Who said we use water?

 

"water Cooling"

 

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Originally Posted by BigpoppaFrary "water Cooling"

LOL.

It's like people saying French fries even though the Belgians made them. Everybody uses coolant here.

 

I'm using distilled water only right now. I think Dryadsoul uses distilled only also.

 

what coolant are you using? water mixed with propylene glycol?

 

I'm using 90% distilled water. If you could inform us of a liquid that is just as visquos as water is feel free to let us know.

 

why don't we all just start using coolant like the stuff we put in are cars. that stuff keeps cars a lot cooler then they would be if we didn't use it. and it works better than water.

 

actually that stuff is even worse and heat transfer. and unless you are running your coolant at 220*f plus or enough to boil the water or put your cooling loop through your freezer it does not good for you.

 

90% distilled water and 10% anti-freeze+few drops of iodine.

That's what I use.

 

coolant in cars IS 50% water... but the other 50% is a bit too corrosive and toxic to use inside of a PC -- typically a great coolant mix for a pc loop is 5-10% antifreeze (mainly xx-glycol/additives) diluted in 90-95% pure distilled water.

Water has a relatively high heat of vaporization, high surface tension, wide availability, and is harmless to humans (and in its purest form) harmless to electronics as well. This is why we use it.

 

"watercooling" allows the heat to dissipate faster as the channels or fins in the waterblock transfer the heat to the water, which lead trough tubes and is cooled down by the radiator allowing higher voltage and a higher OC (on a chip with potential to clock higher)

just wondering......, would hydraulic oil work? (cancels out the shortcircuit caused by water)

 

What about using motor oil ....

 

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Originally Posted by DiagnosisDirt What about using motor oil ....

That's too thick, the hydraulic oil, (that my mate has

) has a similar density as water.......

 

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Originally Posted by RuSo "watercooling" allows the heat to dissipate faster as the channels or fins in the waterblock transfer the heat to the water, which lead trough tubes and is cooled down by the radiator allowing higher voltage and a higher OC (on a chip with potential to clock higher) just wondering......, would hydraulic oil work? (cancels out the shortcircuit caused by water)

Specific heat of oil is not as good as water. It cannot store and transport as much heat as water.

 

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Originally Posted by BigpoppaFrary Water is very poor at absorbing heat and transferring heat. Water also retains heat very well and is poor and cooling down or heating up. Why not use a liquid thats just as visquos and that could take heat away faster and cool down faster. I've been wondering this for some time can someone tell me why not ?

Water is very good at absorbing heat with such a high specific heat value. That means it absorb a lot energy. You do not want a liquid that evaporates or expands when heated with a 200-300w. Who cares if the heat is in the water? As long as the heat is not in your processor or components.

 

I use 95% distilled and 5% zerox super coolant, Quads at 29C so it must be working

 

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Originally Posted by NuclearCrap Who said we use water?

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Originally Posted by BigpoppaFrary "water Cooling"

Lmao

But seriously, water obviously works good... or people here wouldn't be using pure distilled water with that other stuff added in, vinegar, iodine or w/e you kids now adays in.

And seems to me a lot of people use coolants and bottled stuff, like that FluidXP or w/e.

 

If your really interested take a look at this...

...http://www.overclockers.com/articles993/
PC Water Coolant Chemistry - Part I

 

The stuff added to cars is used to change the boiling and freezing point of water and actually reduces the waters ability to transfer heat