Nope, if what arj means is what I;m guessing is correct, it's those oil tubings which are bluish in colour

Yeah, there's a slight bluish tint.

hi...i m quite interested with the water cooling setup now... i have some question that i need to ask...
1. how is the maintenance of a water cooling setup???
2. if there is maintenance that need to be done... how long to do it??? 6 months once ??

thanks in advance

oh...
I have some of those, which i included with my budget kits as well.
But i still prefer my R3603's 1/2" ID 3/4" OD leh.

one noob question, distilled water can last how long using in wc system, i mean how long need to change??? it perform better thn coolant?? but how could i spot the leak if using distilled water...

i dun think it performs better than coolant dude.
coolants have some chemicals in them... [correct me if im wrong]

Distilled water is still the best. Coolant additives actually reduce performance. Same goes to premixed coolant solutions like PC ice etc etc.
Coolant additives are not really necessary unless you have mixed metals in your loop (aluminium + copper), or you are running into algae growth issues.

so how long should i change the distlilled water?? if i use coolermaster coolant should i use just the coolant or mix it with water???

hhmm to what i understand coolant additives are no so good.
so may i ask why are people still buying coolants?
isnt distilled water way cheaper?

because it looks cool .....blue.....green......and to get those UV effect

Hey the reason to use coolant is to prevent corrosion not to look cool. Thats what I know its for.

yeah i know about that too.
that point have been stated before by MetalZone . i'm just giving some other reasons why people still choose to use coolant in their watercooling loop.

This post has been edited by Shah81: Jun 9 2006, 06:27 PM

Hi guys... i need some feedback. i'm going for pelt/TEC cooling with my wc. But, i'm not going to cool down my proc direcly. Instead, i'm, going to cool down my res. What do you guys think? well my res is DIY Glade .

i dont think that you can use the DIY Glade res for this project. You need some thing big to absorb the heat out of the water and transfer that to the peltier.i really dunno how to explain in detail, but this LINK should be very helpful for you.

good luck and dont forget to post here and keep us inform with hte progress

Im using that tubings, its a very good tubing for the price but it will get yellowish colour after sometime. Not recommended for use with a coolant since it would make the tubings dirty and would effect the flow.

Im using that res too and its a bit hard to do anything to it. I do think of cooling the reservoir by adding a secondary reservoir but it would take a lot of space to do. Maybe when im done i'll post the picture and improvement i get from it.

for distilled water last time i bought at Guardian Pharmacy for RM 5...

ended up myself with Sterlie Distilled Water on that day! hahaha

Why not use Battery Water ? Rm2 at Mesra, Petronas. Cheap and easy to get yet proven. Since you used a distilled water, how it fares with a battery water (If u have used it in the past) ?

p/s: Anybody know where to get Cyber Aqua 4700 pump in kl area ?

This post has been edited by uzairi: Jun 12 2006, 02:10 AM

eh i thought battery water does have some chemical inside...

btw here is some test i did last nite

gigabyte coolant + distilled water = 30C idle, 38c full load

gigabyte coolant + distilled water + anti algae (from asetek) = 31c idle, 40c full load

some of battery water contained manganese. donno if this is chemical or not. And i oso noticed that, w/ battery water contained manganese, the "kecairan" [sorry, forgot already what they wrote there ] is 1 n without manganese, it's 2. The brand i'm using is KOYA, made in JB. They didnt list the manganese as its mixes.

satanhead2003@

What is the Idle/Load temp you're getting with metal's budget combo kit,and what coolant you use?