Routing tubing into back of case, need help

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ShadowNoon

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I've looked around and i don't see many builds that have tubing going into the cable management area at the back of the case. Why is that?

I'm planning a build in the Switch 810 case and i'm using 3/8" ID - 1/2" OD tubing. Would it be possible to have tubing going from the rad, making a hole in the case, possibly using a dual rotary 90 degree fitting (2 female 1/4 thread) to make the turn and do the same on the way out of one of the cable management gromits straight to a bay pump+res.

Here's a picture:
wcsetup.png


Is it a stupid idea? The only other option would be to have it hang on top of the motherboard or go over the ram, neither of which seem that appealing unless i can find a way to fix the tubing to the inside of the case so if it goes over the motherboard, it doesn't droop onto it.

I'd love any ideas or suggestions if anyone can help. Is the answer as simple as saying that there isn't enough space back there? I mean, it is a smaller tube.

*Research says there is 23mm (.9 inches) of cable management space back there, should be more than enough, in theory.

**I'm also using a modular PSU
 
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its not a stupid idea, just not practical. the bend radius would be so tight
you'd have to use a 90° fitting and route the hose back through the grommet
hoping again not another sharp angle for a kink..

most just route the hose as clean as possible..

airdeano
 
airdeano said:
its not a stupid idea, just not practical. the bend radius would be so tight
you'd have to use a 90° fitting and route the hose back through the grommet
hoping again not another sharp angle for a kink..

most just route the hose as clean as possible..

airdeano
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I mentioned in my post that i could use dual rotary 90° fittings (2 females, so i think it would be a compression on one end and one on the other, with a total of 2 90° fittings and 4 compression fittings just to do it) on the way in and the way out to make sure no kinking would happen. I don't actually know how heavy all that would be though, so i have no idea if the weight of the tubing, with the 2 fittings on and filled with water would cause any problems.

Thanks for the reply though, any extra help would be appreciated.
 
I wouldn't bother chopping the case up mate, It's not a stupid idea just seems like a lot of work. I don't know what the spacing is exactly behind the motherboard tray either but I think you might meet some challenges getting the door on with 90 elbows on the back of the tray.

Have you considered a slightly different routing?

I think if i've got it right you want to go res to rear rad port/front rad port to cpu block. (looking onto the motherboard)

I would look at the possibility of reversing that and having the rear port feed the cpu block. You should be able to make it tidy and clear the VRM area with a 45 or 60 elbow.

Cheers
Lee
 
leejc73 said:
I wouldn't bother chopping the case up mate, It's not a stupid idea just seems like a lot of work. I don't know what the spacing is exactly behind the motherboard tray either but I think you might meet some challenges getting the door on with 90 elbows on the back of the tray.

Have you considered a slightly different routing?

I think if i've got it right you want to go res to rear rad port/front rad port to cpu block. (looking onto the motherboard)

I would look at the possibility of reversing that and having the rear port feed the cpu block. You should be able to make it tidy and clear the VRM area with a 45 or 60 elbow.

Cheers
Lee
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Yeah, looking around at the feedback i've gotten here aswel as elsewhere, people are just saying to do it the same way most people do it -going over the ram to the bay res then finishing the loop from the GPU.

I posted up the thread just because i personally really like the loops where people have a tube res that spans the length from the GPU fitting to the top of the rad, so you can go straight across the top of the mobo to the top of the tube res then have the loop end with a tube from the GPU go straight across to the pump. It's just a little awkward having the bay res but because i'm a beginner, it seems much easier to have the pump+res combo in the bay. It also seems cheaper.

I guess i'll just have to go for something like this then?:
wcsetup2.png

What d'you think?

Thanks alot for the reply by the way, much appreciated.
 
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PapaSmurf6768 said:
Can you flip the rad so the barbs are towards the front, then do something like this?
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Based on TTL's review, it doesn't look like i can have the barbs towards the front of the case because of the rad being a triple 120. Unless i can either figure out a way to remove that plate (the one riveted in) or somehow get my fittings to do a really sharp turn and make their way to the bay pump+res.
 
You could always slide the tubing up the side of the rad which would keep it hidden and tidy.

If you do go behind the mb tray, you'll have to grind down a little notch on the front end of the tray as there's a lip that will almost certainly stop the side panel from going back on.
 
BCMods said:
You could always slide the tubing up the side of the rad which would keep it hidden and tidy.

If you do go behind the mb tray, you'll have to grind down a little notch on the front end of the tray as there's a lip that will almost certainly stop the side panel from going back on.
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Exactly what I said...
 
tinytomlogan said:
Wont work on that case without mods.
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Do you mean having the tubing tucked behind the back of the rad? I know it wouldn't be able to just hang there without help but is there space? There's a chance it's not going to look fantastic, with all the 90 degree fittings but can i get the tubing to go back there and then figure out how to keep it there?

I mean, if i use a few 90 degree fittings, keep it as neat as possible and manage to get the tubing up and behind the rad (given that there's enough space). From there, i could probably drill a few tiny holes in the top of the case (probably near where the mounting holes for the fans are) then just feed a small cable tie through and keep the tubing hanging. I doubt anyone would ever see the cable tie or even the hole for that matter.

But yeah, i think i'll just have to do it the normal way. It's not like it's a problem, i'm being a little OCD about this, i just want to try and end up with something clean in spite of how awkward my setup would be.

Thanks for all the help guys and if anyone can figure out any extra methods -i'm all ears!
 
Do you even have the case yet? Because its much easier to just get in there with some hose and work it out fella..... Maybe ask for some advise once you have tried a few ways.

Sometimes getting your hands dirty is the quickest way to learn and also helps stop asking silly questions too ;)
 
tinytomlogan said:
Do you even have the case yet? Because its much easier to just get in there with some hose and work it out fella..... Maybe ask for some advise once you have tried a few ways.

Sometimes getting your hands dirty is the quickest way to learn and also helps stop asking silly questions too ;)
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Yeah, you're right. I'm just new to it and trying to just plan everything. To be honest, being a newbie, i'm bound to get shit wrong anyway. I just want to try and make sure that once i do get shit wrong, it doesn't break the bank ^_^
 
Having a play with hose wont break anything and will give you a much better idea of whats possible.

Thats the time to post, imagination threads are very difficult to advise on because you have no idea what the rrest of us are on about :P
 
tinytomlogan said:
Having a play with hose wont break anything and will give you a much better idea of whats possible.

Thats the time to post, imagination threads are very difficult to advise on because you have no idea what the rrest of us are on about :P
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Hah, yeah. Well, the way i see it, i can just buy excess hose and fittings and play around with it. I appreciate you dropping by though.
 
Papa that is one uber looking fit there. Thats exactly what I want to do with my case when I liquid cool it. Thank you.
 
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