sledgehammer1990

I have been working on what theme to use on my new build. At the moment I am saving up for the parts. It will be part Phase Change cooling for the CPU, and water cooling for the video card. The Tubing for phase change will be braided steel and I got to thinking when I saw the image below, how nice braided sleeving actually looks on tubing. My whole theme now is Aluminum and Stainless Steel. The coolant will only be distilled water with biocide.

My only issue is which type of sleeving to get. Braided metal will cost $84 for 5 feet, which I am up for. But then there is Braided Stainless steel which is cheaper but I cannot tell if it is full coverage. I don't want to see the tubing at all.

Any suggestions?

Sleeving from here

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CattleRustler

thats a really cool look
sorry I cant help with the braided stuff tho
theres a typo in your thread title in case you wanted to know

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CorporalAris

Wow... if you figure this out, I would love to know how. That looks amazing.

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Oscuro

I have the exact same idea, and I posted about it about half a year ago. Cheap and easy solution? The flexible braided hose they use for kitchen and bathroom plumbing. Uses NPT fittings, not barbs, and you can get then in almost any length you'd need (I'm sure you could get someone to make you custom lengths as well).

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0rion

wow, that pic looks absolutely amazing... my tubes are brownish, and cloudy white from use, it would be AWESOME to make them look like that. Only thing im hesitant about is the fill line, as I like to be able to see the water level. Still, awesome idea.

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sledgehammer1990

Not sure if your on the same topic, right thread, just not topic. What I was actually talking about is getting regular silver tubing and sleeving the tubing with metal braided sleeves.

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SmasherBasher

why not some sleeving just like you would use to sleeve PSU cables?
http://shop4.frys.com/product/377879...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

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Nostrano

That is a murderbox, the sleeving Charles uses is the same stuff as what he uses to sleeve cables, he just puts it around the standard tubing

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Manyak

That's the best thing to do. The only reason that any hoses (like in your car) are sleeved with a metal braid is so that they can withstand higher pressure, hence the higher price. You won't even be coming close to needing that sort of tension.

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sledgehammer1990

I know, but it would look cool. I don't really won't chrome, I actually want it to look metal and not chrome.

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