How quite are the XSPC 200 Bay Reservoir & Pump?

Glaucus · 19 Jul 2008 at 14:47

How quite are these?

Also most water blocks seem to be copper and it's a bad idea to mix metals so are there copper rads? or do people find blocks which aren't copper?

Gino · 19 Jul 2008 at 14:55

o dear lol, i wanted to get one but if it means mixing metals i dont want to but then again dont anti-Corrosion fluids stop it?

WJA96 · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:03

AcidHell2 said:
How quite are these?

Also most water blocks seem to be copper and it's a bad idea to mix metals so are there copper rads? or do people find blocks which aren't copper?

The only rads that aren't copper cored are the passive aluminium ones eg. Cape Cora and Innovatek.

The bayres is near silent if there is no air trapped - if there is air trapped, then it's REALLY loud, but at least you know to bleed it

I wouldn't recommend a Bayres though - way too finicky for me.

Glaucus · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:05

WJA96 said:
The only rads that aren't copper cored are the passive aluminium ones eg. Cape Cora and Innovatek.

The bayres is near silent if there is no air trapped - if there is air trapped, then it's REALLY loud, but at least you know to bleed it

I wouldn't recommend a Bayres though - way too finicky for me.

That makes more sense, thought most rads where aluminium.

How do you mean fiddly?
Looking for a neat and easy cooling system.
was thinking 2 bay res with 2x240 rads and 800rpm noctua fans. one loop for the cpu and one loop for the gfx and maybe the northbridge, depending which asus board I get.

Gino said:
o dear lol, i wanted to get one but if it means mixing metals i dont want to but then again dont anti-Corrosion fluids stop it?

hard forming understandable sentences is it? think you wondered out of GD.

lordfletch · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:12

can metals be mixed with the correct inhibitor or is it looking for trouble ?

Glaucus · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:13

lordfletch said:
can metals be mixed with the correct inhibiter or is it looking for trouble ?

Supposedly they can, but I wouldn't trust them. There's been enough threads showing what can happen after only a few months. Even with special liquids.

Gino · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:19

Well I'm not the best at English as I have dyslexia, but go ahead take the **** and critisize me if it makes you feel better - no need to be a knob about it.

lordfletch · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:19

AcidHell2 said:
Supposedly they can, but I wouldn't trust them. There's been enough threads showing what can happen after only a few months. Even with special liquids.

aye, i work on boats which can suffer from electrolisis and i suppose it would be similar with a water cooled computer.

WJA96 · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:20

AcidHell2 said:
How do you mean fiddly?

Well, you have to be able to pull them forward in the chassis to fill them, so you always have to have some slack pipe behind, and I always seem to end up spilling liquid all over the front of the PC. The 2-bay ones aren't so bad, but the single bay ones are awful for recycling bubbles into the system as well. And then you are pumping downhill, which is a bad idea. Ideally, the pump should be low in the system for all sorts of reasons.

AcidHell2 said:
Looking for a neat and easy cooling system.
was thinking 2 bay res with 2x240 rads and 800rpm noctua fans. one loop for the cpu and one loop for the gfx and maybe the northbridge, depending which asus board I get.

Have you looked at something like the D-tek bayres as that has two exits for two loops - then put the pumps down low in the system? Or just the ordinary XSPC combo reservoir/pumps as they are silent and easy to fit.

Glaucus · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:20

Gino said:
Well I'm not the best at English as I have dyslexia, but go ahead take the **** and critisize me if it makes you fell better - no need to be a knob about it.

and no need to post useless stuff. with LOl OMGZZZZ....

Gino · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:26

and no need to post useless stuff. with LOl OMGZZZZ....

Ah, so you posting that is useful? Not sure how that works. Keep going though, if it helps you feel good

WJA96 · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:26

lordfletch said:
aye, i work on boats which can suffer from electrolysis and i suppose it would be similar with a water cooled computer.

It's exactly the same - except usually on a metal boat or ship they have a big lump of sacrificial zinc somewhere that provides cathodic protection (sometimes it's just zinc paint now though). Check out the thread below for an example of what happens when you believe what the manufacturers tell you it's OK mixing metals..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17892760

helmutcheese · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:31

The Sacrifical Anode was more for Marine Environment.

I worked with Diesel generators for 15+yrs up to 16 Cylinders at 15foot long and the Engines/Cooling Systems just like a car have Alu/Copper/Alloys/Rubber/Plastic/Glass and it never causes any issues with proper Antifreeze/Summer Coolant (also Inhibits).

lordfletch · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:45

WJA96 said:
It's exactly the same - except usually on a metal boat or ship they have a big lump of sacrificial zinc somewhere that provides cathodic protection (sometimes it's just zinc paint now though). Check out the thread below for an example of what happens when you believe what the manufacturers tell you it's OK mixing metals..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17892760

we have anodes on the engine which are in the heat exchanger, the engine is fresh water cooled but the fresh water is cooled by sea water by means of a heat exchanger stack, there are also anodes on the hull and stern gear which are required to prevent major corrosion.my home harbour is in fact very bad for electrolisis probely due to all the rubbish which has been dumped over the years on the sea bed, sorry bit off topic there

lordfletch · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:53

helmutcheese said:
The Sacrifical Anode was more for Marine Environment.

I worked with Diesel generators for 15+yrs up to 16 Cylinders at 15foot long and the Engines/Cooling Systems just like a car have Alu/Copper/Alloys/Rubber/Plastic/Glass and it never causes any issues with proper Antifreeze/Summer Coolant (also Inhibits).

there will be anodes on the generators

Gino · 19 Jul 2008 at 15:53

Firestar_3x · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:01

I've got the following :

XSPC 200 Bay
XSPC Dual 750 Bay
XSPC X2O 750 Pump and Reservoir

The XSPC 200 Bay is going back because its rubbish, the pump is far too loud, i'm not sure if mine is broken or not but either way i'm not putting up with it.

The XSPC Dual 750 Bay it totally silent as is the XSPC X2O 750 Pump and Reservoir.

Glaucus · 19 Jul 2008 at 16:05

Cheers firestarter, what rads do you run with that. I do have room to fit 2 x dual 750 bays.

helmutcheese · 19 Jul 2008 at 17:11

lordfletch said:
there will be anodes on the generators

Nope, our Generators are not Marine by default so need no Anode, they have a sealed Pressurised Cooling System same as a Car apart from on a bigger scale, up to 60 Gallons of Coolant.

Firestar_3x · 19 Jul 2008 at 17:18

AcidHell2 said:
Cheers firestarter, what rads do you run with that. I do have room to fit 2 x dual 750 bays.

Alphacool's on both loops, good price and i'm more than happy with the cooling.

CPU Loop is running :
XSPC Dual 750 Bay
EK Supreme - Acetal
XSPC 1/2" High Flexibility PVC Tubing
Alphacool NexXxos Xtreme II Rev2 Double Radiator
2x Noctua NF-P12 120mm Silent Case Fan

VGA Loop :
XSPC X2O 750 Pump and Reservoir
EK-FC8800 GTX - Acetal
XSPC 1/2" High Flexibility PVC Tubing
Alphacool NexXxos Xtreme I Rev2 Single Radiator
Noctua NF-P12 120mm Silent Case Fan

The VGA loop was running the Single bay XSPC pump & Bay combo but i wasn't as happy with it as the dual bay XSPC, went with the XSPC X2O 750 because OCUK didn't have what i needed in when i visited the shop today and i couldn't put up with the noise any longer.