Planning and researching for my first "proper" wc setup. I like the look of the Ek spin bay res but when I looked on YouTube at a few in action I was shocked at how noisy the water flow is, sounded louder than my aquarium lol is there anyone with one if these to tell me it's not that bad or should I stay away from bay reservoirs?
Bay res question
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Yes, i have one in a box i used mine for around 30 mins. they are prety loudish. the main problem is the bleeding of air, i find bay reses a right pain in the ass to bleed.
I have a Bay res for my CPU loop and a Tube res for my GPUs loop, both are silent.
If you get a bay res that the water comes inside the res with the intake underwater you don't get any noise, if you get the water to drop inside the res, even a tube one will make a noise.
If you know what I mean.
If you get a bay res that the water comes inside the res with the intake underwater you don't get any noise, if you get the water to drop inside the res, even a tube one will make a noise.
If you know what I mean.
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I use the ek bay spin res and have done for a few years now.
If you fill right to the top, above the "max line" its silent (leave small gap for air to collect) been great for me and an easy way to check pumps working without opening case etc
If you fill right to the top, above the "max line" its silent (leave small gap for air to collect) been great for me and an easy way to check pumps working without opening case etc
The only potential problem with that is that if there is little or no air space in your res, there isn't going to be any expansion room. As the coolant gets hot it will expand and take up more space. The air in your res gives it some room to expand into as it is compressible. Without it, the pressure in your loop will go up and could cause damage. To be fair, my experience of this comes from a passive cooling setup where the coolant got quite hot and after a while, the cheap plastic flow indicator cracked and leaked - being the weakest part. You may not have a problem if your coolant doesn't get as hot, but it's something to be aware of.
Yes good point I did think of this too, what bay res are you using or what would you recommend? As I have switched to a windowless case a bay res would work out better to keep eye on coolant level without pulling pc out and taking side panel off
Don't know tbh this is my first wc setup so I don't know what's best, are the pumps different from the ones used on tube reservoir's or do they all just fit?
you have some types of pumps, but the two main ones are: D5 and DDC.
If you are going to use the pump attached to the reservoir you need to get a reservoir made for your pump, or you can get a regular reservoir and use your pump with a TOP, but you will need extra tube and fittings to connect them.
My bay reservoir uses a pump attached to it, my tube reservoir uses a pump with a top connected to it.
If you are going to use the pump attached to the reservoir you need to get a reservoir made for your pump, or you can get a regular reservoir and use your pump with a TOP, but you will need extra tube and fittings to connect them.
My bay reservoir uses a pump attached to it, my tube reservoir uses a pump with a top connected to it.
I wouldn't worry about noise or trouble with bleeding to be honest. I've ran both XSPC and Monsoon bay reservoirs in the past without a issue.
My main bit of advice regarding the pump would be to go with a D5 vario so you can turn it up to 5 when bleeding the loop and turn it back down to 3 once all the air is out of the loop.
My main bit of advice regarding the pump would be to go with a D5 vario so you can turn it up to 5 when bleeding the loop and turn it back down to 3 once all the air is out of the loop.
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I'm the only one out of my 'PC Friends' group that uses a tube res. Everyone else seems to have a Bay... XSPC with D5 pumps in most cases and they're pretty quiet even on max, but one has a Monsoon one with LEDs - It's embarrassing that we collectively took so long figuring out why all his LED selections were red... until we remembered that he was using red Mayhems!! 
The EK Spin certainly looks awesome, but it also looks proper loud and I'd be a little concerned about the turbulence on High setting - Looks like you'd get a lot of microbubbles, which *may* impact your loop performance...
The EK Spin certainly looks awesome, but it also looks proper loud and I'd be a little concerned about the turbulence on High setting - Looks like you'd get a lot of microbubbles, which *may* impact your loop performance...