Pump & Resevoir Question.

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From what I understand ,there are 3 different types of pump & resevoirs.

1. Resevoir & pump combo ( drive bay or tube )
2. Separate pump & reservoir
3. Pump and reservoir top.

Have been looking at the pump and reservoir tops, but some of the res tops appear to be quite small, as apposed to a drive bay res and pump combo.

I presume the resevoir tops, still hold enough fluid to fill a loop ?
 
yes they will. it only needs enough to make sure the pump never runs dry.

the bigger the res though the easier it is to fill your loop. Bay res's are really easy to fill, just pull them forward and top up. tube res's can be easy or difficult depending on where you place them and whats around them so factor that in to your build.

you choice boils down to budget and looks though at the end of they day.

I used to run a bay res bbut recently changed to a D5 with 270mm res on top. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-273-XS&groupid=962&catid=2141
 
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Ploppy2k3 said:
yes they will. it only needs enough to make sure the pump never runs dry.

the bigger the res though the easier it is to fill your loop. Bay res's are really easy to fill, just pull them forward and top up. tube res's can be easy or difficult depending on where you place them and whats around them so factor that in to your build.

you choice boils down to budget and looks though at the end of they day.

I used to run a bay res bbut recently changed to a D5 with 270mm res on top. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-273-XS&groupid=962&catid=2141
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1+ for the D5, Love it. Can be quite hard to fill but for the looks its great.

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The tube res does look great, but its finding somewhere to put it\fix it too.

Might just go for a bay res, as this is my first attempt.

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys :)
 
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some tube res's can be hard to place in some cases. the 270mm Photon requires a surprisingly large case in fact. I have mine in a Corsair D900 and the isnt a lot of room left at the top when its mounted.

but it looks good and having all the res space makes the loop really easy to fill.
 
I use a D5 with a res.top and a seperate tube res. The latter can be angled out to fill the loop.

Res > res. top / pump > CPU > chipset > 120 rad. > 240 rad. > Res.

My case Lian Li V1000 is quite restricted and not reallly designed for watercooling. The tube res sits above the rear exhaust fan alongside the PCIe back plates.
 
Is it ok using compression fittings to the back of an acrylic bay ?

And if so, how tight should I tighten the G1\4 thread......just hand tight ?

Is hand tight enough to stop the fluid leaking from the bay ?



One other thing, I have purchased a Swiftech Apogee HD CPU block, which already has barbed connectors installed on it.

Is it ok to remove them and fit compression fittings instead ?
 
Hand tight should be sufficient, you just need to compress the o-ring to make a good seal

Yeah, you should be fine to remove the barbs & install compression fittings
 
andy_taximan said:
Can you mount the res on the back of the pc ? maybe out of view but it works
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Yeah,seen various pc's with this installed on the back,looks ok...

I could have put the res on the back,as there are suitable fixings there ready for it (Phanteks Enthoo Primo), although there are no rubber grommet holes on the back, to run the tubing back inside the case ?

But have now bought a bay res pump combo...

As this is my first PROPER watercooling build (have a H60 installed at the moment) , I thought
I would just keep things as simple as possible.
 
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