anyone ever heard of using rubbing alcohol in there watercool?

[btbam]

Saw someone one day said he used like a 1:10 alcohol/h20 mix in his watercool.

I thought, wouldnt the alcohol eat your lines?

Anyone know about this.

 

[Tiamat]

If the alcohol doesnt work to kill any of the watercooling components, it will work as a germ-killer. Kills bacteria, mold, most things that grow in water.

 

[wisdomtooth]

How about ethylene glycol (i.e. car antifreeze)?

 

[Idleuser]

wow I never knew alcohol actually kills the bacterial stuff I'll have to try that instead of buying more antibacterial drops from the pet store.

 

[Insomniak]

I'd keep the mixture low. Remember alcohol has a much lower boiling point than water...nominal CPU temps for today's processors could easily vaporize pure isopropyl...a water mixture should be ok though.