That's normal. I'm not exactly sure where the color is coming from, but there are a few likely culprits. The Water Wetter may cause some of the blue dye in the tubing to be released into the water. It may also be doing the same thing with the blue anodization on the inside of the Reserator. I ran my...

I ran one of those for about 9 months, and was impressed with the very quiet operation. It kept my overclocked Athlon 64 and GF6800 well within normal temps, and I never had a problem with the pump. I used a fair amount of Redline Water Wetter to prevent corrosion and lube the pump, which probably s...

I'm running 4 Yate Loon 120mm fans (faster version of the Nexus 120) in an external rad box, and it's not silent. They're all plugged into a Nexus fan controller at the lowest setting, and while it's very quiet, it's a far cry from silent. That thing is going to make some noise with 5 fans. The radi...

As far as the corrosion part of the question goes, it doesn't matter if you use a heatpipe or not, you'll still be dealing with the same corrosion issues. In other words, if you mount the water block to a heatpipe, or if you mount the waterblock directly to the CPU, it's still a piece of metal with ...

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By using a heatpipe with a water cooling loop, you're adding inefficieny into the system by using mutiple heat ransfer materials. There is a certain amount of resistance to heat transfer in any given heat pipe setup. The same is true of any given water coiling setup. adding those together will get y...

CrazyPC.com has most of the Swiftech blocks for a decent price, and you can get the Maze 4 directly from DangerDen or from Sharka , among other places. If you're looking to bring your PC to near silence, you may want to look into the various methods of silencing the hard drive. Most of them don't i...

http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=161&cat=48&bestseller This one should fit, is far less restrictive than any other GPU waterblock, and won't require a step down in tubing size (3/8 or 1/2 inch ID). I should also mention that you probably don't want to use this with a Reserator, as...

I don't know exact numbers for the head loss using a dual CPU, dual GPU setup, but depending on the CPU and GPU blocks, you could lose a fair amount of flow. Some blocks just aren't made to work well with low-head, low-flow pumps like the Eheim 300 in the Reserator. The Zalman block works well with ...

I would say it's probably sufficient to cool both PCs as long as you don't overclock them. You're going to need more tubing as the previous post mentioned, and you're probably going to need a bigger pump like the Eheim 1048 mounted externally, as the added resistance of more tubing and an additional...

Just about any coolant additive you use will eventually end up with algae growth. The use of distilled water and thorough cleaning of all parts of the cooling loop will help prevent the growth. People who use old heater cores should run a non-corrosive cleaner through their radiator before attaching...

I would just use the HydrX that you ordered. As I posted previously, I don't think it's a risk to anyone's health unless you have small children or pets. If you're still concerned about it, or just prefer not to use HydrX for some other reason, find some propylene glycol and try that. I personally h...

BillA (from Swiftech, the makers of HydrX) posted on ProCooling that ethylene glycol is the active ingredient in Hydrx: HydrX is 5% ethylene glycol, which is then diluted 17:1 as the WCing coolant mixture In the same thread , pHaestus (a chemist) points out that he uses propylene glycol (instead of ...

I believe that means atomized, misted, or otherwise sprayed into the air in the form of tiny droplets. In other words, as long as you don't water your yard with it or drink it, you're in good shape. I suppose if I had kids (or maybe a dog that might chew on the tubing) I might think twice about usin...

I've had that happen before, and seen it happen several times at work with Dell GX260 GX270 and GX280 desktops. In all of the cases, the CPU worked fine upon re-installation.

Note that the tubing supplied with the Reserator is fairly permiable, and is probably contributing to the smell problem. I would just switch to Zerex Racing Coolant or use the Swiftech additive if it's still a problem. Those additives are better anyway, as they don't contain silicates that precipita...

I don't see anything wrong with the design you posted. The chipset cooling is probably overkill, and may hurt your flowrate somewhat, but it's not that big a deal. Just keep in mind that it's going to take a lot longer to assemble than you might be anticipating, and to take your time and make sure y...

I'm not trying to be rude, but just about everything in Scotty6435's post is incorrect. Antifreeze lowers the freezing point and raises the boiling point of water. It also contains anti-corrosives and lubricants, and lowers the surface tension of water, though not as much as Water Weeter or Zerex Ra...

You could add that to the loop, doesn't really matter where, really. The Eheim pump that comes in the Reserator is pretty weak, so you might have to replace it with an external pump to retain a reasonable flow rate. I've always kind of wondered if one of those Eheim 600 pumps would fit inside the Re...

I use distilled water, Water Wetter, and a small amount of very strong algicide in my Reserator and home-made radiator. I don't believe Water Wetter will completely inhibit algae growth on its own, though the tubing supplied with the Reserator isn't clear, which should help prevent growth as well. I...

The kit does not come with the GPU blocks. Those must be purchased separately. It should be able to cool the CPU, GPU, and chipset. You should be able to sufficiently cool the drives with a slow, quiet 120mm fans a lot easier than trying to add it to the loop. Make usre you read up on silencing hard...

You guys realize aluminum will corrode by itself in water, correct? I mentioned that earlier in this thread. Luckily, as you mentioned, the proper use of anti-corrosives should (hopefully) take care of the corrosion long enough that it doesn't matter. This block hasn't been around long enough to se...

I would build an external radiator box based on a Honda civic copper radiator, an Iwaki RD30 pump (could substitute one or more Eheim or DDC pumps), and 4 or more Nexus 120mm fans at 5V with air ducts to keep the fans and any associated noise inside the box, all with half inch tubing and thorough so...

From SPCR's own review: By plating the copper with gold they alleviate some of the corrosion risk inherent with having mixed metals in a water-cooling loop. The plated copper with the anodized aluminum should greatly reduce the corrosion potential. The copper piece of the waterblock is almost defini...

Did you notice the pump on that NEC system? Looks like a DDC, but it isn't.

The blade design on that fan is definitely different from the regular orange Nexus. In any case I would imagine that fan would be pretty quiet though if it does in fact spin that slowly.

Thanks. The PC case is an old Enlight model. I sanded it down to bare metal to remove the beige paint, then primered it, sanded more, and gave it a heavy coat of gloss black. It really only looks good from a distance. I didn't put the time or energy into making it look really nice, and it shows in t...

Judging by the majority of the posts on the subject in various forums around the internet, the MSI Neo2 Platinum does a terrible job of reporting temperatures. In fact, I flashed my BIOS to the most recent version a few weeks ago and the reported temps dropped something like 10C due to a fix they ad...

That looks really good, you've done a great job milling the aluminum with a router. Are you going to install some kind of gasket around the edge of the radiator or is it already water-tight?

(and probably will, with longer and smooth pins Those pins are probably already optimum length (heat only travels so far through the pin before it's completely dissipated) for this application, and they are not smooth for a reason: "Patented Helicoid pin design (U.S. patent 6,469,898): pins are ind...