Thank you for the compliment SKULL!

Thanks Jake for the positive comments. I love the Vue. My first fill lasted a good year, the second only about 6-8 months before it got sludgy. I am now on a 3rd batch and 8 months in looks good. I have not had any concerns about build up in the water blocks for any of the batches, only changing them because of aesthetics (build up of sludge in the reservoirs). I regularly watch my fluid temps and at worst (when my son plays for hours on video-card heavy graphic games) temps never get above 63-65 deg C (CPU heavy tasks similar). I regularly get gasps of awe from guests when I fire up the system. Nevertheless, it does require yearly upkeep ( it takes me a weekend to drain, clean and refill the system). Hope that helps if you're considering trying Vue.

@@007triman Thanks for the reply. I've heard a lot of horror stories, but definitely tempted to give it a go. I suspect the glass tubing maybe part of your success. If you don't mind me asking, I have two questions: Did you do any special preparation to your loop before loading the coolant (such as a primer or blitz)? Do you leave your machine on all day or use sleep mode or shutdown when it's not in use?

@@McGuirk808 No problem Jake. I used the PrimoPrep that comes with each bottle of Vue - check the website, but I think you need to drain and rinse out your previous fluid (possibly requiring their System Reboot fluid), then use Primoprep for 72 hours, drain and rinse with distilled water then replace with Vue. I shut down my system when not in use - another factor besides the glass I use is that I generally don't have this computer on more than 2-3 hours per day. Good luck with whatever you choose - and I hope you post videos!

Sorry for the delay - the case does have its own RGB lights, but I'm not sure what the software is that runs it - there is a dial on the front panel you can rotate and press that alters the color and display pattern, but you can also control the case lights with certain motherboard software. I have an Aorus motherboard and I find the Aura Sync to be a hassle, so I just use whatever Phanteks software came with the case.

Beautiful thanks man and nice setup

A video is worth a thousand words. I did a follow up video on the Vue fluid here - check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3mVopqKp7yWfa8

I'm glad you were able to do it so economically. I have a link in the description to my pcpartpicker page where I list what I paid for the parts.

It's acrylic panel. To be specific, one layer of clear acrylic panel sandwiched by layers of white acrylic panel. The clear layer transmits the light from a LED strip around the perimeter, while the white layers diffuse the light. You can generally find acrylic panel at hardware stores or craft/art supply stores .

Oh my goodness - what a nice compliment!!! Thank you so much! I'm happy to have provided some inspiration. I will have to take a look at some of the systems you reference - they sound impressive.

I'm sure you're correct. I wanted to see how long I could push it. I thought what was still suspended in solution still looked good after 12 months, with deposits as you can see in the video.

Hey Yeeter Boy! Thanks for your comments and suggestion (I may indeed switch out the silver for blue fluid next coolant change). I'd love to see your build when it's done. I have a bit of envy you're going to put in that sweet new 3090 gpu - congrats!

@@007triman thanks, but i will need to be using a corsair obsidin 100d because there is no phanteks enthoo elite where i live :( but anyways i will show my rig when its done and you will be the first to see it

I did not see temps changing over the year. It was the visual build-up of deposits on the reservoir cylinders that was the first sign I needed to attend to the fluid. You ask an interesting question about frequency of cleaning - would doing it more often be less of a hassle? Maybe rinsing the system (draining the fluid, rinsing with distilled water, then running a detergent like "Reboot" for a couple of days, followed by more rinsing) would obviate the need to take out and scrub the water-blocks with a brush, but I feel the rinsing was the major pain (probably because of my loops not draining well), and taking off the water-blocks was not very difficult.

@@007triman On your next build I bet you will pay closer attention to leaving yourself a way to drain easily? I recommend switching to flexible tubing in the back of the case. This way you can install any number of ways to drain easier, and you have to cut less hard tubing. I've never done glass tubing but I think I will on my next build. The plastic hard tubing always looks plastic and isn't perfectly straight. That glass tubing is on point!

Thanks Gamers Moon! I appreciate the support.

Hey, thanks Evolution!

