MooCow
[H]F Junkie
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I run all 7/16'' tubing with a bunch of 7/16th compression fittings. I'm pretty locked down into this size.
I helped a friend convert to water cooling and had him use 7/16'' as well.
Now we are seeing a lot more support for 3/8th fittings and adapters. Especially from Koolance for their Quick Disconnects. When you buy a watercooled 580 or 680 such as the EVGA hydrocopper cards, they come with 3/8th compression fittings.
My friend was shopping around 2 weeks ago and noticed a shortage of Black anodized Bits Power 7/16'' compression fittings, not enough in stock at Frozen CPU or Sidewinder. However there plenty of 3/8th compression fittings in black. He had to settle with brass and silver fittings instead, which was not a big deal, but 3/8th fittings in black was never a problem.
Is the water cooling community suggesting that 3/8th is the only standard that should be used for now on?
I helped a friend convert to water cooling and had him use 7/16'' as well.
Now we are seeing a lot more support for 3/8th fittings and adapters. Especially from Koolance for their Quick Disconnects. When you buy a watercooled 580 or 680 such as the EVGA hydrocopper cards, they come with 3/8th compression fittings.
My friend was shopping around 2 weeks ago and noticed a shortage of Black anodized Bits Power 7/16'' compression fittings, not enough in stock at Frozen CPU or Sidewinder. However there plenty of 3/8th compression fittings in black. He had to settle with brass and silver fittings instead, which was not a big deal, but 3/8th fittings in black was never a problem.
Is the water cooling community suggesting that 3/8th is the only standard that should be used for now on?