recommend me a reservoir, please

k3v

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I'm currently trying and failing to bleed my system and after doing some (albeit) late research I'm coming to the conclusion that the reservoir I have is not the most suitable. I currently have a ddc 10w with a petras top, a repack 5 1/4" single bay res and a pa 160 rad. Can someone recommend a more suitable reservoir which is ideally fitted in the 5 1/4 bay, a double bay one in black? space is very limited in my lian-li pc7 case.
 
Have you thought about simply using a T? You say the current one isn't bleeding; how long has it been running? - it can take a day or more to bleed completely.
 
I have a Dual bay DD res - easy to bleed the loop. I also have an EK 150 multi-res which is also very easy to bleed.

Have you tried filling the repack res up to the brim?
 
thanks for the replies. in total it has been running for about 2 hours. There are lots of bubbles stil in, from reading a review an what I've seen my self is that the pump just churns the water up in the res and the bubbles keep getting re-circulated. I've tried filling it too the brim. Maybe I'm just being too impatient, its just that there was no apparent reduction in bubbles after 2 hours. I don't know if the problem is that the inlet is near the top of the res with only a few mil of water above it. In another thread I posted about bleeding problems it was suggested that I try bleeding without the pump running but the outlet hole isn't at the top so you have to tip it left and right to get air out and I was getting no-where with it and lifes too short for that.
This is my first time at watercooling so I haven't got a t-piece or anymore tube left, I think I might try a T though, it could be a cheap solution
 
Generally speaking, once the larger air pockets are bled you'll need ~ 24 hours running to remove any micro bubbles that are inevitable.

Just a check - are you using the lower res barb as the outlet?
 
yes I am using the lower barb as the outlet. ill leve it running tonight longer and take it from there. is it normal for the larger bubbles to take more than 2 hours to bleed? the water in the pipes looks frothy. with the water sloshing around in the res is it likely to be sucking air back in through the bleed hole?

thanks,

kev
 
Like i said yesterday m8 swiftech micro if you lack space or get the DD bay res like w3bbo has.
 
w3bbo said:
I have a Dual bay DD res - easy to bleed the loop. I also have an EK 150 multi-res which is also very easy to bleed.

Have you tried filling the repack res up to the brim?
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Seconded :)

Stelly
 
MikeTimbers said:
two hours is not enough. be patient. also, try "blipping" the pump on/off and slow the flow by squeezing the tubing.
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Because the res i have has the bleed point not at the highest point I tilted it left and right while pouring more water in, this got out a fair amount of air, then blipping the pump got more air to the res as suggested (thanks) and I repeated the tilting process. Im now at the stage where most of the air is out and im now running it constantly where i think the rest will come out over time.

Thankyou very much to everyone who replied and helped me out.

At the moment Ive increased the clock from 2.5 to 2.7 on my opty 170 and my temperatures are down 20 deg from when I had it at 2.5 with my arctic cooler pro. Excellent upgrade
 
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