I’ve been using Fluid XP+ Nano-Fluid Alien Green UV liquid coolant in a custom liquid cooling system for a while now and I’m quite happy from its performance, especially being one of the most expensive and claimed to be top performing liquid coolant at the moment. This special liquid uses nano-technology to stop ions from attaching themselves to the coolant, creating a molecular barrier around the coolant. Unlike other coolants which contain harmful substances like ethylene glycol, which have salts that corrode and become conductive, Nano-Fluid is all Eco based with non-ionic corrosive inhibitors, which contain no salts and no corrosive properties and this is one of the most important advantages that made me choose that coolant…

However after a few weeks of use I’ve noticed that the liquid flow inside the water cooling system has been reduced significantly and there seems to be no any apparent problem to cause that as everything seemed to work just fine. After disassembling the water cooling block on the CPU which is the most restrictive part of the water cooling system I was surprised to see the above thing showing how the liquid coolant has actually blocked the thin channels of the water block. The most likely culprit to cause that is the green coloring being used, however I did not expect so acclaimed cooling liquid to have such a serious drawback. If I’m right and the problem is with the green “paint” then probably the best choice would be to go to the clear Fluid XP+ Nano-Fluid as there should be no coloring solution of any kind added, so be careful if you are considering to use that solution!

Buying a product with an unknown Chinese brand can sometimes bring you an unwanted surprise and not to mention some additional headaches or even serious problems. A fresh example I had was with such product was an ExpressCard reader for Compact Flash cards that I picked up because of the very attractive price it had. Of course the product worked without any problems, or at least most of the time, there were just a few times that my laptop froze when inserting the reader. So I decided to open it up and see if there is any problem with it that might be causing the freezes and imagine my surprise when I’ve found the piece of solder on the picture above freely moving inside the case of the reader. I was quite happy that it did not do any serious damage to my laptop besides the few times it froze up the PC without any permanent damage. But if I was not lucky enough it could’ve shorted something important and could result in my laptop being seriously damaged, so next time when buying some item like that I’ll have this in mind…

ATI/AMD sometimes is making some good moves, but they often seem to be done in half, for example the latest one – producing a limited edition of 6500 plastic figures of Agent Ruby Revenge. Good idea to make the fans happy, or at least at first sight, but then again when you take a closer look at the Rubi figure you can easily see that the result from this move might be just the opposite. Who in his right mind has designed the plastic figure, it has nothing to do even with Ruby’s picture on the box, the face of the figure is awfully designed and the colors of hair etc do not match a lot. You can even say that the Ruby figure looks more like a transvestite than a hot and sexy girl as it should’ve been, but that seems not to bother ATI a lot… the marketing guys are probably thinking that the figure is a big hit.