Click Mah! Anyobody used one of these? are they any good? If so I'd rather one of these than having to look at an ugly pump in my case, would it be good enough to watercool a XP2000 or 2200 using a Black Ice Extreme Radiator (Mounted horizontally hopefully!)
Two things. 1. Depending on the case, finding a home for it could prove difficult. 2. A submersible pump will warm the water slightly, most be noted as this is an issue with some people. If it suits your purpose, you have room and not to bothered about the slight increase in temperature the pump will have in the water then go for. These are well made and are commonly used as a starting point.
If ya go over to the PC Lincs forum you will see a thread - about water "foaming" in short it needs a good air venting thingy, on his set-up that is of course! http://www.pclincs.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=301 http://www.pclincs.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?threadid=355 KMS solved it this way Why not use an inline Pump and airtrap home made or "The Tube"? Hope that's helpfull to ya Phat Mat
It sorta depends... It's a CPUfx/Overclockers Hideout pump all right. The 145GPH version of the reservoir comes with a 12V Rio submergible pump and should generally be OK. The 500GPH version comes with a Rule bilge pump which is not meant for prolonged use and therefore has been reported to have a high failure rate. this pump has been discontinued and replaced by a Jabsco 12V in-line pump rated for continuous use (no reservoir, although these are now sold without any pump at all, purely as reservoir). So far the Jabsco is promising, but the motor casing gets a bit hot in normal use...
Nexxo, I reckon you'd be best off just getting a tried and tested pump like an Eheim -good quality, quiet and reliable not small but run cooler than the jabsco... Would run nicely with a Tube res - good bits of kit the Tubes. Mine looks really good
This is the set up I am now planning. - It's all to fit in a ClearPC, my set up is for aesthetic purposes and "yeah well mine's watercooled!" reasons! Black Ice Radiator mounted in the front of the case with the 80 MM fan at the front reversed so that It blows the warm air out. A clear tube reservoir mounted high up in the case. An eheim pump. And a waterblock for the CPU. A few questions - I'm not really going to overclock my pc so which pump would be best to keep the CPU at an optimal/sligtly higher than optimal temp? I don't really mind noise, I have moozic on all the time anyway. The block I have not yet decided on, what do you guys reccomend for XP2000 or XP2200s?
Gotta recommend the 1048 if you want cool cpu an maybe gpu/chipset in the future. 1046 would work but would be on the absolute minimum for good performance. Oh, and virtually any lower output magdrive pump like those Eheims above is SILENT! as in touch it to see if its on or not Block wise - Check out either the Neptune or the new Atlantis series from OCPC when it arrives, or if you dont mind importing then dtek's spiral and especailly the TC-4 look really nice I take it you're going for the 100mm tube if you're mounting it high up - and you do know that the cap isn't watertight right? Jess said he's going to look into making some with screw plugged caps tho If you ask him at coolhardware he'll sort you out with a custom order if you need it - I've got a custom res coming sometime next week from him
I not sure about your fan? 80mm seems a bit on the small side. If you went up to a 120mm they do run quiet, you can adust the speed on some models and will give you better coverage accross the rad. Just something to bare in mind should the 80mm not cut the mustard. Don't forget to post you pic's
Sorry, should have explained that a bit better, Going to mount the radiator in the front with a 120mm stuck to it, the 80mm is just there to draw the air out the case on the other side of the rad, I'm not making it a tight squeeze so any excess air can freely flow around, Does the air from a radiator get very hot? Cos if the 80mm can't draw it out the case the excess will be sucked out of another 80mm at the back of the case, the way I'm planning to mount a custom PSU also allows for another 80mm in the back of the case and an 80mm blowhole in the back.... This case is on a Clear Acrylic/Silver theme so that anodised chamber would be nice cos it's silver, but it's a bit expensive, one of those tubes would look nice cos it's clear, anyway, I'm still not 100% sure of the total set up yet, my father owns a Plumbing & Heating business so I might sift through a few trade catalogues and maul a few salespeople next time they call, see if there's anything nice in there... I'll keep you all posted.
Yo Coolrunnin', An Eheim is my "plan B". Good pump, and the 240V issue wouldn't really bother me (I'd just relay the thing with a solid-state) except that I could then not adapt my PC to 110V or 240V mains supply just at the flick of a switch on the PSU. That sort of thing bothers me a bit. Never know when my crate has to go abroad. So I prefer the 12V Jabsco solution if at all possible. The company states that it should not get that hot (see the Jabsco pump thread for more detail), so I want to investigate this a bit more before I give up on the idea. But the Eheim would always be my 240V choice. Can't beat German engineering. I mean, just look at their cars!
Yo dude, its criminal not to have a clear res in a clear case. Also, I have heard other posters say that this particular reservoir looks cheap once you get it.
The more sober amongst us (for now, anyway) can point one to Aqua-Computer where those beautiful aluminium reservoirs with perspex lids suck your eyeballs softly with their sweetness... OK, maybe I'm not that sober. Or maybe I just have a technofetish. Anyway, my point (and I do have one) is that the optional 10mm barbs on them are actually 11mm OD, and narrow down to 6mm inside. Which means that you will have to drill the barbs out a bit. But they are damn fine reservoirs...
I have one of those blue Aquacomputer Aquatube reservoirs and they reap of quality. The standard barbs are 11mm I think and fit perfectly for tygon 3/8"ID tubing (which is what I have)