Is 'Primochill Advanced LRT' tubing see-through?

[lefthanded_legend]

Hey, I was planning on finally buying an AIO so I could overclock my 4690k since I've found a sweet deal on the Corsair H110i GT (probably getting rid of old stock).

 

Along with it, I was interested in doing a mod that others have done; where you wrap the tubing of an AIO with tubing used for watercooling to improve it's aesthetics.

 

So my questions is, is the 'promchill advanced lrt' tubing (the red one in particular) see-through? Would it fully block out the AIO tubing?

 

As a side note: What size tubing would be most suitable? I've heard an ID of 1/2" would be adequate.

[phongle123]

26 minutes ago, lefthanded_legend said:

Hey, I was planning on finally buying an AIO so I could overclock my 4690k since I've found a sweet deal on the Corsair H110i GT (probably getting rid of old stock).

 

Along with it, I was interested in doing a mod that others have done; where you wrap the tubing of an AIO with tubing used for watercooling to improve it's aesthetics.

 

So my questions is, is the 'promchill advanced lrt' tubing (the red one in particular) see-through? Would it fully block out the AIO tubing?

 

As a side note: What size tubing would be most suitable? I've heard an ID of 1/2" would be adequate.

As someone who has done this, I can assure you 1/2 will be too big, even me going with 3/8ID 5/8OD is a good fit for it but I still ended up zip-tying it just in case.

 

No size tube you can buy from primochill will fit the original tube. I had rip off the plastic casing of the stock tube to reveal whatever the inside tube is, cut off the stock tube but still leave maybe 1.5 inch to 2 inches left over so I can use it as a base and then I placed my 3/8 5/8 tube outside of it for it to fit.

[lefthanded_legend]

4 minutes ago, phongle123 said:

As someone who has done this, I can assure you 1/2 will be too big, even me going with 3/8ID 5/8OD is a good fit for it but I still ended up zip-tying it just in case.

 

No size tube you can buy from primochill will fit the original tube. I had rip off the plastic casing of the stock tube to reveal whatever the inside tube is, cut off the stock tube but still leave maybe 1.5 inch to 2 inches left over so I can use it as a base and then I placed my 3/8 5/8 tube outside of it for it to fit.

 

Oh, I think I confused you with my question. I was referring to cutting the primochill tube down from 1 side, and wrapping it 'over' the stock tube.

[phongle123]

9 minutes ago, lefthanded_legend said:

 

Oh, I think I confused you with my question. I was referring to cutting the primochill tube down from 1 side, and wrapping it 'over' the stock tube.

I see. But that would be pretty hard as these tubes aren't designed to be taken off, you'd have to rip off the plastic things holding the tubes and then you'd just be covering up a black tube with clear tubing which, if you mask something you lose some visibility. And then you'd have to epoxy or something the tube back on the barb and the barb is soldered onto the radiator. Yes go with 1/2 since 3/8 was a squeeze fit.

If you're doing this anyways means you're losing the coolant that is inside of it. If you just placed the whole thing with clear tube while you're at it, you can replace it with a colored coolant and it would look much cooler.

 

That's IMO. Also I've never seen anyone do this so it must be a new thing, I've only seen them use AIO to make a custom loop never to cover up the tubing with more tubing.

[lefthanded_legend]

7 minutes ago, phongle123 said:

I see. But that would be pretty hard as these tubes aren't designed to be taken off, you'd have to rip off the plastic things holding the tubes and then you'd just be covering up a black tube with clear tubing which, if you mask something you lose some visibility. And then you'd have to epoxy or something the tube back on the barb and the barb is soldered onto the radiator. Yes go with 1/2 since 3/8 was a squeeze fit.

 

Hmm, I still don't think you've understood what I'm trying to explain. I'm not trying to remove any tubing and replace it, just cover up the original tubes with a different coloured tube (red tube over AIO stock tube).

