What kind of antifreeze do custom loops like?

[PliotronX]

So when my Subaru needed coolant, I read up and discovered that import vehicles tend to need phosphates in their coolant to preserve aluminum parts and that silicates will corrode the aluminum but OTOH American cars need the silicates. So this got me wondering because last I knew there was a ratio of mixing water and a little antifreeze and water wetter with maybe some bromine to keep algae at bay but what type of antifreeze do they need?

 

[NatePo717]

None. As long as you aren't mixing metals (copper + aluminum) in your loop all you need is distilled water and a piece of silver killcoil to keep the algae out.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...l_999_Fine_Silver_Tubing_Reservoir_Strip.html

No mixing, no measuring. Just pour distilled water in and go.

 

[Tweakin]

...all you need is distilled water and a piece of silver killcoil to keep the algae out...

+1

Dyes and custom "blends" will stain your tubing, not so bad if it's colored, but if it's clear...it will become "milky" in color.

 

[bleucharm28]

none. As long as you aren't mixing metals (copper + aluminum) in your loop all you need is distilled water and a piece of silver killcoil to keep the algae out.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...l_999_fine_silver_tubing_reservoir_strip.html

no mixing, no measuring. Just pour distilled water in and go.

exactly!

 

[PliotronX]

Thanks guys! lol shows my age in understanding of water cooling 🙂

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Algae doesn't grow in anti freeze, as long as your not running below 0C you don't need to mix it. It will stain your tubing, then again its just tubing..........

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m479/jaggerwild/MS011_zpsda7d0209.jpg

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/...ware an software/harddrive009_zps3034afc0.jpg

Look how stained it is D:

 

[FAQdaworld]

There's no need to run antifreeze in a water-loop on a computer. If anything it will just cause problems. Just use distilled water and an algaecide like silver coil or something. Anything more is just asking for problems later on and will decrease the performance of your water-loop.

Seems like there are 10 threads about this just in the past few days :|

 

[Rubycon]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36130490&postcount=7