Two questions about watercooling.

[xven]

I am looking to dable into watercooling on my own my first pc, i was thinking of going with soft tubes as i need to get access to my drive or replace a part without having to totally undo the loop. My question is does anyone have any tricks to make soft tubes look as clean as possible ?

 

I am looking to use the lian li 011 dynamic xl as a case with but i am trying to see if it would look great to do 2 distro plates. 

 

1- https://www.ekwb.com/news/o11d-distro-plate-g1-the-result-of-perfect-collaboration-with-lian-li/ 

2- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VS4K2T7/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ggf0c-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07VS4K2T7&linkId=0b915d519a8072dbcade2e149c795a2a

 

I also have no clue if the phantek distro plate would fit in it.

[LOLZR]

Don't know for sure as I've never seen it, but that phanteks distro plate is for a 140mm fan, and the O11-D XL only has a 140mm fan at the back.

 

Why do you want 2 distro plates in the first place? I love distro plates, but still would only use 1 in a build if i could afford even 1 :P.

[xven]

just trying to see what look i could pull off ... and the phantek distroblock goes in the back i will link you a video were they used one.

 

 

so i would have a distroplate in the back and the other one would go on the back of the case if you know what i mean.

[Mick Naughty]

The trick to soft tubing is to have a decent flow or be minimalistic. 
I’ll be making my own traditional distro plate that just a used a pass through like normal. Not sure I’d want one for soft tubing. It getting it now could help you plan it for later. 
 

 

Got a 140mm res the other day which is the last part I was waiting on before trying hardline myself.  
Watching a lot of YouTube builds and staring at your rig for along time will help with making it neat with soft tube. Just don’t rush and you’ll be happy with it for a period. 

[Tonberry]

14 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

and staring at your rig for along time

This.. I've been in this phase myself, stared at my rig interior pics for a long time and repeatedly in my workplace imagining how I will do my loop when I get my time off.

 

My colleague who saw me did that thought that I'm a crazy obsessed computer nerd