Water Cooling Hard & Soft Tubing
Whether you're after the clean geometric lines of a hardline water cooling build or the flexibility of soft tubing, choosing the right water cooling tubes shapes how your custom loop looks, performs, and comes together. CORSAIR offers both hard and soft tubing options to suit every level of builder, from first-time custom loop enthusiasts to experienced modders putting together a true showpiece build.
What to look for in water cooling tubing
As you’re shopping for the tube connection points of your water cooling setup, consider a few key points:
- Hardline or softline: Water cooling tubing comes in both hard and soft materials, so consider how much flexibility or rigidity you’re looking for.
- Color and design: There’s satin transparent, solid color, and more—in black and white—so consider how you want your water cooling system to work.
- Cooling capacity and coolant compatibility: Double-check that your tubing works with the coolant you’re using.
How to choose the right tubing type, diameter, and material for your PC
When choosing the right cooling tubing for your system, it can be a little nuanced—after all, you want to make sure your water cooling is working perfectly without failure. While there aren’t hard-and-fast standards for diameters and materials for your build, many tubes will clearly list their internal diameters which you can compare to the sockets on your radiator and cooling reservoir. It’s also wise to buy all of your components from the same manufacturer—like CORSAIR—because they’ll likely all be compatible with each other that way. In terms of choosing hard or softline tubing, that’s a matter of preference. Soft tubing can be easier to work with but gives you less control of the aesthetic look. If you’ve got the patience to connect together hardline components, they can look very clean and professional.