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Originally posted by airspirit
Not quite, Jay. Hose can always collapse and cause system failure (it happened to me, I know). Tubing can slowly chafe on card or case edges. There are things that can go wrong: PVC is less disaster prone if constructed correctly than tubing, making it a proper answer to the question.
Oh, and make sure you goop your pump. I know someone who suffered a failure due to their gasket in their pump failing.
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I have yet to even come close to collapsing a hose, even with my HydroThurster 500 with 3/4" tubing. I have no clue how you could collapse it unless the pump was severly over powered. Not like he would be using a huge pump in side his case. Also tubing shouldn't be any where near anything it can rub on. Hell there should only be a few feet of hose inside a case. There shouldn't even be a long enough run to even consider hard pipe. The longest connection should be from the rad to the CPU block and that shouldn't be more than 8" if everthing is in the case as he plans it to be. Then from the CPU to NB is only an inch or two and from the NB to the GPU is only an inch or two and then from the GPU to the pump is only a few inches. Or if no NB or GPU block then it will be another +-8" back the the pump. But if that is a worry then use 1/8" thick hose. :shrug:
I wouldn't hesitate for a second using standard clear tubing though. Hasn't failed me yet and I use the cheap crap from the Depot.
But with that said I am about to put together a system inside my Antec SX830 case with my ASUS A7V8X-X with 3 all copper blocks that I made myself that will have copper connections soldered onto the tops and I plan on using Copper pipe for the longer runs. I plan on using about 1/2" long peices of tubing to make the main connections from the pipe to the blocks, rad and pump. Everything else will be Copper pipe with soldered connections. If I do it right it will be much easier to take apart and put back together and generally "cleaner" looking. If I do it right that is.
That is my turkey day weekend project. I like the idea of all copper piping and all copper blocks.
