I Will Never Watercool Again – Water Cooling Maintenance Guide

[Shahrad]

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TRUST ME – you don’t need to water cool your next PC for a great gaming experience. But it might be too late for you, and we’re here to help you clean and maintain your loop to increase the longevity and performance of your pump, blocks and radiators. Whether it’s an AIO, a pre-blocked GPU or something totally custom – we have you covered in this video.

[manikyath]

about the lube.. if i'm not mistaken it's an adam savage quote:

"the correct amount of lube can be felt but not seen."

[Paxtel]

I saw in some forums that it's good to use car radiator fluid in water cooling loops, what do you guys think?
They are: anti-boil, anticorrosive, antifreeze, anti-foaming, and anti-scaling.

I saw this car radiator fluid in Brazil that, according to them, is a cooling liquid based on Monoethylene Glycol and inorganic corrosion inhibitors. It increases the engine's lifespan by lubricating the water pump, thermostat valve, and hoses, protecting against rust and corrosion in all types of engines, including those made of aluminum. Its formulation raises the boiling point and lowers the freezing point, also protecting against overheating and freezing. The technology makes it very efficient in heat exchange systems, contributing to greater thermal efficiency of the engine.

Maybe it would be good to use it in a water-cooled PC?

[WhatAboutSecondBreakfast]

Does anybody know if flushing out a new radiator is necessary? if so will it cause damage or anything?

[Motifator]

This reminds me of a guy who ran the same WC setup consisting of an old school Swiftech DDC and Swiftech blocks. He was an American regular of overclocking.net.

Some people prefer this stuff, even though it does no longer make sense for your everyday PC.

Flush it every time you want to, say 6 months at once. Rinse, etc... wash, repeat... it will go. The old school components especially were built to last.

[WhatAboutSecondBreakfast]

29 minutes ago, Motifator said:

This reminds me of a guy who ran the same WC setup consisting of an old school Swiftech DDC and Swiftech blocks. He was an American regular of overclocking.net.

Some people prefer this stuff, even though it does no longer make sense for your everyday PC.

Flush it every time you want to, say 6 months at once. Rinse, etc... wash, repeat... it will go. The old school components especially were built to last.

Didn't know that. thanks.

[Motifator]

14 minutes ago, WhatAboutSecondBreakfast said:

Didn't know that. thanks.

As crap of a pump DDC can get with small bearings, if you know what you're doing, and if it is a good Swiftech like the guy I spoke to on voice... it will last 10 years easy. Maybe even more... that's what he told me. He ran it for 10 years straight with maintenence.

Custom WC can not be compared a shroddy Corsair WC.

[WhatAboutSecondBreakfast]

2 hours ago, Paxtel said:

I saw in some forums that it's good to use car radiator fluid in water cooling loops, what do you guys think?

Automotive coolant has been used in pc before but there are several risks. First off the coolant is electrically conductive which will be a problem in case of a leak. Secondly, automotive coolant will not be as good of a thermal conductor because of the high glycol content. pc oriented coolant is also a better option because it's safe to dispose of down a sink (provided it's non toxic) and auto coolant may require a disposal fee depending on where you go to recycle it( it's poisonous.) 

[Brinstead]

21 hours ago, Shahrad said:

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What's not listed on Amazon - nor anywhere else I can find, is how much the replacement heads actually are.  All the brush heads on their web site are listed as 'sold out', so there's no guarantee they won't come back in stock at the prices listed on their website.

[Hydrophobic]

A small note, but in Linus' comments about why one might watercool, he missed one of the really good reasons dealing with noise. Sure, a near-silent build is tricky and not really worth it for most, but you also get a lot more control over fan curves.  Specifically, you can tie the fan speeds to the actual coolant temperature, not CPU temp or whatever else.  For me, this was huge, since it allowed me to stop my fans from spinning up then back down in the little spikes Ryzen likes to do.  There's no need for fans to go to high speed for those, but the small variations in noise were more intrusive to me than overall volume.  With a custom loop and Quadro with temperature probe in the top port of the Res, fan speed is tied to coolant temp, so it never has noticeable jumps of any sort, but can still be near-silent at low loads, while really moving air at high loads.

[metroidfan220]

55 minutes ago, Brinstead said:

 

What's not listed on Amazon - nor anywhere else I can find, is how much the replacement heads actually are.  All the brush heads on their web site are listed as 'sold out', so there's no guarantee they won't come back in stock at the prices listed on their website.

 

[Brinstead]

14 minutes ago, metroidfan220 said:

 

Sold out. 

[FunctionTek]

At 5:36 Linus refers to the Laifen as IP7X instead of IPX7 (Which indicates the toothbrush is only solid-resistent, not liquid-resistent).

[LMGcommunity]

6 minutes ago, FunctionTek said:

At 5:36 Linus refers to the Laifen as IP7X instead of IPX7 (Which indicates the toothbrush is only solid-resistent, not liquid-resistent).

Hey, we noticed that too, and pinned a comment about it. Since IP7X doesn't exist, we didn't feel it needed more than a pinned comment correction.

[YellowJersey]

On 3/12/2024 at 2:17 PM, manikyath said:

about the lube.. if i'm not mistaken it's an adam savage quote:

"the correct amount of lube can be felt but not seen."

Given David's personal characteristics, I think it's understandable that he'd use more lube than someone like Linus would deem necessary.