After reading martinsliquidlab.org + slinneelabs reviews, l agreed with there conclusion that it was a good step forward in waterpumps to be controled by PWM, to have the ability to be able to control your Pumps speed and noise level. Instead of it going flat out all the time or selecting a speed level, turning a dial on the Pump if you need a better flow for cooling.
Pump + Res
The Reservior l bought a couple of weeks back while checking the price of the Pump + Res.
Top right is the female to female ftting so you can use the Res by its self + Tube Mod which you'll find out about as we go on.
Also by doing a bit of googling l found its best to fill the Res so it just meets the Res top but be carefull and add the coolent a little bit at a time and try the screw the top down as you add the coolent so you don't overfill the Res and spill out on to the Pump as this might short it out, by doing this it helps to stop any air bubbles being formed. But the main thing that struck me was how quiet the Pump was even at max rpm about 4500 with the Tube Mod. Yet martinsliqudlab with the mesh plus sponge in the Pump Video it was very noisy but a noise check with the Tube Mod should have been done.
What l'll do is take a couple of recordings of the Pump at MaxRPM 4500, one with the mic next to my case plus the 2nd without side panel and the mic facing down towards the pump, with the Tube Mod later on.
What l'll do is put a link to martinsliquidlab.org, where you can read his review and check out the video he has made about the coolent distrubence + noise due to the sponge and mesh set up. I have already made The Top Inlet Internal Tube Alternative mod reccommended by martinsliquidlab for the Res, as the piece of mesh and sponge as you get near 1.5GPM and over. The flow starts to disturb the coolent forming air bubbles the faster the flow the greater the disturbence the greater the air bubbles. At Max RPM-4500 this can lead to air bubble's going down into the pump, then into the loop which is a big no, no, as this could cause higher temps and possibly damage your pump.
martinsliquidlab - http://martinsliquidlab.org/2011/02/25/swiftech-mcp-35x-reservoir/
The Tube Mod is not new you can actually buy a length of plastic tubing of different lengths to suite your res, using tubing your not 100% lined up with the bottom of the Res oulet hole into the pump but it will still work work. This mod causes very little disturbence to the water, so creating little or no air bubbles at all and so the water in the Res is very calm. To bleed the loop using the Tube Mod,just rest the fill top on the top of the Res with the tube in the water and have a measuring beaker with a spout so you can fill the Res as it goes down quite fast as the Pump speed is quite high due to not being PWM controled, when the Res stops needing a top up due to a good percentage of the air getting trapped in the Res, attach cables to motherboard plus the Pump CPU cable to the CPU header. Then fill the Res up so you can just get the fill top on with out spilling the cool'nt and tilt the case different angles a few times helps again to get more air out the loop with PC on, if your motherboard has its own fan software install that and reduce the speed. To half way and leave the PC to run for 30 minutes check temps, top up if need be set up your fan speed profile and the rest of the air thats left in the loop will end up in the Res after a few days and so you will need to top it up so it just reach's the fill top again.
Vaste majority of air out the loop, Res filled so it just touchs the fill top.
Right the best l can do for a noise test is use my 5.1 surround sound Mudusa NX headset and use the mic which is very good .Test 1 - mic facing PC resting on my desk. with the MCP35X AT MAX-RPM about 45023 / Test 2 side panel of mic facing down into the PC, with the MCP35X AT MAX-RPM 45023.
Test1 Mic Facing Case. link - http://soundcloud.com/oldphart/test-1-mic-facing-pc
Test 2 Side Panel Off Mic facing IntO PC - http://soundcloud.com/oldphart/test-2-side-panel-off-mic
Note - dazzerd a member of our forum says - "I have my mcp35x for sale; only bought a few weeks ago along with the res but I find the high pitch hum too annoying so have gone back to my D5." Its a pity he did not say more on the subject, how he had set the MCP35X Pump + Res up.
As l said l found it to be very quiet, while l was googling finding out anything about the Res, reading a few threads they also said the pump was not as no where as noisy as martinsliquidlabs plus skinneelabs made it, well my recordings make out the pump is quite quiet at Max RPM with the Tube Mod.
Temps from both the XSPC combo pump and the MCP35X Pump + Custom Res -
XSPC Pump -
MCP35X Pump -
PC room > 21'C Ambient Temp XSPC Pump - 30'C > 34'C +:-1'C IDLE / MCP35x is set at fan speed 22% at 32'c - 30'c > 34'c, which gives the same idle temps as the X20 D750 Res/Pump combo which is alaways sat max rpm.
PC room, playing BC2 - 21'C Ambient Temp 1HR CPU 4.2 > 59'C > 62'C - GPU 470 > 45'C. / Waited till the Ambiet Temp was higher to see how the MCP35X peformed, its now 23'C, 2'c played BC2 with the MCP35X Pump[fan at 22% at 30'c > fan at 100% at 70'c]for an 1hr - 59'c > 63'c -GPU 470 > 46'C, pump speed was about 3900 varing slightly all the time.
Well take a look at that with the better performing pump, room temp has gone up 2'c now 23'c and basicly its the same temp as the XSPC Pump.
I've had the MCP35X a couple of days and l'am well pleased with the out come, its easy to set up, being able to control your cool'nt flow via PWM plus fan software, makes life easier no need to go into your case and turn up your flow up or down, its down on the desktop in secounds. Adjusting the flow to suite summer and winter, as it gets hotter turn the flow up, when it gets cooler turn the follow down, it has a waranty of 2 years. Best of all the Pump is very quiet.
