Can I use this pump / reservoir combo as a reservoir only?

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 17:30

Hey all,

1st time poster here. Quick question regarding the following product: XSPC Photon 270
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xspc-d5-photon-270-tube-reservoir-v2-wc-42h-xs.html

Can this be used as a stand alone reservoir, or does there have to be a pump mounted to the bottom?

Sorry if this is a silly question, just confused as the V1 variant seems to be a stand alone res, but you can not get that any more. Where as the V2 looks like it needs a pump on the bottom.

Thanks

spoffle · 27 Apr 2018 at 17:32

Yeah you need a pump at the bottom.

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 17:52

spoffle said:
Yeah you need a pump at the bottom.

Damn!
The v1 was stand alone so assumed the V2 was aswell.

I have already ordered it and received so will work around it lol.

The res its self is a beaut!

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2018 at 19:20

Just had mine delivered (with the pump) yesterday, it certainly is a very good looking setup, feels solid as well. Definitely needs a pump though

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 20:10

spoffle said:
Yeah you need a pump at the bottom.

What pump would you recommend?

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 20:11

Space Monkey said:
Just had mine delivered (with the pump) yesterday, it certainly is a very good looking setup, feels solid as well. Definitely needs a pump though

Yeah agreed the quality is fantastic. How hide able is the pump cable? If it looks tidy that perhaps a pump on the end would not look so bad.

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2018 at 20:17

That Res will only take the D5 pump, which can be bought from different manufacturers under their own name but it's essentially the same pump, but it now comes in 2 flavours, manual speed dial or PWM, personally I much prefer the manual model, set & forget

You could braid the cables and then hide them the best you can?

Think some of the PWM ones come with braided cables?

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 20:38

Space Monkey said:
That Res will only take the D5 pump, which can be bought from different manufacturers under their own name but it's essentially the same pump, but it now comes in 2 flavours, manual speed dial or PWM, personally I much prefer the manual model, set & forget

You could braid the cables and then hide them the best you can?

Think some of the PWM ones come with braided cables?

Thanks, the braided cable is a good shout. I see Overclockers do an X4 pump for £25. Is this worth a look at?
Also don't suppose you could measure how far out the pump protrudes over the resvoir its self? Space is very tight in my case gah!

Thanks!

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2018 at 21:01

I'll have a look tomorrow for you if that's ok, not near my Res at the moment so tomorrow will be the earliest I can have a look

Space Monkey · 27 Apr 2018 at 21:05

AlphaMale1 said:
Thanks, the braided cable is a good shout. I see Overclockers do an X4 pump for £25. Is this worth a look at?
Also don't suppose you could measure how far out the pump protrudes over the resvoir its self? Space is very tight in my case gah!

Thanks!

Also looking at the pictures, the Photon 270 reservoir looks different for the D5 than it does to the X4, so not sure they are cross compatible without doing so research?

Dominic-Toretto · 27 Apr 2018 at 21:30

Space Monkey said:
I'll have a look tomorrow for you if that's ok, not near my Res at the moment so tomorrow will be the earliest I can have a look

Thank you

Space Monkey said:
Also looking at the pictures, the Photon 270 reservoir looks different for the D5 than it does to the X4, so not sure they are cross compatible without doing so research?

OCUK sell it as a combo,
http://www.xs-pc.com/water-pumps/x4-photon-270-reservoirpump-combo