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EK Water Blocks recommends the following steps be taken in order to prevent any biological growth within the warm waters of your computer liquid cooling loop:
The photo above shows the nickel-plated copper base of a poorly-maintained water cooling product.
Brown biological growth is clearly visible, as well as traces of plasticizer caused ‘gunk’ (source: overclock.net)
‘Kill Coil’ failed to protect the system: Photo above shows brown organic growth inside a reservoir (source: overclock.net).
To sum it up: EK Water Blocks strongly advises against using any solution other than the market proven and tested pre-mix coolant. Using cheaper alternatives such as strips of Silver, Copper (II) Sulphate or some other homebrew solution with your expensive water cooling gear is just not even worth considering.
Browse our high performance Quantum, Lignum and Classic product lines, Kits and Accessories.
Not the DIY person? Check out our fully water-cooled prebuilt PCs.
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