Summary
First of all we hope you found our ECX “review” informative and have reached this point more informed about coolant in general than when you arrived. If you skimmed past the the first two pages without reading the text we urge you to have a read as we think we have provided some useful and important information about PC coolants that is not just specific to the ECX Concentrate that we have been focusing on.
XSPC’s ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant has all the right things we look for in a coolant for our custom loops: corrosion protection, biological growth protection, good color range and it uses a Propylene Glycol as the performance additive.
The available color options are excellent. Although we did not have samples of Orange UV or Purple UV we were impressed with all 7 of the samples we did have. Green UV under white lights was not very attractive, which was a trade off because it had the best UV reaction under UV lighting.
It is not the cheapest available coolant concentrate, but still represents very good value for money, particularly if you do your ordering online. The reduced weight and bulk of the 100ml ECX concentrate bottles will considerably reduce the shipping cost when ordering as opposed to 1lt pre-mixed coolants. We know that distilled water is not easily available in all locations and can be expensive in some areas, so we advise to check availability and pricing of distilled water in you location before making a purchase decision.
To round things up we mentioned at the very beginning we needed to perform a service and coolant change on one of our systems. The old coolant had an Ethylene Glycol additive, so so we were happy to change over to the safer, more environmentally friendly ECX which has Propylene Glycol as it’s “performance” additive. The old coolant can be seen on the Blue UV page. The system now looks refreshed and while not using UV lighting, the ECX Blue UV coolant looks great in the acrylic tubes of the loop.
Where to Buy
Performance PCs: $11.99 USD + Shipping from US
Note: Orange and Purple are not currently stocked by PPCs but are available from the XSPC Shop (links below):
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Black 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Blood Red 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Clear 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Clear UV 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant UV Blue 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant UV Green 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant White 100ml
XSPC Shop: £7.49 ex VAT + Shipping from UK
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Black 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Blood Red 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Clear 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Clear UV 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Orange 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant Purple100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant UV Blue 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant UV Green 100ml
XSPC ECX Ultra Concentrate Coolant White 100ml
Outstanding! I checked this out to see how the XSPC coolant looked and see what you folks thought about it in general. As always, ER delivered an article with amazing detail covering things I didn’t think about!
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