Splicing together lines on an AIO?

[CXTKRS1]

So I played myself when I performed my first build and I did not stop to think if the head of my AIO (DeepCool Captain 360ex) would actually fit though the rubber cable grommets inside my case. So for the past several months I have had to leave my bottom panel off and now I'm looking to remedy that situation. I'm not sure how to remove the connections from the head of the pump as they seem glued in so I figure just a cut and spice job would be best. I have some double ended barb fittings and brass unions that would work but I'm wondering how that would affect the flow of coolant. Other than using those barb fittings and unions what could I use to splice these lines back together?

 

Thanks

[SpookyCitrus]

NO don't do that, usually the aio is mounted in the same compartment as the cpu and motherboard, there should be no need to run anything other than the power connector into another area of the case. What case do you have?

[CXTKRS1]

ThermalTake Tower 900, when I saw the case I thought wow look at this tank with all these five star reviews and I bet if buy it I'll never have to worry about upgrading my case ever again. Well outside of open loop builds this thing is not really friendly to anything else. The lines on most AIO's are either not long enough or in my case the pump head is to big. This was a rookie mistake and I'm not gonna lie I might just toss the case and replace it. 

[W-L]

2 hours ago, CXTKRS1 said:

So I played myself when I performed my first build and I did not stop to think if the head of my AIO (DeepCool Captain 360ex) would actually fit though the rubber cable grommets inside my case. So for the past several months I have had to leave my bottom panel off and now I'm looking to remedy that situation. I'm not sure how to remove the connections from the head of the pump as they seem glued in so I figure just a cut and spice job would be best. I have some double ended barb fittings and brass unions that would work but I'm wondering how that would affect the flow of coolant. Other than using those barb fittings and unions what could I use to splice these lines back together?

 

Thanks

You can use barbs to splice them together if you need but it's not recommended to open an AIO. You would be better off looking for an expandable AIO system if you want custom length tubing.