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01-09-2008, 06:21 PM
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| Newb Techie  Join Date: Jul 2007
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|  Water/Liquid cooling cleaning & other questions... how often should you clean a water/liquid cooling parts? tubes, reservoir, generator & all that good stuff... how often should i replace fluid? what's the best fluid to use? |
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01-09-2008, 06:58 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK
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|  Re: Water/Liquid cooling cleaning & other questions... I just replace it when it starts to look gunky. If the reservoir looks gunky I wash it with a bit of vinegar then clean it out with warm soapy water. As for fluid, pure distilled water is the best...but I usually just get premixed fluid like Alphacool fluid or Feser 1 as they have anticorrosion stuff and UV dye already mixed in.
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01-10-2008, 12:58 AM
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| Multicellular Eukaryote  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Re: Water/Liquid cooling cleaning & other questions... I got some pure water from Kmart, and added Swiftech HydrX to it for my system.
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01-10-2008, 01:02 AM
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| Master Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NB, Canada
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 | Re: Water/Liquid cooling cleaning & other questions... distilled water and zerex coolant + dye for mine.
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