HI Joey - so it's been about 9 months now with this system water-cooled with Primochill Vue (Silver for the CPU loop, NV Green for the GPU). Visually, the CPU loop as far as I can see (I have not drained the system nor taken apart the water-blocks to closely look - maybe this summer then I'll post a video) looks as good as new. I can see more build up of sediment in the GPU reservoir, but not much. I've just run some benchmarks to test the cooling. For the CPU I used CPUID CPU-Z to stress the CPU - the i9-9900k running at 4.6GHz after got to 68 C max (this was about the same as last year). I used "Heaven" on Ultra settings x 30 minutes and the GPU only got to 45 C (before water-cooling this would be mid 60s C for the fan-cooled GPU). There has been no appreciable decline in benchmark scores nor appreciable increase in temps since this was built. I still absolutely love the look of Primochill Vue, and still get compliments on it. Have you finished building your rig yet? Still trying to decide on the fluid?

I still need the GPU but it was a Minor change of plans I upgraded to a new Z490 board with the new 10900K. But all in all everything is still in the packages brand new. But still I really do love the vue and I’ve done tons of research I hear bad and good things but mostly bad. I even done tons of research on UV dye’s but then decided I wasn’t too sure if I wanted UV lighting because I actually have some minor vision problems. So I’m actually kind of back-and-forth but I do have everything even the materials to do my custom cables I chose black white and riviera blue.

@@joeyh4590 Sounds like it will be amazing - looking forward to seeing it!

But when you are done, it is so satisfying. Enjoy the process - you only live once!

The case comes with an installed sliding side panel with 4 attached aluminum plates, each of which can be individually removed to add SSD brackets. I removed all 4 aluminum plates, removed the attached rubberized nuts and bolts that the SSD brackets would had attached to, covered the sliding panel with vinyl film to hide the holes, then drilled holes to mount my reservoirs. The case does come with a separate side radiator bracket that also could have been used, but I felt the installed sliding panel was stronger.

Thanks for your reply super stoked for the knowledge you passed to me. I have the same motherboard and CPU just waiting for all the components to get in. Awesome video thanks for your content. You rock bro!!!

@@joeyh4590 Hey, you're most welcome! I would love to see your finished build - leave a comment when you're done and how I can see it.

Most definitely!!! What I also want to know is that panel that’s cream opaque looking with the tubing going into that what is that as well??

@@joeyh4590 That's a light shelf made of 3 layers of acrylic: 2 layers of white 3mm acrylic sandwiching a clear 6mm layer of acrylic. The Enthoo Elite case has a middle shelf dividing the upper from lower compartments. I took out the removable aluminum plates and used cardboard to make an exact fitting template to mark the outlines on the acrylic layers, then cut each acrylic sheet to size. I've seen some people then glue the sheets together but I left mine unglued. I put a strip of LED's around the circumference, and used pass-through Bitspower fittings which connects the tubing on either side. This light shelf took multiple tries with repeated trips to the hardware store (Rona here in Canada) to buy replacement sheets of acrylic as I frequently fractured the panels as I tried various methods of cutting them to size (I think I had most success with a coping saw). If you're new to cutting acrylic, watch videos of how to do it, and buy spares. Good luck!

Hey Daniel - The GPU loop (Green) has been running 6 months, the CPU loop (Silver) x 4 months. As far as I can see, only minor spots in GPU water block heat fin channels. Nothing I can see in the glass tubing or glass reservoirs. Thermals have remained the same. I was concerned seeing the problems with some builds, but the fluid just looked so fabulous I gave it a shot, and if the thermals start to degrade, I'll probably drain and run SysPrep again, and if that doesn't clear it up, then drain, take apart the water blocks and scrub. But so far, so good. Hope that helps. James

@@007triman nice. if you can, post a fluid update after like.. 3 months to 6 months. alot of people are interested in this fluid but there are alot of horror stories that stop people. myself included. would love to hear it held up well. very nice build!

@@danieliglesias5633 Here is the link to my video about how the Primochill Vue held up after a year in the system. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3mVopqKp7yWfa8

Thank you, kind sir. Happy New Year!