Monsoon Hardline Kit

gary996 · 28 Nov 2013 at 07:19

Looks like a very comprehensive bit of kit. Would like to do solid pipe in my rig

The Only Beardy · 28 Nov 2013 at 12:32

can i ask if there are any benefits to hard piping?

colinmcr · 29 Nov 2013 at 15:35

The Only Beardy said:
can i ask if there are any benefits to hard piping?

I would say no, in fact there are probably more negatives than positives. Purely down to the fact you are gonna have to take a great deal of care measuring length and bending correct angles.

But done properly it does look great.

daveip · 29 Nov 2013 at 15:39

colinmcr said:
I would say no, in fact there are probably more negatives than positives.

I'd like to disagree with this point. Yes - it's more difficult to setup, but once it is setup, acrylic doesn't leech whereas vinyl tubing does. What does this mean? Less chance of gunking, less need for maintenance and coolant will "last" longer.

My next setup will most definitely be hardline acrylic and this kit from Monsoon would be AWESOME!!!

colinmcr · 29 Nov 2013 at 16:32

Good point there Dave, I'd like to do it one day also, it just looks insane if done well.

Hakanese · 29 Nov 2013 at 18:17

Looks like I have next year's project for when I come back to the UK.

hlennie · 30 Nov 2013 at 21:57

think I will give this a bash fittings are actually cheaper than I thought and found a good price on the tubing its self

does any one know how acrylic tubing reacts to boiling water? used to bend pvc conduit when I was an apprentice with hot water and a bending spring

Or is a heat gun the best way?

MikeTimbers · 1 Dec 2013 at 12:59

Only thing I don't like about solid pipe is that even the smallest change in the rig can require a full drain, disconnect, reconnect, refill, process. With soft pipe individual components can be removed quite easily.

Avenged7Fold · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:20

My acrylic pipe needs a heatgun. boiling water just isnt hot enough. tbh heatgun is easier because only aiming it at the bend will keep what you want to stay straight, perfectly staright.

I was surprised at how cheap fittings were, so i got a handful to integrate into my loop. main advantage is rhat its a bit more permanent than tubing due to no plasticizers. its also incredibly easy to.clean and re-use if it were to gt a bit of gunk build up.

Ragnahex · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:35

i plan to use hard pipes next time i do a small build as once you have worked the angles out it keeps things so tidy if you lack space....
Also want to try it in my big build but only because i want seperate loops with the tubing spiraling together

gatecrasherlok · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:59

I guess this is a great excuse for me to try acrylic tubing now.

CoolHotCold · 2 Dec 2013 at 10:32

http://imgur.com/a/GbRCm#1

It does look great, no doubt a lot of work and planning went into it

gary996 · 2 Dec 2013 at 18:01

Looks great. Love the solid tube

red eye · 4 Dec 2013 at 19:06

whats the OD on the tube?
I need some sort of straw inside my res, to stop it churning bubbles.

watercoolings addictive. should have planned ahead for water :rolleyes:

Ragnahex · 4 Dec 2013 at 22:35

i have finished my loops totally and i am doing no more........ 3 times in the past month. Now i want hard tubing

Bart_Hunt · 4 Dec 2013 at 23:39

I'll do mine in January, need to accumulate some cash... and courage

Avenged7Fold · 5 Dec 2013 at 00:49

I have given it a go but only between GPU, RAM, CPU and MOBO blocks, without bends aiming for a neat board. I did it to test out the different fittings and how i could handle the acrylic, before committing the whole rig. I want to use them with the 90 degree Monsoon angle fittings though, ones which have attachable light modules and whack some UV light through these crystal clear links. I want to also experiment about using silicon bending tube (for 10mm ID) for 12,16 tubing, i guess i can fill the fitting with sanded down silicon tubing and keep them watertight and use the smaller silicon tubing to get weird non uniform (straight) patterns but with a ID of at least 10mm, i am hoping to achieve some sort of crystal or glass effect or maybe a wavy pattern.

benji182 · 6 Dec 2013 at 07:50

Maybe a silly question but does this hard tubing fit in to normal compression fittings?

colinmcr · 6 Dec 2013 at 08:32

benji182 said:
Maybe a silly question but does this hard tubing fit in to normal compression fittings?

Monsoon will release a new range of barbs which will fit existing fittings, so it'll much cheaper to upgrade using your existing fittings.

It was in the last line of my OP in case you missed it.

benji182 · 7 Dec 2013 at 18:09

colinmcr said:
Monsoon will release a new range of barbs which will fit existing fittings, so it'll much cheaper to upgrade using your existing fittings.

It was in the last line of my OP in case you missed it.

Trust me to skip the last paragraph

Cheers

Edit: Does acrylic tubing come in 13-19mm (1\2" ID - 3\4" OD)? A quick google search is telling me not.

If I have 13-19mm monsoon fittings already would I need to buy a whole new set and then the inner barbs to use the acrylic tubing in my loop?