EK Multioption RES 250 Rev.2

[Rover3500]

Hi all,

I am looking at getting 2 of these but as it's my 1st w/c build I'm not sure what the different inlet/outlets do.

I guess the top one can be used with a fill port (which is what I want)

but why 3 at the bottem ?

Has anyone used these ?

 

[Rover3500]

pa120.3 cooling

Hi,

I am mouning two pa120.3 rads for a dual loop system, one will have the fans pushing air through and the other will have the fans pulling air through.

Is there a difference in the cooling (is pushing better than pulling) or does it make no difference ?

Thanks.

 

[PV5150]

About 1-2% in favour of a push config. Push is generally quieter too. Are you using a shroud?

 

[Rover3500]

12V Laing DDC-1T Pro which top ?

Sorry for all my nooby questions but I don't want to make yet more expensive mistakes

I am getting two Laing ddc-1t pumps either pro or ultra, is there much of a difference between the xspc and the alphacool tops.

Also does anyone know what sort of noise these pumps put out (db)

Thanks for your help and patience

:worship::worship::worship:

 

[Rover3500]

About 1-2% in favour of a push config. Push is generally quieter too. Are you using a shroud?

They are mounting inside of a mountain mods case against the pre-made blow holes, one will be mounted on the blowholes with the fans inside and pushing out, the other will be mounted on the fans and the fans inturn mounted to the blowholes and pulling out, so no shrowd.

Thanks.

 

[PV5150]

Just for future reference it may be easier to ask all your water-cooling questions in the one thread. It'll make it easier for our members to answer them all. Personally I'd go with XSPC as it provides better head and flow rate. What are your 2 loops going to contain? As for noise you shouldn't hear the DDC pumps as they are extremely quiet.

 

[PV5150]

no probs mate. I answered your other question for you too, but you'll find more success in receiving answers if you keep all the water-cooling questions to one thread

 

[Rover3500]

Just for future reference it may be easier to ask all your water-cooling questions in the one thread. It'll make it easier for our members to answer them all. Personally I'd go with XSPC as it provides better head and flow rate. What are your 2 loops going to contain? As for noise you shouldn't hear the DDC pumps as they are extremely quiet.

The first loop will be for mobo and cpu, so it will have ddc pump, pa120.3 rad, EK Multioption RES 250 Rev.2, Fill port, EK nb/sb5 block, EK SB GA-X38 block, EK Mosfet GA X38/48 and I am waiting for the new Swiftech Apogee GTZ cpu block, I thought I would run the mobo and cpu parallel from a Y splitter.

The second loop will have same rad, pump, res' and fill port but will be for graphics, I have two ATI 3870X2 cards and will be using the XSPC Razor HD 3870 X2 blocks, so it will obviously have two of those I thought I would run them parallel from a Y splitter.

 

[PV5150]

The first loop will be for mobo and cpu, so it will have ddc pump, pa120.3 rad, EK Multioption RES 250 Rev.2, Fill port, EK nb/sb5 block, EK SB GA-X38 block, EK Mosfet GA X38/48 and I am waiting for the new Swiftech Apogee GTZ cpu block, I thought I would run the mobo and cpu parallel from a Y splitter.

That's quite a bit of restriction. You're going to run a DDC Ultra with that yeah?

 

[Rover3500]

That's quite a bit of restriction. You're going to run a DDC Ultra with that yeah?

You think that will need the ultra and not the pro then ??

Is there a noise difference between the two ?

Thanks.

 

[PV5150]

Yeah I would. Noise difference between the two pumps - negligible if any.

 

[Rover3500]

Yeah I would. Noise difference between the two pumps - negligible if any.

Thanks for the advice, I see on your spec' that you have the same res that I'm looking at, how do you find it and why the 3 bottem ports ?

 

[PV5150]

My pleasure mate. The EK is a great addition to my loop as it makes topping up the fluid so much easier and it looks far better than any bay res in my opinion. Mine is the first revision so I get the vortex thing happening but it has never been a problem, plus it gives me something to look at. I only use two ports because I mounted the res vertically: the bottom port goes straight to the pump; and the other is the inlet. Situated that way I can remove the res while the computer is going and either bleed air from the loop or top it up.

 

[Rover3500]

My pleasure mate. The EK is a great addition to my loop as it makes topping up the fluid so much easier and it looks far better than any bay res in my opinion. Mine is the first revision so I get the vortex thing happening but it has never been a problem, plus it gives me something to look at. I only use two ports because I mounted the res vertically: the bottom port goes straight to the pump; and the other is the inlet. Situated that way I can remove the res while the computer is going and either bleed air from the loop or top it up.

Thanks,

So could I use the top inlet for a fill port then use the bottem side ports as inlet/outlet ?

That leaves the very bottem port, does it come with a blanking plug for that ?

 

[PV5150]

Yes you could mate. The EK res comes with plugs on all but two ports iirc, so you can swap them around depending on how you want to set it up