I hate hoses... help!

[Caillech]

I am in the process of installing my first water cooling system. I went pretty high end spending about 250$ and its really giving me a hard time. I have all the components hooked up where i want them all i need is the hoses to connect them. there lies the problem.... Is it normal for the hoses to be insanely hard to connect? I didnt see any parts that would adapt the hose to the pump but it seems like the hose is the same size as the opening. is there something im mising? a trick perhaps? Id apprecaite any pointers! anything that would help me get this thing hooked up so i can get my new computer running! incase anybody is curious im running this setup http://www.petrastechshop.com/pecoba.html

on a side note... metal piece which has the threads that goes below the motherboard to attatch the cpu block, looks like its almost touching if not touching the motherboard. is this normal?


As always i apprecaite the help!

[maxspam]

Take the hose boil some water on the stove dip the end of the tubing into the boiling water for 30 seconds then try to attach to the pump.

WOOT 2 stars

[Diddyu]

To add to that, make sure you have the worm clamps on the hoses before you connect them, its a pain to remove the tubes too...

[Caillech]

To add to that, make sure you have the worm clamps on the hoses before you connect them, its a pain to remove the tubes too...

lol good thinking. thanks for the help ill try it out. although on the last hose i hook up say from the pump to the cpu im not going to be able to use water because its going to be a small piece of hose in my computer lol guess i get to waste another day staring at it if i cant get it together! lol cheers. :beer:

[maxfly]

or just get some 1/2in tubing and be done with it lol.<---thats what i did after playing he-man with 7/16.i take my loop apart/upgrade far to often to monkey with hard to install/remove tubing.

[BobcatDan]

I agree with maxfly. Also, the hot or boiling water trick works, but also try a diping your finger in soapy water and then shove your finger in the tube to coat it with some soapy water. Really helps get the tubes on and it's not enough soap to cause an issue.
Dan

[Anubis_386]

A little off topic but posting here instead of making another thread would probs be better ..

How much tubing am I going to need?? 1 block loop in a CM Stacker (so Full Tower) .. Also, if i'm using 1/2 barbs .. then 1/2 tubing?

[maxfly]

id say no more than 4 or 5 feet depending on where your rad will be located.you could probably get away with less but i like to go a little over.it never fails that i end up needing to recut something allong the way lol.1/2in tubing is my personal choice for the aforementioned reasons but if you arent planning on any additions to your loop 7/16in will work as well.the benefit of 7/16 is that its a little easier to make bends with and generally doesnt kink as easily as 1/2in.

[4GHZ_or_bust]

I ended up using a total of 3 feet for my set but you want to have some extra. It is better to have a "little too much" than "not enough". example, you estimate 12 inches between 2 ports, if you get close or a bit more than 12 inches and you end up with 2 extra inches, that's only a few cents wasted. But if you ended up with a tube an inch too short, that is more of a waste.