Mastacator

So I set up my w/c system some weeks ago. I didn't have any additives to put in the loop at the time so I've just been running straight distilled water in the loop.

Orders some Cosworth Liquid coolant. I like it cuz its blue mostly. But also its not an anti-freeze solution, so its not any thicker than water.
Well, if you've seen my loop you know I've made a res out of a a gallon apple juice jug. I don't run it with a full gallon of water, more like 3/4, so 3 qts of water.
I got the coolant on Tuesday, and added 3.5oz for a 5% mix with distilled water.
Temps dropped significantly!!! I mean a full 4°C full load temp!!
Before Cosworth: 2.6GHz@1.25v
Idle: 30°C
Load: 38°C

After Cosworth: 2.7GHz@1.25v
Idle: 29°C
Load: 34°C

Very nice stuff!!! I highly recommend it!!
My thanks to Renegade5399 for showing off the Cosworth coolant first!!

CyberDruid

Good Deal--I ordered but then it never came--I should re-order--this looks like some good stuff!

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Mastacator

yeah i didn't order it from the Cosworth website, ordered it elswhere. Still $20 tho!

Renegade5399

Glad you like it bud! I got it for the blue color too. Nice to see it made a difference in your temps. I only saw a 1-2° drop when I added it. But I am also cooling 3 CPUs and a GPU in the same loop. Also 1-2° is usually considered to be the margin of error so I didn't mention it. Good job on your "budget" WC setup BTW.

EDIT: OMG I just looked at your WC thread and that shroud is sa-weet man! Great work!

drummer4lifex

How is this stuff compared to zerex?

Mastacator

I know!! I was quite impressed with the drop! Ambients stayed the same, but i upped the clock slightly. So its a good indicator that its the coolant that made the difference.
Got some blue UV dye on the way and some UV cathodes so I will get some pics up after I get that stuff going in it.

Preesh!! Renegade!
Still need to do a little work on it, I want to seal up the seams and attach, more securely, the seals I made out of a bike inner tube that seal the shroud to the rad. I'll post pics of those details when I get to it also.

Stay tuned as well, I'm going to build an enclosure for the rad and pump as well. Then I can get my tubing a little shorter and have it organzed, rather than about my feet at the desk.

xviosx

im going to hook up a new cooler, my pump died in my moms pc lol, im ordering some

GatorLCA

I got mine fairly quickly and I still have a bunch left, definately a lot better than premix stuff

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Renegade5399

How much UV dye did you get? I takes a good amount to get the fluid to glow. Also, make sure you get REAL UV lights. I got some from voyeurmods and they are NOT true UV lights. They don't make the coolant glow. I thought it was the dye, but I put my 4ft UV light (from Spencers) next to the tubes and it glows fine. It's the damned cheap lights. And now that I look at their site, UV is in quotes. So just a heads up there.

Mastacator

hmmm, got a 1oz bottom from Xoxide. Concentrated UV dye. They say just a couple drops will do it. Guess I will see about that won't I?! I'll keep that in mind when I'm trying to get it glowin'
Here, this is what I got coming:

http://www.xoxide.com/blueuvdye.html
http://www.xoxide.com/cathode.html

Maybe anybody with experience with either of these can chime in.