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Work in progress New Build - "Luvafair"

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WOOT! While I am waiting (for the last 2 glass pipes to arrive), I have been doing some wiring, cleaning, and also quick POST tests (as mentioned earlier) just to make sure stuff is all working. And while I was able to get the MOBO / CPU to confirm that it worked pretty easily (I was able to connect the small monitoring screen to the HDMI input on the MOBO, I thought that would work for the GPU as well.
So it turns out it doesn't - at least not for my card. The GPU will only output POST data on the DP ports, which after panicking, taking out all the PSU wiring, bypassing the integrated power board, etc. (all to no avail) and then thinking, hey maybe this only works through the DP port. Plugged it all back in, ran a DP cable to my main monitor, and BAM!!! Looks like everything is a go - CPU, GPU, NVMEs (wasn't too worried about those) and the memory all appear as they should.

Now - just need those last tubes!!!!!!

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And then lastly, the case is theoretically designed to reduce the amount of tubes needed - I managed to reduce it even further by flipping the top rad on its end - usually it goes mobo block out, top rad in, top rad out to case - instead I went mobo out to case, and then with a few extra fittings, managed to make the connections between the two rads and the case. Will send full pictures later when the glass versions of the tubes arrive, but for now, this is all I need:

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Glass version of tubes? How and where are you getting this done?
 
Curious why you decided to go with glass? I played with it back in 2012 and found glass to be more nuisance than its worth. Plus acrylic basically looks the same when filled 😅
 
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So (to answer both @clshades and @Jokester
While yes, acrylic looks pretty much the same (when filled) I realize that I am OCD / borderline on the spectrum and I often catch myself looking at my current tubes (now noting that they are PETG and while I think that's almost as clear as acrylic gets, or maybe its the same) I still obsess / go crazy over slight imperfections.

When I did glass the first time (this was my second build - on the up side they were all straight runs so they were easy to get made, but on the downside, I was using 10mm OD tubes, meaning the glass wall thickness was like 1mm and super fragile. Broke a bunch as part of the install but also was smart and ordered 3 sets of each tube.

For this build, using the 16mm OD I have 2mm thick walls so they are really sturdy, and honestly, they look pretty great. Now granted, I have a couple of odd runs that I have had to be very creative on getting them in place (there are 2 challenging pieces, one of them is in, just waiting on the other one to get made and I will shoe-horn it in.

All in all, yea I probably don't need to go this far, but heck, this is such a pretty (and expensive f'n case) that I better pull out all the stops.

Now - where I am getting the glass - there is a company out in Surrey, BC called Cansci Glass (they also were the folks that did my first set of tubes) - from a post higher up you can see the amount of tubing I needed, and they charged me ~$300 total (I ordered 3 sets of each piece just in case of breakage). Turns out this stuff is really strong (borosilicate glass) so I actually didn't need any spares so I could've probably got it all done for about $100. And while I was quite happy with the results, they messed up 2 of the tubes (which they should've caught immediately before they shipped them to me), meaning I have had to wait almost 3 weeks to get those 2 replaced (due to them shutting down over the holidays).

Again, probably a bit of an overkill here, but god damn this is really starting to come together. And I know for me, its these little extra touches that are going to go a long way to making me happy with the work I put in (and hopefully people may even see the difference glass makes, but probably not :p)!
 
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Not sure if this will turn out as an effective example to compare PETG tubes that I make, vs the pros using the glass. And noting that I am at an intermediate level (I think) for tube bending, but they still aren't that great. I can see distortions on my bends, even though I am using the matching inside rubber tubes, and also for PETG (I think Acrylic is a bit harder meaning it doesn't scratch as easy), you have to be very careful with it as it surface scratches really easy.

The top piece is the glass version - the pros do a much better job (then me) at the bends, and with the glass its easier to get a perfectly smooth end (so no need to worry about micro bits of PETG coming loose and getting into the loop. And while you can't really see it well here, the glass has no scratches/scuffs on it.

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bjcsoln said:
Not sure if this will turn out as an effective example to compare PETG tubes that I make, vs the pros using the glass. And noting that I am at an intermediate level (I think) for tube bending, but they still aren't that great. I can see distortions on my bends, even though I am using the matching inside rubber tubes, and also for PETG (I think Acrylic is a bit harder meaning it doesn't scratch as easy), you have to be very careful with it as it surface scratches really easy.

The top piece is the glass version - the pros do a much better job (then me) at the bends, and with the glass its easier to get a perfectly smooth end (so no need to worry about micro bits of PETG coming loose and getting into the loop. And while you can't really see it well here, the glass has no scratches/scuffs on it.

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I can "clearly" see the difference. Pun intended. Flow rates through glass are better for sure. It's what we use in labs for plumbing and stupid expensive. SO expensive they refuse to teach hands-on in the trades schools.
 
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clshades said:
I can "clearly" see the difference. Pun intended. Flow rates through glass are better for sure. It's what we use in labs for plumbing and stupid expensive. SO expensive they refuse to teach hands-on in the trades schools.
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Why would flow rates be better in glass? Is it because (theoretically, the inside of the tube is smoother meaning less to snag / slow down the water particles?
 
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