Pump + Res
The Reservior l bought a couple of weeks back while checking the price of the Pump + Res.
Top right is the female to female ftting so you can use the Res by its self + Tube Mod which you'll find out about as we go on.
Also by doing a bit of googling l found its best to fill the Res so it just meets the Res top but be carefull and add the coolent a little bit at a time and try the screw the top down as you add the coolent so you don't overfill the Res and spill out on to the Pump as this might short it out, by doing this it helps to stop any air bubbles being formed. But the main thing that struck me was how quiet the Pump was even at max rpm about 4500 with the Tube Mod. Yet martinsliqudlab with the mesh plus sponge in the Pump Video it was very noisy but a noise check with the Tube Mod should have been done.
What l'll do is take a couple of recordings of the Pump at MaxRPM 4500, one with the mic next to my case plus the 2nd without side panel and the mic facing down towards the pump, with the Tube Mod later on.
What l'll do is put a link to martinsliquidlab.org, where you can read his review and check out the video he has made about the coolent distrubence + noise due to the sponge and mesh set up. I have already made The Top Inlet Internal Tube Alternative mod reccommended by martinsliquidlab for the Res, as the piece of mesh and sponge as you get near 1.5GPM and over. The flow starts to disturb the coolent forming air bubbles the faster the flow the greater the disturbence the greater the air bubbles. At Max RPM-4500 this can lead to air bubble's going down into the pump, then into the loop which is a big no, no, as this could cause higher temps and possibly damage your pump.
martinsliquidlab - http://martinsliquidlab.org/2011/02/25/swiftech-mcp-35x-reservoir/
The Tube Mod is not new you can actually buy a length of plastic tubing of different lengths to suite your res, using tubing your not 100% lined up with the bottom of the Res oulet hole into the pump but it will still work work. This mod causes very little disturbence to the water, so creating little or no air bubbles at all and so the water in the Res is very calm. To bleed the loop using the Tube Mod,just rest the fill top on the top of the Res with the tube in the water and have a measuring beaker with a spout so you can fill the Res as it goes down quite fast as the Pump speed is quite high due to not being PWM controled, when the Res stops needing a top up due to a good percentage of the air getting trapped in the Res, attach cables to motherboard plus the Pump CPU cable to the CPU header. Then fill the Res up so you can just get the fill top on with out spilling the cool'nt and tilt the case different angles a few times helps again to get more air out the loop with PC on, if your motherboard has its own fan software install that and reduce the speed. To half way and leave the PC to run for 30 minutes check temps, top up if need be set up your fan speed profile and the rest of the air thats left in the loop will end up in the Res after a few days and so you will need to top it up so it just reach's the fill top again.
Vaste majority of air out the loop, Res filled so it just touchs the fill top.
Right the best l can do for a noise test is use my 5.1 surround sound Mudusa NX headset and use the mic which is very good .Test 1 - mic facing PC resting on my desk. with the MCP35X AT MAX-RPM about 45023 / Test 2 side panel of mic facing down into the PC, with the MCP35X AT MAX-RPM 45023.
Test1 Mic Facing Case. link - http://soundcloud.com/oldphart/test-1-mic-facing-pc
Test 2 Side Panel Off Mic facing IntO PC - http://soundcloud.com/oldphart/test-2-side-panel-off-mic
Note - dazzerd a member of our forum says - "I have my mcp35x for sale; only bought a few weeks ago along with the res but I find the high pitch hum too annoying so have gone back to my D5." Its a pity he did not say more on the subject, how he had set the MCP35X Pump + Res up.
As l said l found it to be very quiet, while l was googling finding out anything about the Res, reading a few threads they also said the pump was not as no where as noisy as martinsliquidlabs plus skinneelabs made it, well my recordings make out the pump is quite quiet at Max RPM with the Tube Mod.
Temps from both the XSPC combo pump and the MCP35X Pump + Custom Res -
XSPC Pump -
MCP35X Pump -
PC room > 21'C Ambient Temp XSPC Pump - 30'C > 34'C +:-1'C IDLE / MCP35x is set at fan speed 22% at 32'c - 30'c > 34'c, which gives the same idle temps as the X20 D750 Res/Pump combo which is alaways sat max rpm.
PC room, playing BC2 - 21'C Ambient Temp 1HR CPU 4.2 > 59'C > 62'C - GPU 470 > 45'C. / Waited till the Ambiet Temp was higher to see how the MCP35X peformed, its now 23'C, 2'c played BC2 with the MCP35X Pump[fan at 22% at 30'c > fan at 100% at 70'c]for an 1hr - 59'c > 63'c -GPU 470 > 46'C, pump speed was about 3900 varing slightly all the time.
Well take a look at that with the better performing pump, room temp has gone up 2'c now 23'c and basicly its the same temp as the XSPC Pump.
I've had the MCP35X a couple of days and l'am well pleased with the out come, its easy to set up, being able to control your cool'nt flow via PWM plus fan software, makes life easier no need to go into your case and turn up your flow up or down, its down on the desktop in secounds. Adjusting the flow to suite summer and winter, as it gets hotter turn the flow up, when it gets cooler turn the follow down, it has a waranty of 2 years. Best of all the Pump is very quiet.
