Kill coils are outdated at this point.
Water cooling silver coil.
I ve been water cooling since the athlon t bird days.
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The tightly wound helical shape about 11 4mm od allows it to be inserted into tubing and standard g 1 4 reservoirs while at the same time being just large enough to prevent passing through.
Just buy some quality coolant and forget about kill coils.
Been using distilled and silver for five years.
I m semi new to water cooling.
Max pc silver kill coil strip 99 9 pure fine silver for inhibiting organic growth in liquid cooling.
Xspc ec6 1000 ml premix opaque water cooling coolant blue.
Wound into a coil for drop in to your reservoir this 999 fine silver strip is suitable for keeping microbes in check in your liquid cooling loop.
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Obviously the chemistry still works but there are better products available these days.
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I ve been running silver coil in my loops since i started water cooling with no issues.
I ve had it since about 2 months after the launch of the 980.
Silver coil is highly malleable and ready to be formed by the user for their specific use each coil is acid cleaned triple rinsed and packaged in an airtight container to minimize oxidation and impurities silver is an exceptional antibiotic and algaecide perfect for inhibiting growth in pc water cooling loops.
Refrain from using strips of silver ag also known as kill coil with distilled water alone in your water cooling loop.
I currently have an ek gtx980 nickel acrylic block and no issues with its plating and the silver coil.
It makes no sense to risk hundreds of dollars of blocks trying to save 10 bucks on coolant.
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I ve never done it before but i have done enough research that today i ordered my parts which are the following.
Refrain from using strips of silver ag also known as kill coil with distilled water alone in your water cooling loop.
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Besides introducing another metal into the already mixed metal loop with no corrosion protection the concentration of silver ions may not be enough to prevent or to suppress biological growth in the liquid cooling loop.
Diagnosing the problem with my water cooling loop might ve been corrosion linus tech tips duration.