NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
A reservoir that fits into a 5.25" bay? Self explanatory lol
My 1st water cooling system - advices
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Sliceoflife
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well, isn't this a bay reservoir?
http://www.xs-pc.com/water-pumps/d5-dual-bay-reservoirpump-combo
My question was, if there is performance gaining having the pump as an independent part of the reservoir.
Cheers
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Yes that is.
No performance difference. As long as the pump has coolant it'll do it's job.
No performance difference. As long as the pump has coolant it'll do it's job.
jamesriley94
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Performance, no.
But...some of the bay-reservoirs can make more noise as vibrations are passed onto the reservoir and then the case from the pump.
I used to have that bay res however, and noise wasn't an issue at all however, it's just something to be aware of.
If you can, I'd go for a tube res and pump top as I think it looks better - although it does obviously require a little more effort to find a place to mount the reservoir and pump.
Sliceoflife
New member
Hey guys!!!
So, the water cooling parts i'm gonna buy is:
1x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 360mm
1x Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 240mm
1x CPU block (still deciding)
2x GTX 780 reference GPU Block (still deciding)
1x Reservoir (still deciding)
My question is:
1x Alphacool Laing VPP655 D5 Pump - T12 with 1/2" barbed connectors
Is this pump good and is it enough for the loop I'm planing?
Thanks.
Regards,
Slice
So, the water cooling parts i'm gonna buy is:
1x Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 360mm
1x Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 240mm
1x CPU block (still deciding)
2x GTX 780 reference GPU Block (still deciding)
1x Reservoir (still deciding)
My question is:
1x Alphacool Laing VPP655 D5 Pump - T12 with 1/2" barbed connectors
Is this pump good and is it enough for the loop I'm planing?
Thanks.
Regards,
Slice
Sliceoflife
New member
Can i assume that buying a Alphacool or any other brand, as long is a D5 they will be good?
I ask this cause many people say that swiftech is the best.... but its hard to find swiftech here in UK...
FTR.4500MHz
New member
Swiftech, alphacool, etc... are all just rebranded laing d5's so no matter which brand you choose.
Sliceoflife
New member
thanks for you guys answers 
sn8kedr
New member
Just out of curiosity did I read that correctly.....780 GPU block?
Also, with the whole res decision, if your planning on removing the HDD bay's/optical bays in the Switch a 250mm tube res looks awesome in there
I initially planned to have the bay res (same/similar as the XSPC+D5 you linked earlier) in mine but after I removed a lot of the HDD/Optical bays, it kinda looked a little empty in there. The tube res seems to give you that little something extra internally imo. This is basically the one I used and just replaced the 140mm tube with a 250mm EK multioption tube - http://www.gammods.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3072
Keen to see what you decide on though mate, good luck with it.
Also, with the whole res decision, if your planning on removing the HDD bay's/optical bays in the Switch a 250mm tube res looks awesome in there
I initially planned to have the bay res (same/similar as the XSPC+D5 you linked earlier) in mine but after I removed a lot of the HDD/Optical bays, it kinda looked a little empty in there. The tube res seems to give you that little something extra internally imo. This is basically the one I used and just replaced the 140mm tube with a 250mm EK multioption tube - http://www.gammods.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3072Keen to see what you decide on though mate, good luck with it.
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