Bay Res

Ricey · 02-24-2004, 10:52 PM

I was wondering if a dual bay res had any pluses from a single bay or smaller reservoir. Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thanks

Jason_The_Angry · 02-25-2004, 12:10 AM

from what i can see, the res is just there to keep the pump happy. that means, not forcing the pump to have to suck water uphill (most watercooling pumps not good at). so i would assume that they have no real advantage other than maybe dissipating a bit more heat due to increased surface area. however, plastic isn't great at heat transfer anyways. my opinion, a single bay res is probably just fine.

Ricey · 02-25-2004, 03:57 AM

also, i bought a Dangerden dual bay 5.25 res but the mounting holes didnt match up with the removable bay brackets. Does anyone know if the frozencpu one does? Or if im going single bay does the one at cooltechnica/dtekcustoms mounting holes fit in the removable bay rack of an Antec P160 (if anyone knows at least)

pauldenton · 02-25-2004, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ricey

I was wondering if a dual bay res had any pluses from a single bay or smaller reservoir. Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thanks

afaik only that it's less prone to air being drawn into the lines as the waterlevel is well above the fittings....

Cyco-Dude · 02-29-2004, 09:26 AM

there is more room to connect hoses to a dual-bay res than on a smaller one. there might be less chance of sucking in air bubbles on with a larger res. a larger res might be quieter than a really small one. other than that i cant think of any real benefits a dual-bay res would have over a single-bay one.

02-24-2004, 10:52 PM	#1
Ricey Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 27	Bay Res I was wondering if a dual bay res had any pluses from a single bay or smaller reservoir. Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thanks __________________ DFI NF4 Ultra-D UTT AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.6 2GB Samsung UCCC Superflower 550W NEC ND-3520 ATi X1900XT @ 670/1600 Creative X-FI Elite Pro Windows XP Pro

02-25-2004, 12:10 AM	#2
Jason_The_Angry Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: D.C. Posts: 55	from what i can see, the res is just there to keep the pump happy. that means, not forcing the pump to have to suck water uphill (most watercooling pumps not good at). so i would assume that they have no real advantage other than maybe dissipating a bit more heat due to increased surface area. however, plastic isn't great at heat transfer anyways. my opinion, a single bay res is probably just fine. __________________ "You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone

02-25-2004, 03:57 AM	#3
Ricey Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 27	also, i bought a Dangerden dual bay 5.25 res but the mounting holes didnt match up with the removable bay brackets. Does anyone know if the frozencpu one does? Or if im going single bay does the one at cooltechnica/dtekcustoms mounting holes fit in the removable bay rack of an Antec P160 (if anyone knows at least) __________________ DFI NF4 Ultra-D UTT AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.6 2GB Samsung UCCC Superflower 550W NEC ND-3520 ATi X1900XT @ 670/1600 Creative X-FI Elite Pro Windows XP Pro

02-29-2004, 09:26 AM	#5
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	there is more room to connect hoses to a dual-bay res than on a smaller one. there might be less chance of sucking in air bubbles on with a larger res. a larger res might be quieter than a really small one. other than that i cant think of any real benefits a dual-bay res would have over a single-bay one. Last edited by Cyco-Dude; 02-29-2004 at 09:41 AM.

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