Reservoir capacity
 

Currently building my first water cooling kit and I've run into a slight snag with my reservoir. To save space, I plan on submerging my pump, but I don't know what capacity to build the resevoir to. I can easily get about 3 liters accounting for the pump displacement, but is that enough? I working within size limitations of roughly 5.5" wide by 5.5" deep by 8" tall. Cooling will be provided by a 8"x8"x1" aluminum heatercore that is cooled by two 172mm fans, one pushing and one pulling. Pump will be a Viaaqua 305; yes, I know, very cheap, but this is essentially a starter kit.

Reservoir capacity isn't really a big issue, enough to submerge the pump fully will be fine.

You may want to submerge a bit more. My pump likes to suck in air if I don't give it a lot of water.

I have 8 inches to work with and the pump is only 3.5 inches tall, so that shouldnt be a problem. I suppose submerging the pump in a water/glycol/hyperlube mixture will pose no problem either? Now I just need the pump to get here so I can properly flush my heatercore.

Anybody have any design elements I should implement? I have already made airtight shrouds for either side of the heatercore and I am getting very good airflow despite the high fin density. This is my first attempt however, and I would appreciate any advice.

why would you use some weird solution? distilled water + water wetter = all you need. also the only water that needs to be around the pump is enough to cover it.

I've read in another thread about the anticorrosion properties of glycol and hyperlube is essentially water wetter without the deposits. As neither are that expensive, I figure why not give it a shot.

Heh, reservoir problem solved. I believe I will be using one of these old 40 oz peanut containers. Packratting does pay off.