If you think liquid cooling is boring...

[Kayin]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...21&postcount=2

Pics of it in use, we're now entering long-term temps monitoring. We'll tell you how it goes.

[diluzio91]

I have a friend that would probably kill to have this by next friday

[Kayin]

I don't feel it's ready to go to market, nor will it be by next Friday. Kill nothing, he'd have to fund development. And that wouldn't guarantee his loop would be OK.

[Konrad]

lol, thanx for taking the time to answer my inane barrage of questions, Kayin. Kudos to you for having done (and are still doing) your research. Your pearly goop is really pretty, and I really hope nobody misquotes that into a sig line.

Triboelectric, you say? I wonder if this property can be used to create some sort of electrically-stimulated "lava-lamp" effect for display purposes? In fact, I wonder if it might allow "separate" pearly particles to be mixed/suspended within the same solution. You might even be able to encourage "flourescent lighting" if you plug them into a (very low-voltage!) alternating current, say, any old cold-cathode inverter/ballast box; although this effect might necessitate some UV-reactive or phosphorescent additives in the solution. Then again it might cause some kind of explosion, lol.

Looking forward to your PM, lol, though I'll remind you I ain't no chemist. I just know metallurgy and semiconductors. A little.

[Kayin]

Initial testing shows it's just fine in the most complex/restrictive block I can find, an AC Kryos. It's even a heavier concentration so I can really abuse it. Shows no issues.

Currently have two more loops (silver and a color I'm thinking I'll call Papa Midnight) in my own PC in nasty configs like mixed metals and stacked radiators. Because I can't control how people use my coolant, I may as well test everything I can.

Don't look for this anytime soon, though. Money for development is gone, and while I'll certainly be observing the longtime behavior of the fluid, at this point I'm not going to be able to bring this to market. It just costs way too much.

[RogueOpportunist]

Don't look for this anytime soon, though. Money for development is gone, and while I'll certainly be observing the longtime behavior of the fluid, at this point I'm not going to be able to bring this to market. It just costs way too much.

How much you talking? You could have some potential investors lurking around.

[Kayin]

Well, chemicals are cheaper in bigger amounts, and I'm making a switch to RO water simply because the stuff I have isn't as pure.

The other issue I have is a lack of real want to step on Mick's toes, even if we're not using the same formula or colors. Cerenkov will pull directly from the base materials of Flare, so it's a drop-in change. It's also not copying anything from anyone.

If people want to sponsor materials in exchange for fluid (because donations for this kinda feel wrong-I would want someone to have something to show for it) I'll look into exactly what it costs without revealing my formula.

If we wanna turn this into a TBCS exclusive thing, I think that there's more interest here than anywhere else.

[Konrad]

I'll confess that my interest sorta dived when you stated the pearly goop is 2-3C less efficient than other fluids. My builds concentrate on maximized efficiency, not aesthetic ... actually, to me a buncha LEDs or custom paint job really look completely unattractive unless they actually indicate useful things or somehow improve performance. Ergo, I have not yet submitted any "mods" to TBCS, 'cuz they look purty to me but fugly to people with actual taste in the cosmetic.

[Kayin]

Well, I do have a nanofluid that runs rather close to water...

[SXRguyinMA]

I'm not worried about it being 2-3C off, that swirling and UV green would be perfect in the res and clear 1/4" tubing in my MS mod and I've got a 2x120 and a 1x140 rad, so I'm not too worried about a few ºC's