 

Here's an example I found: http://www.overclock.net/t/1342306/lol-how-weird-does-my-h100i-tube-mod-look

 

Sorry for all the confusion.

[phongle123]

5 minutes ago, lefthanded_legend said:

Hmm, I still don't think you've understood what I'm trying to explain. I'm not trying to remove any tubing and replace it, just cover up the original tubes with a different coloured tube (red tube over AIO stock tube).

 

Here's an example I found: http://www.overclock.net/t/1342306/lol-how-weird-does-my-h100i-tube-mod-look

 

Sorry for all the confusion.

That is what I said on my first Paragraph, please read it again.

 

I see. But that would be pretty hard as these tubes aren't designed to be taken off, you'd have to rip off the plastic things holding the tubes and then you'd just be covering up a black tube with clear tubing which, if you mask something you lose some visibility. And then you'd have to epoxy or something the tube back on the barb and the barb is soldered onto the radiator. Yes go with 1/2 since 3/8 was a squeeze fit.

 

You can't put a tube over another tube if you don't have an opening to put it into. So you either have to rip out the side with the cpu block or the side with the radiator, or you can split the primochill tube so you can wrap it around the stock tube. And Colored tubing are not seethrough.

 

By splitting the Primochill Tube I mean like this

[lefthanded_legend]

4 minutes ago, phongle123 said:

That is what I said on my first Paragraph, please read it again.

 

I see. But that would be pretty hard as these tubes aren't designed to be taken off, you'd have to rip off the plastic things holding the tubes and then you'd just be covering up a black tube with clear tubing which, if you mask something you lose some visibility. And then you'd have to epoxy or something the tube back on the barb and the barb is soldered onto the radiator. Yes go with 1/2 since 3/8 was a squeeze fit.

 

You can't put a tube over another tube if you don't have an opening to put it into. So you either have to rip out the side with the cpu block or the side with the radiator, or you can split the primochill tube so you can wrap it around the stock tube. And Colored tubing are not seethrough.

 

By splitting the Primochill Tube I mean like this

I feel like such an idiot... I thought that first paragraph was somehow referring to the stock tube... I guess I can't think straight when it's almost 2AM. I'm sorry.

 

As for putting the tube over the other, I'd most likely split the tubing and hide the cut so it cannot be seen like in the image.

 

Thanks a lot for the help, and sorry again for not reading properly.

[Ryoku]

1 hour ago, lefthanded_legend said:

Hey, I was planning on finally buying an AIO so I could overclock my 4690k since I've found a sweet deal on the Corsair H110i GT (probably getting rid of old stock).

 

Along with it, I was interested in doing a mod that others have done; where you wrap the tubing of an AIO with tubing used for watercooling to improve it's aesthetics.

 

So my questions is, is the 'promchill advanced lrt' tubing (the red one in particular) see-through? Would it fully block out the AIO tubing?

 

As a side note: What size tubing would be most suitable? I've heard an ID of 1/2" would be adequate.

I have some Red ADV LRT and it is slightly see through.

[lefthanded_legend]

14 hours ago, Ryoku said:

I have some Red ADV LRT and it is slightly see through.

Damn  do you use any coloured fluid? and what size tubing is it?

[Ryoku]

5 hours ago, lefthanded_legend said:

Damn  do you use any coloured fluid? and what size tubing is it?

I haven't used it yet, its 3/8in ID/ 5/8in O/D.

[lefthanded_legend]

23 minutes ago, Ryoku said:

I haven't used it yet, its 3/8in ID/ 5/8in O/D.

Alright, I guess I'll go with it anyways. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, at least I wouldn't have lost a big sum of money.

 

Thanks for the all the help!

[Ryoku]

25 minutes ago, lefthanded_legend said:

Alright, I guess I'll go with it anyways. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, at least I wouldn't have lost a big sum of money.

 

Thanks for the all the help!

yea stuff was pretty cheap, think it was like 2.50 per foot or something.