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Petg is cheaper while being almost the same so go for that.

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Hello,

i'm planning to build an hard line water coolded pc. But i dont know  which type of tubing choose.

 

Can you help me ?

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PETG, it's stronger 

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Petg is cheaper while being almost the same so go for that.

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petg also doesnt shatter when you hit it with a hammer, in case your game of battlefield doesnt go as intended :P

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ho, thank you. but i've got no hammer on my desk...

 

...I've got an AXE! :D

 

 

 

 

 

(i'm joking...)

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More than anything that was said before here. PETG flexes more which means your bends can be less precise, and PETG also is MUCH MUCH easier to bend without damaging.

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I've been using Petg about a year now and it's great imo. Leagues easier to work with than acrylic.  Only issues with Petg are you have to avoid glycol based coolants (like mayhem's XT-1), and it softens at a lower temperature than acrylic so make sure that pump keeps running!

 

I'd make sure you've got an rpm sensor hooked up from the pump to mobo with some sort of warning and ideally you'd have a water temp probe as well but it's not necessary. 

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