Does liquid need topping up ?

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Gomjaba

Bronze Level Poster
I do wonder - is it like a car where despite it being a closed system, you still need to top it up ?

My system is a year old and I can see the level is about 0.4 of an inch lower:

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There isn't a leak or something that I can see so just wondering if that is expected / normal.

Thanks.
 
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badsector

Member
My vertical reservoir has a 1/4" port on the top, currently blanked off. I also have a funnel which terminates in 1/4" thread. To top up I unscrew the blanking cap and screw in the funnel. Carefully pour the water cooling fluid into the funnel to top up.

I have had my water cooled self build for 6 years and I have topped up every couple of years. The reason for posting is that I was getting high temps the other day (I always run the ASUS GFX card temperature monitor) and all of a sudden something went wrong and the pump stopped. On checking the level of liquid in the reservoir it was very low, just below the spout. I switched off, topped up, and re-booted. The PC then ran happily once more and I noted when playing WoT the GFX temperature was much lower than usual.

So yes, check and fill once a year. The special funnel will help avoid spills. The water cooling liquid can be bought from many sources in the UK.
 
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Gomjaba

Bronze Level Poster
Martinr36 said:
which if you get PCS to do it for you is about £150
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Yea - plus they said due to my 3 year warranty, I HAVE TO let them do it otherwise it voids warranty. Given it needs a pallet for shipping and the current delay - I probably wait :)


badsector said:
My vertical reservoir has a 1/4" port on the top, currently blanked off. I also have a funnel which terminates in 1/4" thread. To top up I unscrew the blanking cap and screw in the funnel. Carefully pour the water cooling fluid into the funnel to top up.

I have had my water cooled self build for 6 years and I have topped up every couple of years. The reason for posting is that I was getting high temps the other day (I always run the ASUS GFX card temperature monitor) and all of a sudden something went wrong and the pump stopped. On checking the level of liquid in the reservoir it was very low, just below the spout. I switched off, topped up, and re-booted. The PC then ran happily once more and I noted when playing WoT the GFX temperature was much lower than usual.

So yes, check and fill once a year. The special funnel will help avoid spills. The water cooling liquid can be bought from many sources in the UK.
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Yea I keep an eye on temps but my CPU runs pretty cool - so I am sure it is ok for now

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Granted it isn't under load but it barely ever (even with running 12 VMs) hits more than 54C ...

And thanks guys for the reassurance ...
 
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