Where can I buy UV reactive Silicone tubing?

Conrad

Obliviot
I am preparing to buy the individual parts for my PC that I'm building. I have enough for the lovely Armour LCS case, Asus Maximus formula special edition, Q6600 (OC of course), 1x 8800GT and a 4GB OCZ Reaper ram kit. (So far. The end will be SLI 8800GT, probably a SG or WD 750GB HDD, a creative X-FI or a Xonar, not decided yet either)

I have now run into a snag. Based on your reviews of the Armour LCS there is a good chance there may not be enough tubing to include the NB block into the loop. Where can I purchase more?! It's so hard to find. I know of no local stores that sell it so it's up to online ones.

I'm going to install a UV tube in the case at some point and I was wondering if there are any PSUs that are good that I can have UV wires with also, I've seen a couple in pictures on this site I think but not found any so far.

EDIT: D'oh, just found them on the Tt site, but still, found some nicer blue UV tubes. Still, I'd like to know about the PSU :)
 
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Kougar

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You mean watercooling sort of tubing?? There are several well regarded WC/exotic specialist websites that have reactive fans, tubing, and cables... this site is great, they charge you $8 just once for shipping, and then shipping is free for everything else that they can squeeze into the same package. You can't beat it if buying small little things... http://www.jab-tech.com/
 

Conrad

Obliviot
Oh right, sorry bit unclear. I firstly needed some clear UV water tubing for the cooling, found 2 sites for that now, and found them on the Tt site, so no worries.

But also, I've seen some pics on this site of PSUs where the cables coming out are very bright colours and UV reactive, is this simply cable covering or a normal feature of some PSUs?

EDIT: That site's not soo good for outside US people. For say 12foot of various tubing, it's $24, but $34 for shipping. While 12 foot isn't needed, $34 won't go down much =/
 
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Kougar

Techgage Staff
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Hm, I couldn't say if shipping outside the US, I am not that familiar with any non-US sites that carry that stuff, sorry.

Most of the time it is a cable wrap, sleeve, or covering you can buy to place over your own PSU cables yourself.... but there is the occasional flashy PSU that comes with them built in if you look hard enough. I'd suggest just buying the wrap/sleeving and doing it yourself though, since I wouldn't trust the quality of most flashy PSUs.
 
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Conrad

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Yeah it does sound like a better plan. - Problems sorted -

I've settled on the ASUS Stalker II Formula. I'll be buying that, Q6600 and a black Armour LCS tonight and buying 2x2GB OCZ Reaper and an 8800GT in June after I have the money again. In the meantime I'll be using my existing 2GB of DDR II RAM that came with my current 2.5 year old Alienware, so it should be ok, and I'll use my current 7800GT. Might just overclock it a bit if it'll up the performance to hold me out.

Thanks for the help Kougar, any advice you can give would be great.
 
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