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Rigid tubing

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XViper

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Is this tubing reliable? I've been using the regular tubing for a long time and I'm curious if rigid tubing is easier to work with now.
 
XViper said:
Is this tubing reliable? I've been using the regular tubing for a long time and I'm curious if rigid tubing is easier to work with now.
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In my experience you have to take your time heating/cooling and also your tubing into the compression fittings is absolutely straight.

You don't want any embedded stress in your tubing from trying to make a not quite right piece fit. You also want to make sure you keep it still while it cools or you create stresses within the structure itself.

As long as you do those vague things it seems pretty reliable. Takes a lot of time.
 
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It has always been reliable. The question of whether it is easier? Eh. It was always pretty hard. There are good tools to help you out now though, mandrel kits, ruler kits etc... It is a big time and money investment so it has to be something you really want. There really aren't any benefits to it other than aesthetics.
 
Or you go like I did 4 years ago and use soft copper tubing that is cheap, easy to work with and available at any home store for a tenth the cost of tygon. they even make (overpriced imho) g4 fittings now that work with it.
 
Rigid tubing is by NO MEANS easier. It is the final boss of water cooling.
 
KazeoHin said:
Rigid tubing is by NO MEANS easier. It is the final boss of water cooling.
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Best description I've heard yet, and pretty much sums up why I did it. Definitely a major PITA. There are, as I see it, 3 major benefits to rigid tubing: 1) Aesthetics (main one by far) 2: No plasticizer leeching 3: Making changes is such a pain that you won't be as inclined to impulse buy new parts.
 
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3: Making changes is such a pain that you won't be as inclined to impulse buy new parts.
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ROFL :D:p

I was looking at my rig the other day thinking, "some 980ti's would be a nice upgrade for my vanilla 780's" now that I have a 34" UW monitor. Then I remembered how much of a pain in the ass it will be for me to redo my water loop and thought "naw screw that, I'm good for another two years".
 
Activate: AMD said:
Best description I've heard yet, and pretty much sums up why I did it. Definitely a major PITA. There are, as I see it, 3 major benefits to rigid tubing: 1) Aesthetics (main one by far) 2: No plasticizer leeching 3: Making changes is such a pain that you won't be as inclined to impulse buy new parts.
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Only reason I even want to do it is because of #2.. #3 is hilarious .. and probably a good thing for me..
 
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