Do any of you know any good (and cheap) ready made water cooling systems which has different colored tubing (red is what I'm looking at) that doesn't require any maintenance? If there isn't then is there a way to paint them that still makes them look like real tubing. Sorry if the last bit didn't make sense. Thanks in advance.
Custom coloured CPU water cooling tubes?
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Your best options would be to get a Swiftech H220/H220x/H320, or Cooler master Glacer 240L which is a swiftech H220 but has expandable capabilities to add more rads or water blocks, but this also gives the option to replace to stock tubing to something else. Of course while emptying the unit, then adding new tubes and then re filling. I got a H220X that i intend to change the tubes to white and eventually add another rad and gpu block.
I do not think that the major manufacturers of the closed loop coolers have the option of different tubing, other than the silverstone ones that use White instead of black. Mostly because all of these units are rebranded OEM parts made by one or two companies.
I do not think that the major manufacturers of the closed loop coolers have the option of different tubing, other than the silverstone ones that use White instead of black. Mostly because all of these units are rebranded OEM parts made by one or two companies.
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Have you consider using copper pipes and bending them yourself? Or carbon fibre like they use on custom radiator hoses in cars.
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Use red plastic dip coating and paint the hoses - so that it will remain flexible. If you were to spray paint the hoses its likely that it would chip off or peel
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# like you said but you could use carbon fibre sleeve "flexible tubing " then paint it with a epoxy resin suspension, in any colour! What do you think, it would cost you about £5 a metre for the carbon fibre sleeve then you would need some epoxy resin and some dye / color suspension i would recommmend, you can get powderd dye of any colour or even powered sterling silver.
http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/carbon-fibre-reinforcement/braid/carbon-fibre-braided-sleeve-20mm.aspx
This comes in different widths i dont know how wide your pipes are this one is £10 per metre, you get discounts the more you buy
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Just an FYI- that braided sleeving would need to be installed over the top of tubing, but you'd have to remove the tubing in order to do so, also voiding the warranty and draining the coolant.
You might wish to reconsider this option as it likely isn't going to be something you'll want to do. You'd be better off using something closer to a true water cooling solution and not a closed loop cooler if you want to customize that much on it.
You might wish to reconsider this option as it likely isn't going to be something you'll want to do. You'd be better off using something closer to a true water cooling solution and not a closed loop cooler if you want to customize that much on it.
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