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6/28/12 at 9:11am

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The deep red on white looked pretty sharp, IMO.

The copper with white give it an industrial feel to it, in a weird way that I think is industrial. If anyone else feels the same, I'm not alone!

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6/28/12 at 9:12am

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I like the Deep Red with the white tubing best. I also like the Carbon Black fttings with Red Tubing. I am not fan of the black tubing in your build. Since your case is red, I think the white tubing would look best.

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6/28/12 at 9:59am

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You know, I find this thread is very pleasant to read not only because the build is badass, but also because the photos are really great. It feels like I can touch those radiators.

This said, I still vote for carbon black.

I am not sure whether I would pair it with white or red tubing. I mean, the white tubing looks best in my opinion, but there is the risk the it becomes too much considering that the case interior is also white. I really think we will need some more pictures with tubing and rad inside the case as a comparison. (yes, I am trying to get more pictures, but it's your fault that you are so good with it)

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6/28/12 at 11:24am

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I think the copper is the sharpest. Especially if you are going to have some other copper items inside the case. I think you risk the color scheme getting to ho-hum unless you throw in something sparkly.

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And my second choice would be the red. Don't see these in a lot of builds. Like it.

White tubing looks best in every one of these pictures, and will look especially good in the main compartment against the motherboard. But I think you should consider the red tubing in the lower compartment or in the upper section, where you will have mainly white background.

Loving this build!

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6/28/12 at 1:30pm

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Are the alphacool copper fittings coated so they won't tarnish over time?

I was thinking instead of just picking one set of tubes/fittings colors, you could regionalize them. For example, you could use the translucent red tubing up against the motherboard water blocks and the muted white or black for long runs to radiators and such.

I'd say the red fittings look best with the white tubes, copper with red tubes, and either copper or carbon black with black tubes.

I'm surprised you didn't include gold fittings with your samples, but I guess if you will have copper exposed on water blocks, that wouldn't make sense.

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6/28/12 at 3:34pm

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I'd still go with the red fittings and white tube. No one else has them.

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6/28/12 at 3:46pm

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Deep Red / white tubing

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Copper / white tubing.

I am a bit of a sucker for exposed copper, Not sure how it will look when everything is in though.

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6/28/12 at 3:50pm

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I say black fitting and red tube. The red tubes will ballence out the all white inside and the all red outside. Imo red on white is better than white on white.

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6/28/12 at 5:38pm

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I say white tubing with red fittings.

Too bad no one makes crimson colored tubing. Would be cool if you could alternate between crimson and white tubing with crimson and white fittings.

That would look bad ass!

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6/28/12 at 7:25pm

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I just spent a ton of time catching up on this awesome thread and still cannot get past the color scheme (iowa fan so I have to dislike Oklahoma for a year

). But damn this thing just rocks.... I would vote red fittings with black tubing because white tubing on white inside of ur case would be too much. Thankfully really cannot go wrong. Keep the pics coming. :-)

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