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Swiftech CoolSleeves
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Author: Joe Di Figlia
Provided By: Swiftech
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It seems as though every company out there wants more and more of my money. Recently, I have been spending more of it lately on my water-cooling system. Most of the money spent is from me being an idiot, burning out my pump, and not from experimentation.
In my adventures these last few weeks, I have managed to burn out a pump, torque down the screws in my water block too much, find ways to make tubing leak, and spend lots of money. Well, I swore I would do it right this time and not make any mistakes while assembling my latest water creation.
No matter how you plan things, there are always some kinds of obstacles one must work around when putting together a water-cooling system. One of these hurdles is tube routing. In my case, I have been pretty lucky in that I have a HUGE case to work with, that doesn't mean though that there aren't any small angles I can neglect. For tight spots like this, most people go the route of using internal springs.
Now, internal springs are a cool concept because they keep your tubes from kinking, but they are a MAJOR PAIN IN THE BUTT to get into place. I spent so much time trying to get these springs into place where I needed them that I went to the local hardware store and ended up buying more ½" OD tubing to extend my tubing so I wouldn't have to use this CRAP.
You may say to yourself, "ok, he's a nut, that's what I would have done too" but having less tubing is better. I now have 12 feet of tubing and 3 obstacles for my pump to try to negotiate water through.
CPU Block
GPU Block
Radiator
I'm not saying that I could have saved a huge amount of tubing by using springs, but anything I can save will only increase the performance of my assembly.
Enter Swiftech Coolsleeves.
Coolsleeves are PVC coils that are designed to replace the need for internal springs, and meant for 1/2" OD tubing. They are like little Slinkys' that you install over your tubing to prevent kinking.
Available colors:
Clear Transparent (non UV)
Horizon blue (UV reactive)
Saturn Green (UV reactive)
Signal Green (UV reactive)
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