I'm new to the water cooling scene, and I had a question about additives that can be put into the loop. Mainly I have a PC I'm building for show right now, and I want to know if its possible to add a fine glitter into the water without it jamming up the pumps or water blocks. I found some really fine UV reactive glitter at a local store and thought it might look cool flowing through the 1/2 inch tygon tubing under a black light. I'm not overly concerned with acheiving maximum cooling efficiency with this system as I have no intention of trying for crazy overclock speeds.
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Water Cooling Additives.
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Well why not try it? My only concern would be if it would clog your radiator. Also if you are using a nozzle jet cooler like the Little River G4/G5 or Aqua Computer XT I would avoid putting anything not water soluable in as the nozzles clog easily.
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This has been brought up before and I think the consensus was it will probably clog up something unless you have very high flow.
If it doesn't clog up something and you have a reservoir .. it will probably all end up there anyway
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If it doesn't clog up something and you have a reservoir .. it will probably all end up there anyway
...random thoughts:
wont do the pump seal/bearing much good where its a very fine substance. Clog the rad if its any apprecaible size. Kind of no win.
If you went with the transmission oil cooler type of radiator, the ones with a single large diameter tube that serpentines you could eliminate that concern.
Closed loop might work better so it does not all settle in the reservior.
Use a high flow system and an open type block like a maze 3 or 4
I would not put the pump at the very bottom of the loop where the stuff could settle in the impeller chamber. (that may be a bit of a challenge)
So go ahead, just have another pump handy they are not awfull expensive or buy one that replacement bearig/seals are easy to get.
wont do the pump seal/bearing much good where its a very fine substance. Clog the rad if its any apprecaible size. Kind of no win.
If you went with the transmission oil cooler type of radiator, the ones with a single large diameter tube that serpentines you could eliminate that concern.
Closed loop might work better so it does not all settle in the reservior.
Use a high flow system and an open type block like a maze 3 or 4
I would not put the pump at the very bottom of the loop where the stuff could settle in the impeller chamber. (that may be a bit of a challenge)
So go ahead, just have another pump handy they are not awfull expensive or buy one that replacement bearig/seals are easy to get.