pipe size

jayz395 · 4 May 2015 at 17:58

hi, im building my first water cooled pc, what size tubing does people normally use?

my build so far is:-

1x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £329.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £229.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4U26661504G-4CIR) - Red Light £199.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo primo
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95

thankyou jay

dfour · 4 May 2015 at 18:05

Use which ever size you fancy as temps are almost the same which ever pipe size you use.

I run 13mm/16mm (inner/outer diameter) as its more flexible than 13/19 but it does sometimes mean I need to run anti_kink coils like these:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-366-BP&groupid=962&catid=1530&subcat=2156

jayz395 · 5 May 2015 at 07:59

think id rather run the 3mm tubing,

dfour · 5 May 2015 at 16:05

like this one you mean??

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-097-PM&groupid=962&catid=1530&subcat=2579

Are you planning to use barbs or compression fittings on your tube?

You do know the X99 and ddr4 has little to no advantages over the z97 and ddr3 in 90% of games? Also unless your planning to go sli in the future a 600 W psu would do you much better than the 1kw one?

Deleted member 66701 · 5 May 2015 at 16:15

Are you planning to use bards or compression fittings on your tube?

What - like Shakespeare?

dfour said:
You do know the X99 and ddr4 has little to no advantages over the z97 and ddr3 in 90% of games? Also unless your planning to go sli in the future a 600 W psu would do you much better than the 1kw one?

You do know this is overclockers.co.uk - not valuegaming.co.uk?

dfour · 5 May 2015 at 16:38

yeah thanks for that lol

jayz395 · 5 May 2015 at 18:43

the majority of the time it will be editing photos, prob use compression fittings.

Ive read that you should use uncolourd water and coloured pipe not the other way round, does this make any difference?

dfour · 5 May 2015 at 18:57

yes less chance of gunk build up in the pipes and it water doesnt stain the blocks and therefore reduce resale value. I learned this the hard way.

Editing photos will easily be done on a i5 or i7. IMHO doesnt need a x99 rig but its your money in the end.

jayz395 · 5 May 2015 at 19:33

wanted to build the best i can for the money, plus the better i build it the longer before it is outdated

dfour · 6 May 2015 at 16:58

still think dumping the x99 and getting a i7/z97 with a 980 instead of a 970 would be a better bet.

savagesam117 · 6 May 2015 at 17:04

dfour said:
still think dumping the x99 and getting a i7/z97 with a 980 instead of a 970 would be a better bet.

Why wouldn't you want an X99 build!? Admittedly i wouldn't put a 970 into it but.. Personally i'd buy an AIO and stick a Titan X/980 in there with the money saved.

But on topic, I'm using 16/11 In my first loop. As recommended by someone ages ago.

Deathjester · 6 May 2015 at 17:13

I've always used 10ID / 13OD with no issues at all, however I'm using 10ID / 12 OD Acrylic now.

jayz395 · 10 May 2015 at 08:39

ive gone with 1/2 internal tubing in the end,

pipe size

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