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:clap: Instead of using water I use 93% isopropyl alcohol, runs 10 - 20 degrees cooler than water in my titan twc-ao4 system, try it. they use to use alcohol and glycol on old vacume tube radar system on navy missile ships :clap:
 
That's interesting, but I think that main purpose of using that fluid was that it doesn't get frozen at low temperature.
 
Oo, are you using rum? vodka? tequila?

Hehe, I'm just kidding :cool:


I might have to try this whenever I manage to set my system up... Sounds good :)
 
Woudn't pressure become an issue?
I mean, as it heats - some of it will turn into vapor
[edit] - Strike what I said, its poiling point is 83ºC-103ºC depending on purity [/edit]
 
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true, does evaporate but when running dual radiators in this sequence=main unit to cpu to sec radiator to gpu to main, plus does require more alcohol after it heats you will need to letout some of the vapor and refill takes some fine tunning but works great and because of the size of my case (Ahanix Platinum XP) i will be adding a third radiator and sec pump to increase pressure and a chipset block, but i'm allready over clocked from P4 3.2E GHz 800MHz bus to 3.8 GHz with only 2 degree increase
 
Ven0m said:
That's interesting, but I think that main purpose of using that fluid was that it doesn't get frozen at low temperature.

man you think water in watercooling can be frozen? lol unless you have a chiller, it can never go below ambient temp.

Antifreeze coolant is MAINLY for anti-corrosion
 
kodiak356 said:
:clap: Instead of using water I use 93% isopropyl alcohol, runs 10 - 20 degrees cooler than water in my titan twc-ao4 system, try it. they use to use alcohol and glycol on old vacume tube radar system on navy missile ships :clap:


10-20c decrease is unlikely. I want screenshot and pics of your setup. I thought water itself has the HIGHEST thermal conductivity.
 
if he really did get better temps from running the alcohol in his cooling loop it could only come from an evaporative effect of the alcohol as it changed over into vapor. This is the same effect u feel if u pour alcohol over ur hand and feel a coolness. But even if hes dead on with his temp reduction its not worth it bc of how corrosive alcohol is to metals and the hell it will put his tubing through. Expect dried, cracking tubes leaking seals (from expansion-contraction of alcohol as it evaporates and condenses) and a dead pump eventually once the alcohol ruins the pump shaft seal.
 
MameXP said:
10-20c decrease is unlikely. I want screenshot and pics of your setup. I thought water itself has the HIGHEST thermal conductivity.

CORRECT!!! Water has the HITHEST thermal conductivity.
 
MameXP said:
man you think water in watercooling can be frozen? lol unless you have a chiller, it can never go below ambient temp.

Antifreeze coolant is MAINLY for anti-corrosion

Antifreeze in military installations is mainly for antifreeze dude
 
xTrEmEoVrClOcKr said:
Doesn't Alcohal have .... electricity issues also? I thought of putting alcohal in a watercooling sys .. but that idea scared me .. correct me if im wrong.

Most alcohol does not conduct electricity, so no, it doesn't.
 
Ven0m said:
Antifreeze in military installations is mainly for antifreeze dude

LOL man i thought you talked about watercooling. You mean the military thing that he said? LOL i have no idea but yeah antifreeze is for...uh... antifreeze.


LOL thats smoker statement is freaking funny too.


I think this thread is for teasing, newb should be warned that alcohol is a NO.
 
Hehe, I should make myself more clear. Anyway it's a funny thread. :D
Now I can easily imagine a kid, that goes to shop to buy vodka: "Could you hand me these mister? That's for my computer - it needs alcohol" :D
 
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