WC res/pump comparability advice **please help**

Harveywoo

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Aesthetics mainly, I like the look of the bigger tube res, if it doesn't hold much extra for performance then I probably won't bother. :-)
 
Having no res has a performance benifit (t-line)
A fully filled res (water in and out at opposite ends) has a small performance benifit
Some Res/pump combo's offer a performance benifit (especially ddc's)
Large external finned res has small performance benifit

Res with an air bubble = performance drop
Res in/out same end = performance drop (but improved blead)
Large res = slower heat gain/loss to equilibrium - temps will be the same

So all the 'bling' aesthetics make the loop less efficient at removeing heat.
They just make you buy a more expensive res and more 'coloured' coolant.
 
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Well that shocked me I thought larger res would mean more fluid and more surface area which in turn would mean better cooling, so what I need to find is the aesthetics/performance happy medium :-)
 
Have you thought on how your going to mount the larger reservoir? Bear in mind empty reservoirs are pretty heavy then you have to fill it up with fluid so whatever your attaching it to it has to be secure. If you plan was to attach that reservoir to the rad and have the pump underneath then I can tell you it will be to long.
 
you will get more heat transfer from having more volume exposed to a larger surface area and ofc it takes longer to warm up the water if you have more water in the system, the ek 250 is actually quiet small and not overly large i have that another 25o res and a small header i like a lot of volume in my system up to you how you want it

if you had a huyge res with a huge surface area it will act like a rad also not as effecient as a purpose built rad ofc. but you will still lose heat from tubes resevoirs etc not just the rad,

i like the multiple res option for seeing all the water also and dont have any problems with flow and i have a ton of tubing with a small pump so build it and try part of the fun is modifying stuff to see how it pperforms and looks
 
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