5 years into using weak/diluted windshield fluid…

TLDR: don’t buy aftermarket coolant, save yourself the money and any future headaches

Once a year I retrieve my desktop from behind the TV to inspect and top up with coolant as and when necessary and as you can see 5 years on the choice to switch to a non PC aftermarket coolant turned out to be one of the best and wisest decisions I’ve made

The build was originally made by a ‘recognised custom PC build company in the UK’ - can’t speak much for the handiwork - and when I ripped out the 2080Ti and replaced with 3080Ti in 2021 I was shocked at how the aftermarket white coloured coolant had ruined the acrylic piping and gunked up the fins inside both CPU/GPU blocks, safe to say it wasn’t cooling as efficiently as most channels were blocked

I replaced with 3 bits of new pipe from GPU to CPU and to the first radiator in the system, after 5 years the piping is still as transparent as it ever was and the other piping hasn’t worsened but is still carrying the scars from the aftermarket coolant shown by their opaque appearance

I’m certain it’s going to keep going until the pump gives up, but until then stay away from aftermarket coolant, they call it ‘money for old rope’ in the industry