hey y'all, thought i'd throw this up here. figured you guys would like it and could use it. asta.
yeah i'm new here to the Pro Forums. long time regular of the AMDmB.com and Overclocker.com forums, also over at the [H]ard|forums blah blah blah whatever... i am not my post count. good info is good info, ultra newbie or not. hope you don't take my seniority (or lack there-of) into consideration when you read this.
at any rate, i thought you guys would find this useful. have posted it on the other fourms i'm on and figured you kids would like the info too. heres whats up.
i've been tabulating data on coolants and liquids used in computer water cooling for the past 3 weeks and these are my results. This is more or less cut and pasted word for word from the other forums.
please keep in mind my focus for this research was to find a coolant that would work at -30F for my project
The Core Project (new site) (old site here). for those of you considering putting antifreeze in your system, going the sub-Z route, or just want to put your coolant below freezing (32F), this is something you'll probably be interested in.
as for using antifreeze in your system, well, the numbers speak for themselves. Basically... DON'T.
big props go out to
Karsta (on the Overclocker.com forums) and
myv65 (Dave Smith on the AMDmB forums- the author of that AMAZING article on Thermodynamics in regards to comptuer cooling). both of whom i've been corresponding with and have been absolutely fantastic in providing me with answers and overall knowlege when i just plain ol got stuck somewhere, trying to understand all this. these are some REALLY knowlegeable and helpful guys, and not only in regards to coolants. they've been absolutely great. i can't express enough gratitude. big props also go out to
Tenax too (also on the AMDmB forums). All three of them have been of invaluable aid. Thanks guys.
i can explain anything that you might have questions on here. and if i can't, i know a couple of guys that can.
here ya go. it's all on a GIF image and only 32k so you can easily save the image for your own personal reference if you like.
backup server
if you see something that you know for a fact is amiss on the charts, please feel free to point it out.
i hope this is helpful.
RSB
PS yes i'm aware that the chemical makeup of normal Air isn't O2... i just cheated there. Glycol refers to Ethylene Glycol Antifreeze using numbers provided by Prestone themselves for their most potent antifreeze; and Isopropyl actually refers to Isopropyl Alcohol or 2-Propanol (aka Rubbing Alcohol).
if you have questions, you might check the other links below. theres a damn good chance that someone in one of the three forums have asked it already. failing that just drop yer question here and i'll field it to the best of my ability.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....hreadid=251405
http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/sho...threadid=39039
http://www.amdmb.com/vb/showthread.p...threadid=64169
enjoy.
