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| 1430310 | 2016-12-28 22:46:00 | I got a water-cooled system and I have a couple of questions on it. I did not build this machine myself nor did I build the cooling so how do I add liquid to it? Also where does the liquid go when it gets "used" I didn't think the level of liquid could drop but it has. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1430311 | 2016-12-28 23:39:00 | There's two kind of liquid cooled system (notice I didn't say water cooled) . Closed and open. A closed system, is usually just a CPU header, a radiator, fan and a small pump. There are a lot of manufactures of these. It's closed because you're never supposed to add any liquid. If you've lost a liquid in a closed system, in means your PC is very likely overheating. I'd replaced it with a conventual CPU cooler ASAP, before any damage is done to the CPU. The other more expensive option is an open system. It adds a reservoir, and possibly a "tap" to allow you to drain the system. An open system, just like in a car, the reservoir would be at the top, and the tap (if it exists) would be near the bottom. The reason is because it's hard to fill a reservoir if you're fighting gravity. (I have seen it done with a syringe but that's just a bad design) Open system have the advantage of being more flexible, since you can add and remove hardware to cool. If it's an open system, it's probably distilled water, pure h2O, not tap water. You can buy distilled water from a battery place (safest) or a grocery store (do NOT use mineral water) |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1430312 | 2016-12-28 23:52:00 | Forgot to mention that a closed system is also called a "sealed system." It's sealed because you're never supposed to add any liquids. Open system are more flexible, but usually the complexity means they are less reliable. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1430313 | 2016-12-29 00:57:00 | Its open. Custom designed and built for this computer with CPU and GPU blocks. It has a green liquid running through it and I am basing my assumption that it has "used" liquid based on the level of the reservoir. So I need to buy some of this green stuff but that isn't a problem, I am just not really sure what it do with it. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1430314 | 2016-12-29 22:58:00 | The green stuff is usually a UV sensitive dye, so it glows under a black light. From the grocery store "Pure Dew" distilled water is OK (always make sure it says "distilled"). Bunnings and battery places also sell distilled water for considerably more. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1430315 | 2016-12-30 02:33:00 | The green stuff is usually a UV sensitive dye, so it glows under a black light. From the grocery store "Pure Dew" distilled water is OK (always make sure it says "distilled"). Bunnings and battery places also sell distilled water for considerably more. Thank you for your help I have most of what I need to do this now. I have some of the concentrate on order but that doesn't matter. I am just topping up with distilled water this time around. Found the plug for the reservoir also. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1430316 | 2016-12-30 06:49:00 | You might consider an anti algae additive as well. | Laggard (17509) | ||
| 1430317 | 2016-12-30 07:14:00 | This is the green stuff I mentioned. I think it covers most of my bases. www.computerlounge.co.nz |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1430318 | 2016-12-31 23:41:00 | Skip the battery places for distilled water ... used to work for an auto electrician and our distelled water came from the smoko room tap. Go to a pharmacy and get some real stuff, you'll need it for dilluting the concentrate. This 250mL concentrate is to be mixed in 750mL distilled water to form 1L of ready-to-use coolant. |
SP8s (7813) | ||
| 1430319 | 2017-01-01 08:06:00 | "I have some of the concentrate on order but that doesn't matter." I guess thats already covered. |
Laggard (17509) | ||
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