Custom Water Loop Tubing

Pimphare

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Jun 22, 2013
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Hello guys and gals,

So I'm just curious about all of the tubing stuff I've been reading about lately. Is there really much of a difference in the properties of the branded tubing versus the hardware store tubing? I hear words like "plasticizer" and wonder if this has any significance in performance. I plan on using distilled water in my future water loop so maybe this doesn't even pertain to me.

Another thing I've heard about is overtime some tubing hardens or stiffs up. This will be my first custom water loop build so I've come to you with these questions. What tubing do you have experience with? What would you suggest I use?