Radiator Fluid?

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NegativeCool

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Hi everyone. I have the Kingwin AWC-1. If anyone has this same cooler, is the fluid they provide any good? Would I see any benefit from trying automotive radiator fluid? Better still, what should I be using to see nice, low temps? Not suprisingly, the Kingwin website is useless.

I plan on overclocking and the general concensus I've read on here is that I should plan on going to a higher end liquid cooler if I want to see any decent results. Right now, at the stock settings, I run about 46C under full load. I experimented with overclocking a bit and temps were getting very close to 60C. So I reset everything to the stock settings until I did some more research.

This is the first system I've ever built, so I have no reference point.

I used AS5, but since it was my first build, I put it on very sloppily. I didn't get any on the board, it's just all over the CPU. Would there be any benefit from cleaning it up and reapplying it? I've read a few tricks on this site so if I do put it on again, I know the right way to do it. Also, is there any trick to cleaning this stuff up?

Thanks in advance...
 
NegativeCool said:
Hi everyone. I have the Kingwin AWC-1. If anyone has this same cooler, is the fluid they provide any good? Would I see any benefit from trying automotive radiator fluid? Better still, what should I be using to see nice, low temps? Not suprisingly, the Kingwin website is useless.

I plan on overclocking and the general concensus I've read on here is that I should plan on going to a higher end liquid cooler if I want to see any decent results. Right now, at the stock settings, I run about 46C under full load. I experimented with overclocking a bit and temps were getting very close to 60C. So I reset everything to the stock settings until I did some more research.

This is the first system I've ever built, so I have no reference point.

I used AS5, but since it was my first build, I put it on very sloppily. I didn't get any on the board, it's just all over the CPU. Would there be any benefit from cleaning it up and reapplying it? I've read a few tricks on this site so if I do put it on again, I know the right way to do it. Also, is there any trick to cleaning this stuff up?

Thanks in advance...
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You want to use 100% radiator fluid(antifreeze)? That would be a bad idea. The only reason antifreeze is used in cars, is because it has a much higher boiling point, and a much lower freezing point than water. High car engine temps and freezing weather require something better than water.

For a computer, we are not dealing with extreme temps. Antifreeze would have absolutely no benefits EXCEPT keeping crap from growing in your loop. This is why some people that watercool use a mixture of maybe 90% distilled water, and 10% antifreeze. You dont want too much antifreeze because it is much thicker than water.
 
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