large panel for reservoir?

GiantMidget · 13 Aug 2014 at 18:06

Hi everyone,

just wondering if this would be possible;
I want to make a fairly large panel that would replace/cover the Drive bays along the right side of the NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower, from the bottom to top, i plan to remove all the drive bays and put a large radiator there instead, the panel would cover this... BUT i want the panel to be slightly thick, and hollow, so as to act as a reservoir also, could i even achieve this? with constraints in the form of pump pressure and mavity and things,

any feedback and advice is greatly appreciated,

thanks

(I've already submitted the same thread into the case central section, but I think it is better suited here)

colinmcr · 13 Aug 2014 at 23:00

Not sure I follow you, you want it to be a res but also cover the rad?? Or do you mean you want the cover to have like what we call in marine engineering a "jacket" Your jacket water is between the outer and inner walls (your res) and then you use the whole thing to cover the rad.

Its possible sure, you'd have to make sure you have enough volume in your "jacket" and allow for a vent/fill port.

Hope I follow what you were meaning.

GiantMidget · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:08

Apologies, i'm finding it hard to explain, it will have the dimensions 400~500mmx160mmx12mm (HxWxD) so it would be like a thick sheet of metal, but i intend to fill it with coolant and use it as the reservoir (to save space + asthetics). I basically just need to know if it will even be able to act as a reservoir, ive not done any watercooling previously, so i dont know if the pump will be able to pump liquid that is so spread over a large area, thanks.

Luke_Bowman · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:38

You should be fine as long as your pump has sufficient head for the size reservoir you're using

mrham4321 · 14 Aug 2014 at 11:46

That's a cool idea. I'm trying to picture how good a transparent sidepanel that was also a reservoir would look. Would certainly hold a lot of liquid!

GiantMidget · 14 Aug 2014 at 12:03

Okay great, i want it to be black i think, but when a design in clear acrylic, then behind the panel a dim blue light to cast light through the see-through portion of the panel and make it shine a little, perhaps a subtle NZXT logo on it seeing as my case is the phantom, how much liquid should a loop that goes to the GPU and CPU need? as i can adjust the thickness of the panel depending on it (less is lighter + cheaper) thanks