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Bitspower Launches Touchaqua DIY Series Soft Tube Kit series
Bitspower releases two DIY Series Soft Tube Kit series named Touchaqua, these can be mounted without difficulty in standard middle tower PC case. The kits are full liquid cooling sets with separated components and are based on a 240mm radiator.
The tubing used thus is soft, easy to handle even for beginners, Bitspower will release the series in a SKU for AMD processors, and includes a water-block. Obviously there is also a kit for intel mounts. Included is coolant, a radiator, 240 mm slim and two 120 mm fans with a built-in addressable RGB LED. The pump is integrated into the reservoir also holding addressable RGB LEDs. In addition, Y-shaped fan cable, Y-shaped RGB cable, as well as an addressable RGB LED controller, are all included.
Pricing of a complete kit sits at roughly 239 USD, which for a standalone kit incl RGB controller is not very expensive. You can find more info here (Intel) and here (AMD).
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#5773990 Posted on: 03/27/2020 07:34 PM
There is few benefits from using the coolants rather than distilled or deionized water, distilled water or deionized water doesn't offer any kind of protection against the algae and doesn't have any kind of anti bacterial or anti corrosion
Yes you can use distilled water or deionized water if you wish, but I highly recommend to change water every 2 or 3 month and if you are running mixed metals like copper with nickel etc I would change water much frequently
Other option is to use Biocide+ and Inhibitor+ from Mayhems
Mayhems X1 1L cost around £6-£7 amd that's very good price for coolant, I use only Mayhems coolants and never have issues with them
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
is there a real benefit on using this kind of "coolants" instead of just water? i know in ice engines the benefit is that you control a lot of the corrosion in the system. should that be a problem on a computer water cooling system?
There is few benefits from using the coolants rather than distilled or deionized water, distilled water or deionized water doesn't offer any kind of protection against the algae and doesn't have any kind of anti bacterial or anti corrosion
Yes you can use distilled water or deionized water if you wish, but I highly recommend to change water every 2 or 3 month and if you are running mixed metals like copper with nickel etc I would change water much frequently
Other option is to use Biocide+ and Inhibitor+ from Mayhems
Mayhems X1 1L cost around £6-£7 amd that's very good price for coolant, I use only Mayhems coolants and never have issues with them
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
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#5774222 Posted on: 03/28/2020 01:47 PM
Distilled water (~ $1/gal) plus a couple drops of Benzalkonium Chloride (https://sidewindercomputers.com/products/pt-nuke-phn-concentrated-10ml?-pos=2&-sid=0cb0e027e&-ss=r).
No need for overpriced "coolants".
Distilled water (~ $1/gal) plus a couple drops of Benzalkonium Chloride (https://sidewindercomputers.com/products/pt-nuke-phn-concentrated-10ml?-pos=2&-sid=0cb0e027e&-ss=r).
No need for overpriced "coolants".
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#5774316 Posted on: 03/28/2020 08:36 PM
Distilled water (~ $1/gal) plus a couple drops of Benzalkonium Chloride (https://sidewindercomputers.com/products/pt-nuke-phn-concentrated-10ml?-pos=2&-sid=0cb0e027e&-ss=r).
No need for overpriced "coolants".
And good luck with Nickel plated waterblocks, PT Nuke is not the best solution for water cooling, if you are running or using Copper waterblock or brass that's OK but anything which is nickel plated it will or can damage nickel plated waterblocks or fittings
Few years back many people used only Kill coil with PT Nuke and most of the guys who I know used PT Nuke their nickel plated blocks started to corrode or been damaged beyond the repair
Mayhems Inhibitor+ and Biocide+ are best solution if you don't like coolants, I used both and no issues with both, I prefer Mayhems X1 or XT-1 for loops because its easy and doesn't cost too much and in UK getting Distilled water is just pain
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
Distilled water (~ $1/gal) plus a couple drops of Benzalkonium Chloride (https://sidewindercomputers.com/products/pt-nuke-phn-concentrated-10ml?-pos=2&-sid=0cb0e027e&-ss=r).
No need for overpriced "coolants".
And good luck with Nickel plated waterblocks, PT Nuke is not the best solution for water cooling, if you are running or using Copper waterblock or brass that's OK but anything which is nickel plated it will or can damage nickel plated waterblocks or fittings
Few years back many people used only Kill coil with PT Nuke and most of the guys who I know used PT Nuke their nickel plated blocks started to corrode or been damaged beyond the repair
Mayhems Inhibitor+ and Biocide+ are best solution if you don't like coolants, I used both and no issues with both, I prefer Mayhems X1 or XT-1 for loops because its easy and doesn't cost too much and in UK getting Distilled water is just pain
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura
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#5774342 Posted on: 03/28/2020 10:05 PM
Been using it for about ten years now with Bitspower fittings, not had any problems.
Perhaps they were using the copper sulfate version, rather than the Benzalkonium Chloride version I linked to?
Or, maybe they had the notoriously bad EK nickel plated blocks?
Been using it for about ten years now with Bitspower fittings, not had any problems.
Perhaps they were using the copper sulfate version, rather than the Benzalkonium Chloride version I linked to?
Or, maybe they had the notoriously bad EK nickel plated blocks?
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is there a real benefit on using this kind of "coolants" instead of just water? i know in ice engines the benefit is that you control a lot of the corrosion in the system. should that be a problem on a computer water cooling system?