custom watercooling Temperature Reactive Coolant

[Mr_Glyn]

Ok, 

I want to create a custom water cooled PC, but I hate the fact you can't see the liquid or it's just one colour through transparent tubing.

 

Is there a liquid out there that is super sensitive to heat.

 

I want either

Blue when under a certain temperature or Red over a certain temperature.
And can show the difference after passing through the heat exchange  on the CPU and radiator.

 

Is this a thing, can @Linus > Brandon or any one else shed some light on this. 

Answers on a postcard or even a you tube video?

[W-L]

21 minutes ago, Mr_Glyn said:

Ok, 

I want to create a custom water cooled PC, but I hate the fact you can't see the liquid or it's just one colour through transparent tubing.

 

Is there a liquid out there that is super sensitive to heat.

 

I want either

Blue when under a certain temperature or Red over a certain temperature.
And can show the difference after passing through the heat exchange  on the CPU and radiator.

 

Is this a thing, can @Linus > Brandon or any one else shed some light on this. 

Answers on a postcard or even a you tube video?

Welcome to the Forums!

 

There isn't anything in terms of a fluid that is available off the shelf to add into your loop that will react with temperature as those require thermo-sensitive pigments or compounds. 

 

The closest thing there is to chromatic or pearlescent fluid would be Priomochill Vue or Mayhems Aura which has particles that reflect light, due to this however it makes the fluids very difficult to keep long term due to particles settling or it degrading. 

[AnonymousGuy]

There isn't a temperature differential in the loop of any significance.  Your loop would all be one color the entire time and would basically be an indicator of whatever the ambient room temperature is.

[MaratM]

The difference between the coldest coolant in the loop and the hottest is around 1-2c. To achieve such effect the coolant must be very sensitive to temp. Also the average temp of the coolant can be very different from ambient at start to +15c to ambient to at high load. 

[Ltskitzo]

What you could do is the the RGB fittings, which emit light down the tube itself. Then you could set them to change colour according to the temperature reading of the water/cpu/gpu etc. Look at Pacific RGB fittings or something simular.