Coolant Type?

[WT]

Im currently in the midst of building a watercooling system for my WAYYY to hot AMD TBird Cpu (Idle temp is 45C, bad fan ;p).

Anyway, I was wondering what type of coolant would be the best. I was going with regular tap water before I thought about the minerals that might deposit in the pump, tubes, etc. So I figured i'd get some distilled water to run through my system since not only is distilled water "pure" it doesn't conduct electricity. Any advices? Thanks.

-White-Tiger-

[AntmanMike]

Distilled Water (Store Bought) is 99% pure. It will still conduct electricity, until it is 100% (only in VERY CLEAN AND HIGH TECH LABS). It will work fine... still if you get it on your boards, their toasted.

[Wicked Klown]

I used 80% distilled water and 20% anti-freeze.

[Hoot]

I bought a gallon jug of distilled water and added 4 oz. of water wetter to it. At the rate it's going, it'll outlast me. Seems to do a good job, but I really haven't tried anything else.

Hoot

[Ottoman]

it also depends if your looking for sub zero temps...

then ur coolant choice will change

[stool]

I used distilled water, a product called "Engine Kool" as a waterwetter, and a small amount of pump conditioner.