Fittings and tubing what goes with what? And where is the best place to buy in canada?

[RainColt]

First time custom loop and Im just looking at ordering rigid tubing and compression fittings but I want to make sure that what I order is going to be compatible. I need 5 normal fittings and 5 right angle fittings and I'm looking and some fittings say they are for soft tubing only, is this concrete or can they also be used with acrylic tubing? I'm figuring I should find the fittings I like then buy tubing that's compatible with them but where is the best place to buy them? I also don't want to end up spending too much like some places I'm looking a 90 degree fitting is 35$ and I need 5 of them. I don't really want to spend more than 10$ a piece.

[W-L]

1 minute ago, RainColt said:

First time custom loop and Im just looking at ordering rigid tubing and compression fittings but I want to make sure that what I order is going to be compatible. I need 5 normal fittings and 5 right angle fittings and I'm looking and some fittings say they are for soft tubing only, is this concrete or can they also be used with acrylic tubing? I'm figuring I should find the fittings I like then buy tubing that's compatible with them but where is the best place to buy them? I also don't want to end up spending too much like some places I'm looking a 90 degree fitting is 35$ and I need 5 of them. I don't really want to spend more than 10$ a piece.

For fittings you can get straight hardline compression fittings and then angled adapters as needed. The ones you have linked are one piece fittings, but in general watercooling fittings are going to expensive for good quality ones. 

 

What hardline fittings are you looking at exactly, the one you have there is designed only for hardline not soft tubing. 

 

 

Here's an example of both fittings and adapters including tubing:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hdc-fitting-16mm-g1-4-elox-black

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-af-angled-90-g1-4-black

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hd-petg-tube-12-16mm-500mm-2pcs

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hd-tube-12-16mm-500mm-2-pcs

 

[RainColt]

20 minutes ago, W-L said:

For fittings you can get straight hardline compression fittings and then angled adapters as needed. The ones you have linked are one piece fittings, but in general watercooling fittings are going to expensive for good quality ones. 

 

What hardline fittings are you looking at exactly, the one you have there is designed only for hardline not soft tubing. 

 

 

Here's an example of both fittings and adapters including tubing:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hdc-fitting-16mm-g1-4-elox-black

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-af-angled-90-g1-4-black

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hd-petg-tube-12-16mm-500mm-2pcs

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hd-tube-12-16mm-500mm-2-pcs

 

I googled "watercooling canada" I ended up on a website called DazMode which seems to be based out of Canada, and they have "Darkside" fittings for about 3$ a piece from my understanding they are just re-branded Barrow fittings. But I don't know if they're ok or not. I would prefer white fittings.

https://www.dazmode.com/store/shop/watercooling/hard-tube-90-degree-rotary-fitting-1012mm-white/

https://www.dazmode.com/store/shop/watercooling/fittings/hard-tube-fittings/12mm-od-ht-fittings/hard-tube-straight-fitting-1012mm-white/

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, RainColt said:

I googled "watercooling canada" I ended up on a website called DazMode which seems to be based out of Canada, and they have "Darkside" fittings for about 3$ a piece from my understanding they are just re-branded Barrow fittings. But I don't know if they're ok or not. I would prefer white fittings.

https://www.dazmode.com/store/shop/watercooling/hard-tube-90-degree-rotary-fitting-1012mm-white/

https://www.dazmode.com/store/shop/watercooling/fittings/hard-tube-fittings/12mm-od-ht-fittings/hard-tube-straight-fitting-1012mm-white/

They're pretty good I've personally used both EKWB and Barrow/Darkside fittings before from Dazmode, they're a good source for watercooling gear in Canada, not too many options these days other than shipping through the US. 

 

Main thing with fittings is maintenance and ensuring the seals are in good condition, if they are compressed or not as pliable they should be changed. 

[RainColt]

3 minutes ago, W-L said:

They're pretty good I've personally used both EKWB and Barrow/Darkside fittings before from Dazmode, they're a good source for watercooling gear in Canada, not too many options these days other than shipping through the US. 

 

Main thing with fittings is maintenance and ensuring the seals are in good condition, if they are compressed or not as pliable they should be changed. 

So these are probably fine but order quality o-rings just to be sure. Will do.

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, RainColt said:

So these are probably fine but order quality o-rings just to be sure. Will do.

Just remember to get the same sized OD tubing, either in PETG or acrylic. Note that for PETG based tubing it not recommended to use glycol based fluids as some can degrade the tubing.

 

 

To give you an idea this is 12mm vs 16mm OD.