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Clear coolant suggestions for a watercooled PC? (pawb.social)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello! I've had a watercooled PC for a number of years, but more recently it's been difficult to find EKWB Cryofluid Clear at reasonable prices. I'm thinking of switching to something like Mayhem's x1 coolant, or Alphacool's eiswater.

Any suggestions? Will it matter that some old fluid might still be trapped in a rad even after a flush? I'm hoping to not do a full teardown.

I'm thinking about going with this:

https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/watercooling-fluids/watercooling-fluids-additives/mayhems-x1-coolant-1-liter-clear-mx1c1l.html

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

... Water...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Distilled water with a few drops of biocide is all you need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Distilled or deionized? Deionized doesn’t conduct electricity. Also, don’t mix cooling plate materials. Use all copper or all aluminum. One of them will cause the other to corrode if sharing water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

It probably won't make a difference if a little bit is left over.

I use clear Corsair XL8. It works great for me.