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Just got the Monsoon 16mm Mandrels so its bending time.

@Krowzer - I think the 12mm looks a touch weak in larger cases. Caselabs are very open with lots of room. I would recommend 16mm - I have some 16mm flex tubing in my system whilst I waited for parts and already it looks better as it's bulked up and fills the voids
 
Pgreenwo said:
Just got the Monsoon 16mm Mandrels so its bending time.

@Krowzer - I think the 12mm looks a touch weak in larger cases. Caselabs are very open with lots of room. I would recommend 16mm - I have some 16mm flex tubing in my system whilst I waited for parts and already it looks better as it's bulked up and fills the voids
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Yeah I think you may be right, which 16mm rigid tubing have you gone with?
 
No problem at all - The EK tubing has a slightly thicker wall and is way over priced vs Monsoon. Monsoon also arrives in a really well packed box. EK comes in a bag I had a few poor examples with cracks and scratches.
 
Epic build mate, very clean :)

One question what sizes did you cut the two peices of acrylic to make the psu cover/mid plate?
 
I will dig out the template I drew in illustrator if you like. I got coldzero to cut it as the aquaero 5 sits in it. I'm rebuilding today so I will get it when I load up.
 
scotsdragon said:
Can I ask why only one Graphics card on such and awesome build?
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I really have no need for 2. I had SLI 580's and 680's previously.
I use the machine for photoshop & Illustrator - Xplane and FSX wich have zero benefit from SLI.

casual gaming with BF4 etc which the system runs on ultra 1440p @60fps.
I really see no benefit if you have fluid and sustainable frame rates.

I prefer to get a new card every generation now as I constantly update my system so graphics demands are not an issue.
 
Understandable if you don't need it :) im going to be changing to hard line within the next fortnight I was going to go with monsoon hard lock.

I see earlier you said you didn't like monsoon as such is it just the looks or is it something wrong/up with the fittings?

Also a big thanks for pointing out how puny the 13 mm tubing looks, I have an 900d that's a descent size so I have now changed the tubing to 16mm in my basket snip :)
 
I'm not keen on how the monsoon fittings look to be honest. They are good quality though if you like the looks go for it.

The 12mm looked to small in my build because of the size of the case and 1 gpu etc. have a looks at the 900d in fantasticCGs white knight log. The thinner tube looks good in that as he has a lot of blocks and dual loop.
 
16mm tube & new blocks in. Need to fit the midplate and all peripheral cables.

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