Laing D5 or 2 x DDC's ?

xtremedetailz · 17 Aug 2010 at 20:11

Oh and thanks again JeffyB

dfour · 17 Aug 2010 at 22:26

I just use normal barbs and hose clamps. Works as long as you have the space.

twist3d0n3 · 17 Aug 2010 at 23:22

hose clamps are crap, get some jubilee (worm-drive) clips, much, much safer.

PaulyD · 18 Aug 2010 at 02:34

Or comp fittings, look a lot nicer than jubilees

twist3d0n3 · 18 Aug 2010 at 04:37

PaulyD said:
Or comp fittings, look a lot nicer than jubilees

well, yeah, i was making the point that plastic crap clips are crap

1kiwi · 18 Aug 2010 at 07:32

I have 2 DDC 18w and they are good but I have been told that the D5 is quieter.

PaulyD · 18 Aug 2010 at 08:20

twist3d0n3 said:
well, yeah, i was making the point that plastic crap clips are crap

Fair play, couldn't agree more

w3bbo · 18 Aug 2010 at 08:48

beh* said:
I have 2 DDC 18w and they are good but I have been told that the D5 is quieter.

D5 is no quieter than DDC. Both should be pretty much silent if bled and mounted correctly.

rjk · 18 Aug 2010 at 09:01

i went recently from two ddcs to a d5 and much prefer the d5

its silent on low flow settings,

w3bbo · 18 Aug 2010 at 09:08

...and they look poo

NathWraith · 18 Aug 2010 at 09:15

w3bbo said:
...and they look poo

Agreed but there are lots of nice mod kits for them, Bitspower and EK.

Personally I'd take the D5 over 2 DDC's as the flow rate is ridiculous when on max setting and it saves complicating your loop with 2 pumps, the only thing you wont get is redudancy if your pump fails. This is why having 2 pumps is nice, if one fails at least you have one to keep your rig ticking over.

To be honest why not go all out at get 2 D5's

Monkey Puzzle · 18 Aug 2010 at 10:46

Webbo - are you controlling the pump voltage through the aquaero or just the fans in your build. Was considering adding my ddc 18w to the 10w one in my loop atm, or just swapping in the 18w one, and voltage controlling according to temps...

When there aren't any fans a ddc 10w at 12v is noticeably noisy.

1kiwi · 18 Aug 2010 at 10:47

Monkey Puzzle said:
Webbo - are you controlling the pump voltage through the aquaero or just the fans in your build. Was considering adding my ddc 18w to the 10w one in my loop atm, or just swapping in the 18w one, and voltage controlling according to temps...

When there aren't any fans a ddc 10w at 12v is noticeably noisy.

You can mod the 10W one into an 18w no?

Monkey Puzzle · 18 Aug 2010 at 10:49

NathWraith said:
Agreed but there are lots of nice mod kits for them, Bitspower and EK.

Personally I'd take the D5 over 2 DDC's as the flow rate is ridiculous when on max setting and it saves complicating your loop with 2 pumps, the only thing you wont get is redudancy if your pump fails. This is why having 2 pumps is nice, if one fails at least you have one to keep your rig ticking over.

To be honest why not go all out at get 2 D5's

The flowrate's only really high is you have very low restriction in your loop though as the D5 is a lower-pressure/higher-flow pump. For multi-block loops the DDC 18w will get better flowrates.

Monkey Puzzle · 18 Aug 2010 at 19:15

beh* said:
You can mod the 10W one into an 18w no?

No, sadly not on all of them - I think the newer ones made in the past few years have a different pcb design so you can't simply solder a wire to switch up to 18w.

1kiwi · 20 Aug 2010 at 10:39

Monkey Puzzle said:
No, sadly not on all of them - I think the newer ones made in the past few years have a different pcb design so you can't simply solder a wire to switch up to 18w.

Makes sense that they would remove that 'feature' lol

koooowweeee · 20 Aug 2010 at 20:05

i have 2 mcp355 18w in a xspc duel bay and there cooling my set up just fine but im down sizing my rig