Hard or soft

[Wing-Man]

What's people using now days?
I'm building a NV5 system and really want to use hard but just dont want to blow £100 and then end up going soft when i cant get the bends right.
is soft tubing still a thing..

how hard is it to use hard tubing.

 

[Wing-Man]

I can never be arsed to go with hard tubing.

Love the technical nature of your reply lol

the reply was short, but that's what im thinking.

i know with 1m of soft i can have the system up and running in 30mins, but if i go hard and buy say 3m then i have to wait 3 days for more to come when i **** it up.
But yer i do really want to go hard tube

 

[Wing-Man]

I am on soft, much easier to do and cheap enough to buy the tubes

any chance of seeing your system

 

[Wing-Man]

The cost is not the problem. Fittings are the same and tubing is not much more.

I think I’m just going to go for it. I have a few runs I can do before I strip the system so I can practice on them

 

[Wing-Man]

I need to buy new fitting no matter what setup I go for.

 

[Wing-Man]

Did you decide acrylic or petg tubing?

I’ve been told petg is easier to work with so if I go hard line that’s what I would use

 

[Wing-Man]

Yeah apparently it's easier
Though more prone to deformation
If your coolant temp gets way to high
Though you can use inserts
Same idea as plastic pipe plumbing
And pushfits

yes i have seen them i already have a pack in my basket

 

[Wing-Man]

Good job
Surprisingly most people never heard of them

i cant see my loop temps getting anywhere near 40c but better safe than sorry

 

[Wing-Man]

Yeah the inserts are cheap any way
Think mine got to 35c during the summer
Though depends what components you use obviously
This time of year its sitting at 26c

Under long gaming load my 280mm aio liquid temps would go to 32c I’m now running dual 360’s. I’m hoping for silent.

Cou is only a 13500. But I am adding a 3080

 

[Wing-Man]

the 13500 is a 20 thread CPU but only 12 are power threads, in games at 1440p it hovers around 75w, the 3080 will be under volt'ed as much as i can without dropping core clock.

 

[Wing-Man]

Been very successful with the 3080ti
Set a curve and dropped power %
Think got it from 400w
Down to 280w

yer i have the same with a 3090.
but TBF i found upping the power % helped with performance. i did manage about 950mv on the core.

 

[Wing-Man]

managed to find a photo of my old system and soft tubing looked good in it but it was itx, and think in a much bigger case the hard tube will look better



So before i click buy is there anuthing wrong with this?
i have 4 runs to do and the longest is 300mm and if i get 4m of pipe that should do i, i mean come on how wrong and things go
My basket at OcUK:

• 4 x XSPC PETG Tubing 14/10mm 2x0.5m (Clear) (SKU: WC-337-XS) = £4.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD PETG Insert 10/12mm (10pcs) (SKU: WC-9SZ-EK) = £4.49
• 2 x Barrow 90 Degree Rotary Fitting - Black (SKU: WC-07P-BA) = £6.95
• 8 x Barrow 14mm Hardtube Fitting - Black (SKU: WC-0C9-BA) = £4.49
• 1 x Bitspower Touchaqua 30mm Extender Fitting - Black (2 PCS ) (SKU: WC-682-BP) = £4.99
• 1 x Bitspower Hard Tube Silicone Bending for ID 10mm for 12mm Tubing - 1M (SKU: WC-65R-BP) = £3.95

Total: £83.20 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Wing-Man]

Got a reamer/chamfer tool?
Heat gun?

yes i have this stuff already.

Drain valve?

thats a good idea normally i lay a system down and cut a pipe... this will not be an option anymore

 

[Wing-Man]

i used to just cut the longest run and blow in one side, but i totally get what your saying to do

 

[Wing-Man]

Believe my mind is not net made up haha. I’ve ordered a pack of tubing for a £5er just to see how bends go and if I can make a set shape.

But I do agree soft tube looks good it’s all I have ever used and always been happy, but if we just stuck with what we can comfortably with…. We would get nowhere

 

[Wing-Man]

I just got round to putting the rad and pump in.