First post on these procooling forums. I have for the last few months admired the professionalism displayed at this site. Since I found the procooling site it has joined my short list of hardware sites that I trust and furthermore it has topped that list.
Now, with that out of the way....
I am about to start water cooling. I have been very sucessful in attaining parts that I believe will meet my needs for
very little money. I am within site of sub $100 water cooling.
In a non mixed metal system, with copper being the only metal.
[question 1]Would a ~%10 glycerol antifreez ~%90 destilled water system, with less then half a drop of Dawn dish soap be an acceptable long term (6-12 months between flush and refills, repeatable for 3-5 years) solution to be running?
[question 2]If so, how much cooling loss would I see compared to straight distilled water?
System Components:
Via Aqua 1300 (A cheap pump, ~2m max head, ~24 lpm max flow, good for my first foray into WCing. I am guessing it will actually perform at a little less than 3-4 lpm realistically.)
a "custome" reservoir (A plastic coffee can, with holes drilled in the top.)
2-302 (A heatercore, I will mod fittings when I get the time.)
cardboard, plastic bags, and duct tape (For making a shroud, I am very cheap incase you hadn't figured out already.)
a squirrel cage fan (I think it has good cf/m and pressure. Works on the same principle as an impeller pump, but it looks like one of those wheels on which rats and mice run.)
MCW6002-A (I hear it has a good Delta T at low flow, and is a relatively low resistance block.)
Zip ties (Cheap! I have lots of them...they come in neon colors?
)
Vinyl 1/2 in ID tubing (Everyone says "use Clearflex 60!" but can you beat 12 cents a foot?)
Glycerol Anti-freeze (Details described above.)
Distilled water ($1-$2 at Food Lion)
This will only be cooling my CPU. (Athlon XP 2600+, Barton, model 10, with modest hopes of overclocking.)