XSPC Ion pump/reservior

[WYP]

XSPC is soon to release their Ion pump/reservoir, offering a compact pump reservoir design for water cooling in limited spaces.

Read more on XSPC's Ion pump bay reservoir.

 

[NeverBackDown]

With such a weak pump it's probably best to get a small loop with nothing more than a single block and then a thin rad. It's more of an ITX sized combo. Still looks good though

 

[TPC]

With such a weak pump it's probably best to get a small loop with nothing more than a single block and then a thin rad. It's more of an ITX sized combo. Still looks good though

Weak pump? The Fractal AiO pump has only 1/4 of the head pressure and also 1/4 of the flow rate but you're still easily able to do a multi rad setup with a GPU and A CPU block.

My guess is that it's based on a DC12-220 pump. So decent enough for 90% of loops. Might just be a bit noisy.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Weak pump? The Fractal AiO pump has only 1/4 of the head pressure and also 1/4 of the flow rate but you're still easily able to do a multi rad setup with a GPU and A CPU block.

Being easy to do and doing it well aren't the same thing.

 

[TPC]

Being easy to do and doing it well aren't the same thing.

It does well though in the matter that temps are perfectly fine.

The rig I'm talking about is Kilbane's Fractal Solo. http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=73310

 

[WYP]

While a strong pump is preferable for water cooling, this pump is by no means weak. Stronger pumps are only really necessary in extreme water cooling builds where a CPU and multiple GPU are being cooled.

One thing to note also is how well designed blocks are these days when compared to older designs, where the flow restriction is greatly reduced.

The design work on EK's recent GPU blocks in particular have me very impressed from an engineering perspective, which given the fact I have a degree in mechanical engineering is no small feat.

 

[JR23]

With such a weak pump it's probably best to get a small loop with nothing more than a single block and then a thin rad. It's more of an ITX sized combo. Still looks good though

A thin rad so the restriction is higher?

JR

 

[jimma47]

I wonder if it will fit in a 5.25" with an adaptor mount. Would be perfect for the Air540's vertical blanks.

 

[Davva2004]

I wonder if it will fit in a 5.25" with an adaptor mount. Would be perfect for the Air540's vertical blanks.

You could use the dual bay 750 pump and reservoir combo for the Air 540, or even their dual bay res that takes a D5 pump.

 

[Doomslayer]

I wonder if it will fit in a 5.25" with an adaptor mount. Would be perfect for the Air540's vertical blanks.

I'm thinking not but you never know

 

[NeverBackDown]

While a strong pump is preferable for water cooling, this pump is by no means weak. Stronger pumps are only really necessary in extreme water cooling builds where a CPU and multiple GPU are being cooled.

One thing to note also is how well designed blocks are these days when compared to older designs, where the flow restriction is greatly reduced.

The design work on EK's recent GPU blocks in particular have me very impressed from an engineering perspective, which given the fact I have a degree in mechanical engineering is no small feat.

It's not strong at all, it's perfectly fine for a small loop but once you start adding in long tubing runs and if you have parts where it goes up down up(for example) you will see it's limits. Which is why I said for ITX builds its perfect also given the fact it's really small

A thin rad so the restriction is higher?

JR

would depend on the rad I'd say. A low fpi rad thin or thick would not have much restrictions but I'd still say the thick one has more as it has more tubes, but that also depends on the rad again

 

[JR23]

would depend on the rad I'd say. A low fpi rad thin or thick would not have much restrictions but I'd still say the thick one has more as it has more tubes, but that also depends on the rad again

Yeah more tubes hence less restriction, ignoring the AMS which is just weird all of the slim rads have relatively high restriction (ST30, SE, G2 Slim, Black Ice GTX, Nemisis GTS etc...) Meanwhile the huge Monsta and UT60 are uber low restriction. That's generally the point of low FPI thick rads.

JR

 

[NeverBackDown]

Yeah more tubes hence less restriction, ignoring the AMS which is just weird all of the slim rads have relatively high restriction (ST30, SE, G2 Slim, Black Ice GTX, Nemisis GTS etc...) Meanwhile the huge Monsta and UT60 are uber low restriction. That's generally the point of low FPI thick rads.

Hm I figured more would mean more restriction. Guess I got it crossed the wrong way. Probably with FPI and more being more air restrictive etc is probably where I messed it up in my head

 

[TPC]

It's not strong at all, it's perfectly fine for a small loop but once you start adding in long tubing runs and if you have parts where it goes up down up(for example) you will see it's limits. Which is why I said for ITX builds its perfect also given the fact it's really small

It's really strong tbh. A DDC is just a tad bit stronger head pressure wise. (unless you use one of the uber versions like the 1T-Plus or something.)

 

[jimma47]

I'm thinking not but you never know

Yeah just thought it may be a nice option - not that the 540s are short for space but you don't see a whole lot of nice vertical bay options.

 

[Kushiro]

Why do only one of the modules have an xspc block on