Question about mini-ITX build

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

I recently built a small form factor PC using an EVGA SuperNOVA B2 PSU, a SG13 case and Corsair H55 cooler. The PSU was a little longer than I expected (180mm long) and I could only make it fit by routing one of the cooler pipes around it (please see pictures). While the whole thing is "stable" and the cooler seems to be holding on, I'm worried that the pressure the PSU is exerting on the pipe will damage it or the connection to the radiator over the long term. Should I be worried at all or is the cooler going to be fine?

[Whaler_99]

The tubing is pretty flexible. as long as it isn't kinked, which would impact performance, you should be ok.

[Zyndo]

I'm not intimately familiar with that cooler, but the hoses look like proper rubber hoses. if this is the case, then what you have here will be no problem. the rubber hose will simply bend where it makes contact, and flex back to normal when it needs to and create almost no force on the connector itself. if this is NOT a soft rubber hose, but a stiffer tubing material, then yes it could be leveraging that connection which could become a problem in the future.

 

However as it looks that doesn't seem like it would be a huge issue. You could likely it leave as is.

[Enderman]

it could possibly over time loosen the tubing from the fitting causing ti to come off and leak

it seems like you have lots of room to the left so what I would do is unscrew the fan+rad from there and use velcro or something to hold it in place a bit more to the left

that way the tubing wont be under any stress 

[ZestyJalapeno]

That's some major kinkage. The thing is, it might be fine at room temp, but as soon as hot coolant is flowing through it and then recycling the rubber molecules are going to become stiffer then relax, stiff then relax and so on and so on. You might be fine a year from now, 2 years but any later than that and failure of the rubber pipe is totally possible through fatigue. Just try and get creative with the routing so that there's no undue tension on the tube.

[Vengeance_K1ng]

Yeah. too much bending close to the fittings.

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

The hose is very flexible, so my main worry is the connection to the radiator. It looks pretty solid, so at first sight it appears to be fine, but there is a lot of pressure on it. I like the idea of moving it to the left somehow, but I plan on putting a RX 480 in there next week, so that might not be enough room to do that.

 

Thanks for all the comments!