olokul Posted August 10, 2010 Posted August 10, 2010 ok so system specs first EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI motherboard intel i7 930 G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 12 gigs EVGA 768-P3-1362-TR GeForce GTX 460 2 in sli Intel X25-M Mainstream SSD 1 for OS 2 for games WD SATA drives 4 for a total of 2 TB SILVERSTONE DECATHLON DA850 850W LIAN LI PC-K62R1 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case so I've watercooled a P4 before so this wont be the first time doing this but i was wondering 1 can you use denatured alcohol in a closed loop to cool the cpu 2 will it be colder then using water 3 will it react to or hurt the copper waterblock, radiator, pump, and tygon tubing and for the watercooling setup all from Danger Den mc-tdx waterblock with brass top black ice gtx 120 radiator ddc-12v pump and a reservoir hard to see in the picture but harddrives go 320gig double sided tapped right under is a SSD 80 gig 750 gig 320 gig 750 gig double sided tapped right under is a SSD 80 gig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted August 10, 2010 Posted August 10, 2010 Well...considering that water has a pretty awesome specific heat...I'd instantly say that alcohol will do much worse. Often, increasing the amount of additives in water based coolants reduces the cooling performance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_heat_capacity Denatured alcohol = ethanol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted August 10, 2010 Posted August 10, 2010 It would definitely eat all the seals out. Any kind of alcohol haas a bad habit of tearing through rubber seals and hoses. It variably sucks the moisture out of the seals and dry riots them to death. And even more so it is a attractant for any kind of excessive moisture. Though it is already watered down it eventually will become even more so. After that I can see no advantage to running alcohol of any kind in a wc system. My 2 cents well spent. Boinker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 Alcohol and Acrylic = Hazing and cracking! Its best not to use it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHippi Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 Why did you want to use alcohol anyway? If you want it to be non-conductive just use distilled water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olokul Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 wow go out to the bar for a while and get all these posts. first of thanks for the replies, we use denatured alcohol at work all the time and after ordering the watercooling stuff was like if i run 100% denatured alcohol in the system would it be colder then just distilled water. well i guess will never know cause you all bring up good points that will destroy everyting in the system so looks like i will stick to using water. thanks for all the replies and for stopping me from doing something stupid ill have to post new pics once i get the watercooling unit in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 Now lets see the rig! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olokul Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 ok so here she is in all her glory. the watercooloing kit wont be in till friday so ill have new pics up over the weekend when i get it in. i love this case so easy to run cables in and its a lian li case only downside its a steel case is is heavy but love it none the less Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted August 11, 2010 Posted August 11, 2010 wow go out to the bar for a while and get all these posts. first of thanks for the replies, we use denatured alcohol at work all the time and after ordering the watercooling stuff was like if i run 100% denatured alcohol in the system would it be colder then just distilled water. well i guess will never know cause you all bring up good points that will destroy everyting in the system so looks like i will stick to using water. thanks for all the replies and for stopping me from doing something stupid ill have to post new pics once i get the watercooling unit in Oh, I thought I answered that "colder" question. Definitely not! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielT Posted August 12, 2010 Posted August 12, 2010 ok so here she is in all her glory. the watercooloing kit wont be in till friday so ill have new pics up over the weekend when i get it in. i love this case so easy to run cables in and its a lian li case only downside its a steel case is is heavy but love it none the less Lian Li case? Looks nice, I hope you do some overclocking with it when liquid cooled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olokul Posted August 12, 2010 Posted August 12, 2010 Lian Li case? Looks nice, I hope you do some overclocking with it when liquid cooled. Its made by Lancool for Lian Li. And yes im doing some overclocking im at 3.8 right now with the stock cooler going to go more with the new water unit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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