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spwath
By spwath
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Should i go hard of soft copper for my first WC build?
Hard looks better, but is harder to do.

Soft still looks good, not as good, but is easier, i think.

 

WHat do you think?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Dat title doe.

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Dat title doe.

hey, its gets peoples attention.

My build log is "The Penetrator" as it uses silverstone air penetrators. Soon the be "The Penetrator gets Wet" when i water cool.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I would just go soft tubing IMO since it's your first build. I would wait till your 2nd at least until you get into hard tubing, that's what I'm doing. Best to have some previous experience planning out loops and putting them together before trying to make all those precise measurements.

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I would just go soft tubing IMO since it's your first build. I would wait till your 2nd at least until you get into hard tubing, that's what I'm doing. Best to have some previous experience planning out loops and putting them together before trying to make all those precise measurements.

i changed my plans, ill go regular tubing for first build. just to get everything all good.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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i changed my plans, ill go regular tubing for first build. just to get everything all good.

 

I did my first build with soft tubing and I really... REALLY wish I would of just gone hard tubing instead after all the ******* around I did I could of just spent the same amount of time and effort with acrylic. It is personal preference and I really like the clean right angles and straights hard tubing gets you.

 

Also my gf loves hard tubes...

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I did my first build with soft tubing and I really... REALLY wish I would of just gone hard tubing instead after all the ******* around I did I could of just spent the same amount of time and effort with acrylic. It is personal preference and I really like the clean right angles and straights hard tubing gets you.

Also my gf loves hard tubes...

Hmmm.

I think regular will look good, I'll see.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Hmmm.

I think regular will look good, I'll see.

 

Like I said its down to preference, if you like it then go with it, it is your own build after all haha. Where is the build blog so I can sub to it?

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