Hi, I’m building a homelab watercooled unix server. I don’t want to buy expensive overpriced pre-mixes from ekwb or aquatuning. What cooling solution do datacenters use for water cooling?
What is the chemical solution? Does anyone know?
I hate that tech YouTubers have made people think they need liquid cooling and RGB to do anything PC related. You don’t need to liquid cool your homelab. Period.
I like RGB, and I am not ashamed!
What cooling solution do datacenters use for water cooling?
They typically don’t. The servers are air cooled and the room is conditioned with a Liebert or similar HVAC system. Liquid cooling servers is not practical or warranted for most situations.
I don’t have a direct answer to your question, but expensive premixes aren’t really necessary outside of achieving a certain aesthetic.
Distilled water, biocide and corrosion inhibitors. Make sure your metals are all compatible.
There’s basically no reason ever to do water cooling on a home system unless you’re trying to do overclocking.
Air is cheaper, more reliable, and typically quieter because you don’t need pumps.
And air doesn’t leak all over your electronics. Well it does but it doesn’t short anything out.
Air also does not make things wet when it leaks.
