gotdamojo06 Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Has anyone heard of this stuff? It is supposed to be non conductive, so you can spill some of it on the motherboard and nothing will happen. If this is true and people here have used it and still use it, I might actually go towards watercooling, the only reasons Im not going to right now is because 1. money issues and 2. my room mates get drunk, my luck one would run into my case and make the water spill out, but i wouldnt have to worry about that if i get this stuff...let me know some knoweledge on this fluid http://www.subzeropcs.com/fluidxp.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Yes FluidXP is non-conductive but lets say you have a dusty case and some fluidxp spills on your dusty video card. The fluidxp is non-conductive but the added dust would make it conductive and you still have a fried card. Also I have not personally used it but Ive heard it doesnt work very well cooling wise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 so is there something that would be better for me to get as a substitute for water, that would help reduce the option for damage if it were to leak or get spilled? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savan Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 de-ionized watter. 100% pure watter wont conduct electricity, its all the extra stuff in it that does (mostly salt) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 hmm...whats the odds of it staying 100% pure water once you begin running it through a system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 all i've heard is horror stories of fluidxp discolouring tubing and gunking up blocks... i'd just go with deionised/distilled water with valvoline zerex super coolant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 all i've heard is horror stories of fluidxp discolouring tubing and gunking up blocks... i'd just go with deionised/distilled water with valvoline zerex super coolant I have heard the same thing recently while trying to decide if i really want to use water cooling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitartoys Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Just thought I would chime in regarding Fluid XP. I too wanted to be enviropnmentally friendly, and thought I would give Fluid XP a try. I was suprised when I recevied the stuff, due to the milky consistentancy, and the white flakes. But this was my first water cooled rig, and thought I was safe. Well.... I just had to purge my entire system, clean the goo from my CPU blocks, and replace all of my hoses. As there was what looked like calcification in them. I'm going to head the other advice, and go with distilled water and Zenex coolant. I really hate to bash any vendor, but I am REALLY unhappy with the Fluid XP. Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratch Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 I used Fluid XP and my temps soared...couldn't figure out what was wrong so I reinstalled air After taking apart the rig I found it had corroded some of the tubing and left calcification on my waterblocks which were a royal pain to clean It was so much work I have yet to try putting it all back with distilled water and a couple of capfuls of coolant If you properly install your watercooling kit there should be no issue with your pc getting bumped into unless they actually pick it up turn it upside down and shake it...at that point I would consider getting new friends lol Another option is a self-contained watercooling unit or a peltier unit like the CoolIt Eliminator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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