What Liquid?

[ItsMinJunLol]

Hi, I'm planning for the Deepcool Genome water cooled case. I'm not sure if I can just fill the water cooler with tapwater or just drinking water. I heard you need coolant liquid or whatever but I'm not sure so help me with what I'm supposed to use for a water cooler. Also, how would I fill the water cooler up if it's just a rad, the waterblock that contains a pump, and this helix reservoir. It looks like this (look at image(sorry if it's a bit too small))

[VoyexTech]

On 5/17/2016 at 10:46 AM, ItsMinJunLol said:

Hi, I'm planning for the Deepcool Genome water cooled case. I'm not sure if I can just fill the water cooler with tapwater or just drinking water. I heard you need coolant liquid or whatever but I'm not sure so help me with what I'm supposed to use for a water cooler. Also, how would I fill the water cooler up if it's just a rad, the waterblock that contains a pump, and this helix reservoir. It looks like this (look at image(sorry if it's a bit too small))

You could but I don't recommend it how much could you pay for cooling liquid?

[ItsMinJunLol]

4 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

You could but I don't recommend it how much could you pay for cooling liquid?

Like, I wouldn't really spend 100$ on cooling liquid because why, it's just liquid so I'd say cheaper the better but with high perf, if the perf differs with the cooling liquids.

[VoyexTech]

5 minutes ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

Like, I wouldn't really spend 100$ on cooling liquid because why, it's just liquid so I'd say cheaper the better but with high perf, if the perf differs with the cooling liquids.

I've heard this us a good coolant you mix this with distilled water I don't know how much you need so get as much as you need for your loop. 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008EGYJ54/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1463500670&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=pt+nuke&dpPl=1&dpID=41PIe4W5W1L&ref=plSrch

[Pcinacan]

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/accessories/cooling-liquids-coolants

that is a link to some coolants.

 

and to fill it up you put it in the reservoir pun the pump intill the coolant is gone and keep doing this in till it stay full. 

[ItsMinJunLol]

Ok, Thanks u guys

[Guest]

Never tap water! Make sure the coolant is compatible with your tubes! I like the utopia from primochill, you add it to 1 gal of distilled water, and mix. Done,

[ItsMinJunLol]

So I have 2 more questions. What do you mean by compatible with my tube? Isn't all tubes the same (except hard tubes). And why do you need a coolant liquid?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

So I have 2 more questions. What do you mean by compatible with my tube? Isn't all tubes the same (except hard tubes). And why do you need a coolant liquid?

Tap water has minerals in it which can cause issues with the loop, some coolants might not be compatible with all plastics. Most coolants on the market have biocide and other chemicals for mixed metal systems which tap water or distilled water doesn't have so you'll need to get something like a kill coil or other biocide additive along with stuff for a mixed metal system if you just use distilled water.

[W-L]

59 minutes ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

So I have 2 more questions. What do you mean by compatible with my tube? Isn't all tubes the same (except hard tubes). And why do you need a coolant liquid?

I just want to mention that that is an AIO unit that comes prefilled from the factory, it doesn't require fluid out of the box. However it is a mixed metal loop as it's a copper block and aluminum rad so they must have a proper anti-corrosive and boicide in place to prevent galvanic corrosion if you were to refill the loop for whatever reason. It's a bit of an oddball loop TBH as it's not an expandable loop but still allows one to open and drain/refill parts of it.

More details on it by MNPC tech really good info:

http://mnpctech.com/deepcool-genome-gamerstorm-mid-tower-atx-gaming-case-review.html

[ItsMinJunLol]

Ok, Thanks people

[spwath]

10 hours ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

Ok, Thanks people

So you dont need anything, is prefilled.