Which is the best?

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Hi guys,

 

Can you please tell me which are the best water cooling fittings on the market?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

@Den-Fi

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Abdullah Bhutta said:

Any help would be appreciated.

 

@Fasauceome

as if I know that much about water cooling fittings...

 

unfortunately my water cooling knowledge is basic and I really just go with big name stuff like EK

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/fittings

[narrdarr]

Bitspower 

 

If you need something cheaper and sold check out Barrow.

[Abdullah Bhutta]

1 hour ago, narrdarr said:

Bitspower 

 

If you need something cheaper and sold check out Barrow.

Is Bitspower the best of the best and i am no looking at money only performance????

[Guest]

Aesthetics play a big role. I am quite fond of EK Torque fittings. Outside of that, you really just need the right fittings for the build. You have to consider what size tubing you want to use and whether it's rigid or soft. Also the size of the build. You're not using Torque fittings if you have tight space runs. So at the end of the day, more info is needed.

[Abdullah Bhutta]

1 minute ago, Den-Fi said:

Aesthetics play a big role. I am quite fond of EK Torque fittings. Outside of that, you really just need the right fittings for the build. You have to consider what size tubing you want to use and whether it's rigid or soft. Also the size of the build. You're not using Torque fittings if you have tight space runs. So at the end of the day, more info is needed.

will use Hard line water tubing. and 12 mm(1/2in) standard

Lots of room available in the case Corsair 1000D.

So what's the recommendation now?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

will use Hard line water tubing. and 12 mm(1/2in) standard

Lots of room available in the case Corsair 1000D.

So what's the recommendation now?

EK Torque or Corsair fittings.

Corsair fittings are just Bitspower fitting without the hideous tribal tattoo design.

Remember, these are just recommendations based on my personal preference.

 

Also keep in mind that you'll want to get more fittings than you think you'll need.

 

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Just now, Den-Fi said:

Also keep in mind that you'll want to get more fittings than you think you'll need.

i know.

Just now, Den-Fi said:

Corsair fittings are just Bitspower fitting

So, are they the same with tattoo and the other with no tattoo?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

So, are they the same with tattoo and the other with no tattoo?

Correct. Corsair's are clean with no gaudy designs.

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Just now, Den-Fi said:

Correct. Corsair's are clean with no gaudy designs.

so what should i go with?

Corsair or Bitspower or EK in terms of build quality and performance????

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

so what should i go with?

Corsair or Bitspower or EK in terms of build quality and performance????

Go with the one you think looks better for your build.

They are on the same playing field when it comes to build and performance.

[Abdullah Bhutta]

2 hours ago, Den-Fi said:

Go with the one you think looks better for your build.

They are on the same playing field when it comes to build and performance.

So what's about tubing?

Should I go with:-

1. Acrylic

2. PETG

3. Nickel Plated tubing

Not thinking about the difficulty and price or aesthetics only PERFORMANCE like no build up or corrosion or something like these problems

[narrdarr]

1 minute ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

So what's about tubing?

Should I go with:-

1. Acrylic

2. PETG

3. Nickel Plated tubing

Not thinking about the difficulty and price or aesthetics only PERFORMANCE like no build up or corrosion or something like these problems

It all aesthetics

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Just now, narrdarr said:

It all aesthetics

You are saying that there are no cons for any of the mentioned tubing when paired with this Primo chill True Fluid???

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

So what's about tubing?

Should I go with:-

1. Acrylic

2. PETG

3. Nickel Plated tubing

Not thinking about the difficulty and price or aesthetics only PERFORMANCE like no build up or corrosion or something like these problems

PETG would be my preference among those. There’s no substitute for loop maintenance. The loop will perform within margins of error with any of these. It’s up to you how well that is, not necessarily the tubing. 
 

Tubing is heavily, heavily preference based. 

[narrdarr]

Just now, narrdarr said:

It all aesthetics

Well technically soft tubing is best performance as you can have less right angles which need less power from the pump

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Just now, narrdarr said:

Well technically soft tubing is best performance as you can have less right angles which need less power from the pump

I am going hard tubing not soft by the way

So what would you recommend?

[Abdullah Bhutta]

2 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

PETG would be my preference among those. There’s no substitute for loop maintenance. The loop will performance within margins of error with any of these. It’s up to you how well that is, not necessarily the tubing. 
 

Tubing is heavily, heavily preference based. 

 

Just now, Abdullah Bhutta said:

I am going hard tubing not soft by the way

So what would you recommend?

I was to be going with Nickel as soon as i saw the Video.

I'm a bad PC dad... - YouTube

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Abdullah Bhutta said:

 

I was to be going with Nickel as soon as i saw the Video.

I'm a bad PC dad... - YouTube

Never done a nickel build. Far too time consuming for my tastes. 

[Abdullah Bhutta]

Just now, Den-Fi said:

Never done a nickel build. Far too time consuming for my tastes. 

So what have done in tubing before?