A draft of my FAQ entry on tubes:
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Q. What tubes and clamps should I use to make sure my setup doesn’t leak?
A. This is an often overlooked question. There are two main types of tubes that I am aware of for watercooling. The first is silicon tube which is sold by Danger Den. The second is vinyl tubing which is common in many applications and can be bought cheaply at your local hardware store.
Silicon is highly recommended for the connection to your waterblock. Vinyl doesn’t bend very much at all. Because of this more then one experienced watercoolers has killed his processor when the tube lifted the waterblock off the CPU die. OTOH silicon tends to kink easily, while vinyl does not.
Another consideration is the type of clamp used to seal connections. Silicon is best used with plastic clamps like those sold by Danger Den. Vinyl works well with metal screw-tight type clamps (my name for them, OK?). The two cannot be interchanged, as I learned the hard way. A metal clamp will cut silicon tube up like Swiss cheese, leaking water when it does so. A plastic clamp will not have enough tension to seal vinyl, leaking water gradually out of your system. Both work fairly well with their own respective tube types, but metal clamps seem better and are easier to fasten (IMO anyway).
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Anyway you know way more then I do about this so I don't mind hearing if you disagree with anything.