How important is the size of the res?

Crashgate3 · 27 Jan 2008 at 16:57

I've seen the 'bong' type reservoirs in various sizes and also the types that fit in either one or two 5.25" bays. I have no idea which is best though.

I'm guessing here, but wouldn't the smallest res you can use be best, because I imagine its only really used to help bleeding/filling - if its internal it will in fact be heating up the water slightly, as the ambient temp inside the case is a lot warmer than the ambient ouside air flowing over the res, so it would be best to have the water spend as little time at possible sitting in the res before it's sent to the rad to cool down.

Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

w3bbo · 27 Jan 2008 at 17:13

Res size has no effect on cooling. A large res will take longer to heat up but it will soon equalise. Reservoirs are simply to aid bleeding/(re)filling of your loop....and they also look so much better than a T-line

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Crashgate3 · 27 Jan 2008 at 17:15

Ah good - so a single 5.25" bay res is perfectly fine for any loop, no matter how big it is?

w3bbo · 27 Jan 2008 at 17:20

Yup. You will obviously have to fill it a few times tho and once you have filled your loop I would advise you to fill the bayres up as far as possible to prevent cavitation and therefore the intake of bubbles unless its an XSPC res with the decent dividers to prevent this.

Crashgate3 · 27 Jan 2008 at 18:23

So as long as the res is at the top of the loop (it will be) and is pretty much full everything will be groovy?

PinkFloyd · 27 Jan 2008 at 18:25

Crashgate3 said:
So as long as the res is at the top of the loop (it will be) and is pretty much full everything will be groovy?

Yup

With the res at the top its about as easy as its going to get