Hello, I installed an XSPC liquid cooling loop a few weeks ago. I went with their own brand of XSPC EC6 red coolant because it matches my color scheme. They sent me a free bottle of biocide drops about the size of an eye drop bottle.
After I installed and filled the loop I began scouring the internet trying to find out how much of the biocide drops I was supposed to add to my loop. Of course, I found not a single thread or anything related to how many drops you are supposed to use, and the manuals sent with the parts had no such information. So what do I do? Not post a thread on here like I should have done to ask for help, no. I took it upon myself to add half of the bottle they sent me just to be "on the safe side" if that is what I could call it.
It doesn't seem to be problematic at all, temps are good and at first I was extremely happy with the color of the coolant even after adding the biocide, it was perfect. I have been rather busy and havn't been able to spend much time with my PC since, and tonight I painted a couple sticks of ram that weren't matching my color scheme, and noticed that the coolant that was a perfect blood red a few weeks ago is now a dark (almost) purple color, and I don't like it.
Can I attribute the red coolant turning purple to me putting too many biocide drops in the loop? ( the biocide drops are blue in color) or is this a common occurrence with the XSPC EC6 red or any red coolant?
I am going to be buying another rad and waterblock for my gpu in the near future to add to my rig, and I plan on flushing the system and filling with fresh coolant when I do that. But I really don't want it to turn purple again.
(Also as a side question, since I could find no info on it when I searched the web, how many drops of biocide am I supposed to add into my loop? )
Thanks for thoughts or input
After I installed and filled the loop I began scouring the internet trying to find out how much of the biocide drops I was supposed to add to my loop. Of course, I found not a single thread or anything related to how many drops you are supposed to use, and the manuals sent with the parts had no such information. So what do I do? Not post a thread on here like I should have done to ask for help, no. I took it upon myself to add half of the bottle they sent me just to be "on the safe side" if that is what I could call it.
It doesn't seem to be problematic at all, temps are good and at first I was extremely happy with the color of the coolant even after adding the biocide, it was perfect. I have been rather busy and havn't been able to spend much time with my PC since, and tonight I painted a couple sticks of ram that weren't matching my color scheme, and noticed that the coolant that was a perfect blood red a few weeks ago is now a dark (almost) purple color, and I don't like it.
Can I attribute the red coolant turning purple to me putting too many biocide drops in the loop? ( the biocide drops are blue in color) or is this a common occurrence with the XSPC EC6 red or any red coolant?
I am going to be buying another rad and waterblock for my gpu in the near future to add to my rig, and I plan on flushing the system and filling with fresh coolant when I do that. But I really don't want it to turn purple again.
(Also as a side question, since I could find no info on it when I searched the web, how many drops of biocide am I supposed to add into my loop? )
Thanks for thoughts or input