Posted April 15, 2014 So I am starting to get a water cooling list put together, and I've been doing some reading up on clear tubing/dyed water or colored tubing/clear water. I would prefer to have dyed water because I like the look of EKs nickel VGA block that is clear on the top, I think it would look amazing with blood red water flowing through it, the issue is I can't find a dye that doesn't gunk things up after some time. Will all dyes eventually do this, or is there a good red dye that doesn't gunk up? - i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 not an expert on water cooling but do you mean something like these: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/front/x1.html#.U01LwPldV8E or http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop2/x1-blood-red-1ltr.html Christian and Proud of it Please read the CoC My Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 from what i understand they dyes always separate If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Author not an expert on water cooling but do you mean something like these: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/front/x1.html#.U01LwPldV8E or http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop2/x1-blood-red-1ltr.html Yeah but will they gunk up the blocks any? It seems to be a common theme that dyes gunk up blocks, at least from what I have read, and I want to avoid that if possible - i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Yeah but will they gunk up the blocks any? It seems to be a common theme that dyes gunk up blocks, at least from what I have read, and I want to avoid that if possible i dont think that it will but i think that @Lays has that kind of coolant in his build, so he would know more than me Christian and Proud of it Please read the CoC My Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Just an FYI: Red Coolant is most notorious for gunking up (Can't think of a better word although I know there is one) loops. † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 I'm using EK Koolant "blood red" premix @nixproducer @keuden it's quite good, I had one issue with it though: I switched from blue mayhems coolant, to ek blood red, and i don't think I flushed my loop out well enough, didn't replace tubing either. After like 2 weeks i noticed cloudy crap in the res, assuming it was leftover blue coolant that reacted with the red stuff. I replaced the tubing+ cleaned out everything and it's working perfectly fine now. Honestly, the whole "gunk up, blocks" is not a big deal at all, it's really easy to clean them if something does go wrong. Stuff: i7 7700k @ (dat nibba succ) | ASRock Z170M OC Formula | G.Skill TridentZ 3600 c16 | EKWB 1080 @ 2100 mhz | Acer X34 Predator | R4 | EVGA 1000 P2 | 1080mm Radiator Custom Loop | HD800 + Audio-GD NFB-11 | 850 Evo 1TB | 840 Pro 256GB | 3TB WD Blue | 2TB Barracuda Hwbot: http://hwbot.org/user/lays/ FireStrike 980 ti @ 1800 Mhz http://hwbot.org/submission/3183338 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11574089 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 red tubing? My Setup Spoiler Skylake: I7-6700|MSI B150 GAMING M3|16GB GSKILL RIPJAWS V|R9 280X (WILL BE 1070)|CRUCIAL MX300 + WD BLACK 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Gunk up means something solid leaves sediments on the loop, decreasing flow and performance. A decent red dye won't gunk up, but will dye everything red, because it's a very strong substance. Meaning that you cannot reuse the components with another color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Go for the Mayhems Pastel red. I have always used Mayhems coolant and have never had any issues with the PC's I build even when using lots of tubing. Just avoid the older Primochill LRT tubing. Intel I9-9900k (5Ghz) | Asus ROG Maximus XI Formula | Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4-4133mhz | ASUS ROG Strix 2080Ti | EVGA Supernova G2 1050w 80+Gold | Samsung 950 Pro M.2 (512GB) + (1TB) | Full EK custom water loop |IN-WIN S-Frame (No. 263/500) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 So I am starting to get a water cooling list put together, and I've been doing some reading up on clear tubing/dyed water or colored tubing/clear water. I would prefer to have dyed water because I like the look of EKs nickel VGA block that is clear on the top, I think it would look amazing with blood red water flowing through it, the issue is I can't find a dye that doesn't gunk things up after some time. Will all dyes eventually do this, or is there a good red dye that doesn't gunk up? just a hint, all dyes and tinted coolants have deposits that can separate and get trapped in the small cavities and fin arrays of water blocks. red and black are reported the worst as they are easily identified as "clogging" the systems. some manufacturers don't separate as bad (but usually a weaker color tint), but they all separate eventually. the dye is a solid powder and dissolved in a liquid. as time rolls, the suspension of the dissolve weakens and then you'll find the "tinting" dye settling to the lowest part of the loop or in highly confining spaces (CPU/GPU blocks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 15, 2014 Red dye is actually in the "try to avoid" category. Of course at first it will work with no problems, but when it comes to maintaining your system after a while you will see that the dye will leave most of its colour on your blocks making it a total pain in the toosh to clean. I mean a real pain. If you really want to go ahead either way just remember what you'll have to go through every time. If you don't want this kind of hassle, then just get coloured tubing and use distilled water with two drops of PT Nuke in your loop and enjoy your system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 16, 2014 Clean up your system first, make sure to stabilize the coolant pH to near neutral, don't use any plasticizer leeching tubing and any good colored coolant will last as per manufacturer specs. Mayhems has recently created a cleaning kit to help with the same: http://www.mayhems.co.uk/shop2/cleaning.html Sponsored Build log (In Progress): The Utterly Imbalanced CaseLabs TX10-D build(s)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 16, 2014 Go with blood red tubing? Looks kinda like the water color. Emmh... Maybe consider killing yourself before you talk to me? Pople on this forum though some of them had a brain, turns out, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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