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Unread 01-21-2002, 09:05 PM   #38
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Originally posted by Butcher


Um not really as deionised tends to have been distilled so doesn't have all the dissolved crap of tap water. I seem to recall asking and you saying "no don't use tap water", are you now saying do use tap water?
Butcher, you know what DeIonized water is??? cause its not just distilled... Distilling is the first phase, its filtered and and processed untill all impurities are out of it. De-ionized is normally called "UltraPure" water.

The inside of your waterblock, lines, pump, fittings all have oxides, mold lubricants, machining oil residue and contaminates.
De-ionized water would be good if you were putting it into a perfectly sterile and clean sealed system. Once you put it into a normal cooling system is picks up so much contamination that it soon becomes no better than distilled water would be. I am just saying use Distilled and water wetter, there is no reason to use De-Ionized water. With water wetter even tap water can be used ( althought I wouldnt use it in my systems).
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