would go copper rads with copper/nickel bocks so you have more options on coolant to use.

The EK kit is all aluminum and a lot cheaper than copper kits

[andrewmp6]

13 hours ago, shea99 said:

The EK kit is all aluminum and a lot cheaper than copper kits

But limits the coolants you can use down to a few.With copper you can run any coolant under the sun.

[Revan654]

On 3/20/2018 at 11:23 AM, DildorTheDecent said:

eh some say it was down to flux in the rads which shouldn't be a surprise because Thermaltake. Maybe the EK rads are better. Or maybe it's Aluminium rads.

 

That coolant is rubbish though. It's sole purpose is to look pretty for show rigs. It's not a coolant that should be ran 24/7.

 

It's only designed to be used for one month and nothing beyond that. It purely for show and nothing more. You can run this coolant 24/7, Mayhems coolants is very different then Primochill's Vue which uses different particles.

 

 

On 3/20/2018 at 11:01 AM, shea99 said:

So ive been looking at the Mayhems Aurora Blue premix but it warns against the thermeltake aluminum rads https://www.mayhems.net/products/1ltr-aurora-blue

While i wont be using thermeltake rads i am going to be using the ex aluminum rads and was wondering if this would be a problem 

 

I don't advise using it, It's a PIA to clean out of your blocks and it can only be used for one month at a time . It still better then Vue which Primochill tried to market at being better and for daily usage.

 

Most coolants on the market are designed for Copper. There very few rads for custom loops that are Aluminum. Only EK's coolant is designed to work for both Copper and Aluminum (Not together). Don't be mixing different metals inside your loop.

 

16 hours ago, andrewmp6 said:

But limits the coolants you can use down to a few.With copper you can run any coolant under the sun.

Not 100% true, Specially with PETG.

 

EK locks you into using there Gaming series. Not all GPU are supported, you also can't use other brands like Bitspower or WaterCool.

[Tech22]

TWO Things:

1. NEVER use ThermalTake radiators (Or any ThermalFake products watercooling or not IMO)!!!! They suck in performance compared to anything else and they are aluminum (they don't state this unless you dig into the spec sheet), so they only work with aluminum

2. Mayhems Aurora is ONLY good for 2 weeks at most, it WILL clog your system no matter what you do. VUE is not much better so just avoid it. Go for EK colored cryofuel if you have to go with aluminum, if your budget allows, 100% go with copper/nickel (only two metals that are ok to mix).