Mounting a separate res and pump

kael13 · 30 Jul 2014 at 14:33

My build is slowly coming together, piece by piece, but I'm having some problems trying to work out how to mount my pump and tube reservoir, preferably without it looking messy, and with some form of vibration absorption for the pump.

Does anyone have any thoughts on how I could go about this? I'd like the res mounted adjacent to the mobo, but the bracket seems to hold the res extremely close to the back of the case.

I've also come to the conclusion that it would probably be best to mount the pump to the top of the radiator, but with what? I've seen various pump mounting products but nothing specifically for a D5.

Case is a Corsair 750D.
Res is an Aquacomputer Aqualis 150ml Eco
Pump is a D5 Vario with EK X-top CSQ.
I have some anti-vibration mounting screws too.

Have included a couple of pictures to show what I currently have.

... The picture res is upside down. Should have realised that.

jimbaw · 30 Jul 2014 at 16:08

I 've got the same case as you and I'm interested as well.
this is what I thought was the best option: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-339-BP
mount the 240mm rad to the front, attach the reservoir to it with the thing in the link, attach the pump to the floor of the case and that's it! that's what I was thinking of doing anyway

Pneumonic · 30 Jul 2014 at 16:48

Just need to make sure that your reservoir clamps line up with the holes on the bitspower mount.. if not you can use bitspower reservoir clamps on your non-bitspower reservoir tube as long as its 60mm diameter (which most are)

kael13 · 31 Jul 2014 at 12:18

jimbaw said:
I 've got the same case as you and I'm interested as well.
this is what I thought was the best option: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-339-BP
mount the 240mm rad to the front, attach the reservoir to it with the thing in the link, attach the pump to the floor of the case and that's it! that's what I was thinking of doing anyway

I originally wanted to mount the rad to the front as well, but then I would not have room for one of the hard drive cages, which I am hanging under the 5.25 drive bays.
As for the res, I could remove one of the rubber grommets and drill an extra hole to get it on next to the mobo, but the clearance from the tray is still very tight.

Pneumonic said:
Just need to make sure that your reservoir clamps line up with the holes on the bitspower mount.. if not you can use bitspower reservoir clamps on your non-bitspower reservoir tube as long as its 60mm diameter (which most are)

Sadly it's 50mm diameter.

canuseemygrapes · 31 Jul 2014 at 12:54

Im keeping my eye on this one. I have a Aqualis pro 880ml to be fitted the same way really.
80mm is mine tho

Freddie1980 · 31 Jul 2014 at 13:18

You can attach your Reservoir to your Pump with a male to male 3/8" fitting. With the above bracket your setup would end up looking like this.

The only drawback is you can't go push-pull with this configuration.

jimbaw · 31 Jul 2014 at 13:27

that's very true but there is only a minimal performance gain to be had by going push/pull over push only or pull only.
and regarding the hard drive cage, can't you put it near the psu?
I've only got one hard drive so I'm going to put it in the 5.25" bay

kael13 · 31 Jul 2014 at 14:51

Freddie1980 said:
You can attach your Reservoir to your Pump with a male to male 3/8" fitting. With the above bracket your setup would end up looking like this.

The only drawback is you can't go push-pull with this configuration.

This looks interesting... and as said, I could put the cage next to the PSU. Have you a photo with it in better focus? Can't really make out how it joins. My res doesn't have a port in the base.

Currently wondering if this http://www.alphacool.com/product_in...atoren.html/XTCsid/vigk9bsemfb3le0dqsqjo9fd56
or these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-093-EK&groupid=962&catid=1523&subcat=1545
would work some how. Sure would be nice if more products came with design docs so you could see all the dimensions and placements.

kael13 · 17 Aug 2014 at 15:07

I came up with a sort've ghetto solution.

I cut a length of aluminium into two strips, drilled mount holes into one for the radiator and holes into both for the decoupling. One strip is mounted to the rad and the other simply rests on the top.

Photos included. I do still need to spray paint them black.

What do you guys think about the reduction in air flow? I could thin down one of the strips to help that a little, but it would make it uneven looking.

Oh and I also need to cut the ends off the screws so they don't hit the fins.