[Build Log] Back To Water!

.:SAmSuNG:. · 26 Jun 2015 at 15:47

Loop layout thoughts?

Which one do you think is best?

I personally think blue is best as the gpu fittings are not directly above the cpu fittings as don't want any tubing that is not running either vertical or horizontal.

Maverick2332 · 26 Jun 2015 at 16:16

Those lines are fantastic, i like the blue route better.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 26 Jun 2015 at 16:26

Lol that was my best attempt on my phone.

Bryan Kortez · 26 Jun 2015 at 16:56

Hopefully your acrylic bending skills are better than your phone drawing skills

.:SAmSuNG:. · 26 Jun 2015 at 17:02

Me too lol. Gonna be expensive ordering more from USA if I run out. So blue or green?

NMBlack · 26 Jun 2015 at 18:04

Green looks neater, but I suspect blue will be easier to fold and fit.

Milky1 · 29 Jun 2015 at 20:47

I vote green, great work so far.

ED209 · 29 Jun 2015 at 21:35

green vote here as well

Keechy · 30 Jun 2015 at 14:36

geat work and green is my vote

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Jul 2015 at 07:42

Will update later but for now a teaser.

Luggs · 2 Jul 2015 at 08:41

So which option won out? Blue or Green? I'm guessing Blue won from the shape of the pipe bending above

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Jul 2015 at 09:13

Well I did the loop then really wasn't happy with the quality of the bends or the layout so after lots of time just looking at it I re bent each tube in turn in a bit of a mix of the both which I'm now happy with.

I personally wouldn't recommend hardline for someone's first time building a loop as it just adds expensive and difficulty to the process. I found it was harder to do a good job with than I was expecting even after I've had lots of water-cooled builds before.

The lower chamber is still a work in process as there is next to no room but I should get there in the end.

The Eagle eyed among you may have noticed the ek sli block as I've got another 780ti in the post for some sli goodness.

TechMinerUK · 2 Jul 2015 at 09:19

The build is looking fantastic

. Just wondering what method you used to bend the tubes, a bending kit or just by eye with a DIY mandrel?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Jul 2015 at 11:17

Used the monsoon kit which has its limitations when bends are close together which was one of the problems the first time I bent the loop. I arranged the loop differently to space the bends out.

Vinno · 2 Jul 2015 at 14:04

Love the look of this so far.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:06

As promised a few pics of finalised hardline side of build.

What's people's thoughts on the loop? I tried to use all of the space so it didn't look too cramped or bare in places.

Keechy · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:27

its great love it bits

FL630 · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:09

Love that GPU to CPU bend! Looking forward to see some colour flowing through it

BriT · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:17

Looking good. how easy is hard tubing?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:31

Keechy said:
its great love it bits

Thanks.

FL630 said:
Love that GPU to CPU bend! Looking forward to see some colour flowing through it

Same mate. That bend worked out looking better than expected.

BriT said:
Looking good. how easy is hard tubing?

I wouldn't call it easy at all. If you wanted to use fittings for all the changes of direction then that would be easy but it's super expensive and looks worse Imo. I'm glad I ordered extra tubing for making mistakes. Takes abit if planning and lots of trial and error. A bending kit helps but really not that important.