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Brass pipe

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Corporal79

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First of all let me say I am new to the forums but have been a reader of [H]ard for some time. Just been lurking, checking out peoples cases. It's nice to see how creative people can be. I on the other hand am not very creative. I work for an HVAC company as a dispatcher and am learning more and more everyday about cooling.

Here is my idea, my moment of creativity. I searched the forums but didn't find anything like this. First I know that it won't be very easy to disconnect and reconnect if the need ever arises. I'd like to use brass pipe instead of the flexible tubing. Slap some brasso or something on the pipe to make it shine and wallah a nice looking "industrial" setup. I haven't even picked out a pump or waterblock or anything. Just wanted to know if there might be a con to this other than not being able to disconnect it without a hassle. It would be a basic WC setup but with brass pipe instead of flex tube. All thoughts are welcome! Thanks in advance.
 
killer idea but all the werrrk!

You could even polish your pipe and have it blingin. It should work nicely and probably flow better than flex hose because you have no chance of any kinks. Cons would be as you say removing and reinstalling which is actually common for modders.
 
ronenvelarde said:
You could even polish your pipe.
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lol at that comment!
Brass piping does sound cool, but would be quite hard to do. If you do this, be sure to post pics! Also, metal pipes are more conductive than plastic, therfore you would end up with a bit more heat in your case. Probably nothing major though.
 
thanks for the replies

saturnine2 - I see you're near Bragg, I was stationed there while in the Army, gotta love fayettnam :D

I don't have a ton of fabricating skills but a journeyman at my company is going to help me out big time. I'm psyched. I'll get pics as soon as I can.
 
Maybe you could do a little research on what piping would be least conductive inside the case and then use higher (less insulated) conductive piping when it reaches where you are cooling the liquid or where heat can be managed better.
 
You will be ok as long as you keep the number of right angle bends to a minimum.
If you have a lot a 90' bends the you will probably at least double the flow resistance of the whole system.
This will cause the flow rate in the system to drop and the temps to rise.

Luck...... :D
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i've seen this done before with copper pipe. not too hard to do so long as you get your measurements right. don't forget that if you want to get creative, you can bend the pipe too and make arcs or U-turns if you need to. also, feel free to step up to large pipe where you have room and then use a reducer when you need to go small again. this will increase your water volume and the copper piping actually works as a radiator of sorts too, so you get additional heat disipation through the tubing. if you don't want that, then you're going to have to insulate the pipe somehow, which defeats the purpose of shining it up. my suggestion would be to use copper pipe and cut everything to fit. then sand down all the parts and polish them individually, then spray with clear coat to keep them from oxidizing again.
 
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