single bay vs dual bay

[mastercrim]

I will be watercooling my new rig within a few months after the buildup but trying to plan out the system now. I am a little confused on the drive bay reservoirs. I really doubt there is a temp difference between the 2 it just doesn’t seem like it would make a difference. I understand how the water turbulence is usually better for the dual bays and allow less air into the system and make it easier to bleed. What I cannot seem to find is if there is a requirement for dual bay if you are running more than 1 rad. I plan to run a 60mm 360rad up top of the switch 810 and a 240 (not sure thickness yet) in the bottom of the case. Any info on this would be great.

 

[S_I_N]

nope single vs dual no temp variances just for looks.

 

[airdeano]

if running more than a single block and rad, the pump in the reservoir might be
a concern. if looking for CPU/GPU loop, research D5 or DDC pumps. they do have
bay reservoirs with these pumps, too.
SIN hit it on the head.. looks, no temperature differences.

 

[mastercrim]

But what if im running a pump outside of the reservoirs or is this not a option for single bay? I thought ive seen pumps outside of reservoirs before not sure if what i thought was a pump not really a pump? I know some bays have preinstalled pumps like RP-1005 Reservoir and pump combo from koolance and some you can install your own pump into them but do you have to? or can it be inside ur case in another location?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Aye the actual size doesnt really make all that much difference.

You have the chance of the res letting air back in the loop when moving the case around with all res's

 

[Jeremy1998]

Wait, are you talking about strictly a bay res, or a bay res with a pump built in? Because if it has a pump in it's that's way different.

 

[mastercrim]

Strictly a bay res with no pump built in. I figure for a single bay option it would be better to go with an external pump mounted in the case.

 

[BCMods]

I can't tell you how much i'd recommend a dual bayres over a single.

My single used to constantly suck in air from the outlet and there's nothing you can do about it unless you submerge your res in water to fill it and get every last bubble out...

 

[mastercrim]

I am considering ditching my DVD burner internal drive and buying an external blue ray burner combo drive in order to fit a dual bay res because of all the bad reviews I have read concerning single bays. Is it better to buy a prebuilt pump/bay system like from xspc with a D5 already installed(like the one below) or chose a res and pump and install myself. I do not think I want or need a dual pump but this is my first watercooled rig so I really do not know for sure. I really like the reviews I have read on most xspc products and will most likely be going with a raystorm CPU block with the xspc rx360x60mm roof mounted and xspc rx240x60mm floor mounted. I will be going with dual ek blocks for the gtx 670 because that’s only brand I have found that make them for my card. I am not really concerned with budget but am I also not going to buy some $1000 external system from koolance either. I would say max budget is around $800 but if I can justify more money buys more performance (and I can convince the wife) ill spend more. Thanks for all input guys. Also I do plan on overclocking CPU and graphics cards.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13884/ex-res-300/XSPC_Dual_525_Bay_Clear_Reservoir_-_w_D5_Variant_Pump_Installed.html?tl=g30c97s168