Where should I put a res?

[CarterDavison]

I was wondering where in my Air 540 case that I should put a small res for easy refilling and hopefully showing off a lovely yellow coolant.

[Bananasplit_00]

i cant think of any real placement but behing the motherboard tray ish, not too good with these things but i couldent see any way to mount a reservoir in the main compartment, atleast not when looking at pictures  

[W-L]

6 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

I was wondering where in my Air 540 case that I should put a small res for easy refilling and hopefully showing off a lovely yellow coolant.

In an Air 540 having it in the rear section keeps things very clean but if you want to see the res having it either at the front if you don't have a rad there or horizontal along the bottom is an option. 

[CarterDavison]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

In an Air 540 having it in the rear section keeps things very clean but if you want to see the res having it either at the front if you don't have a rad there or horizontal along the bottom is an option. 

Could I not stand a tiny res under my GPU?

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

Could I not stand a tiny res under my GPU?

If you get a short res like this that's always a option:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-revo-d5-pwm-incl-pump

[CarterDavison]

Just now, W-L said:

If you get a short res like this that's always a option:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-revo-d5-pwm-incl-pump

Holy shit, that's expensive

[W-L]

3 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

Holy shit, that's expensive

That's fairly standard for a D5 pump res unit, it is considered one of the best pumps for watercooling, something very comparable to it is the DDC but tends to be noisier:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-mx-3-2-pwm-incl-pump-1

 

In general to give you an idea a quality custom CPU and GPU loop will cost around $500USD. 

[CarterDavison]

34 minutes ago, W-L said:

That's fairly standard for a D5 pump res unit, it is considered one of the best pumps for watercooling, something very comparable to it is the DDC but tends to be noisier:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-mx-3-2-pwm-incl-pump-1

 

In general to give you an idea a quality custom CPU and GPU loop will cost around $500USD. 

I have a H320 so i'm only looking for a res to make refilling / clearing air bubbles easier for when I refill with yellow coolant.

[W-L]

1 hour ago, CarterDavison said:

I have a H320 so i'm only looking for a res to make refilling / clearing air bubbles easier for when I refill with yellow coolant.

Oh ok in that case you will only require a res unit: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/reservoirs/reservoirs

 

For filling and bleeding though to prevent the pump from running dry it should still be filled from the original ports on the unit.

[CarterDavison]

58 minutes ago, W-L said:

Oh ok in that case you will only require a res unit: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/reservoirs/reservoirs

 

For filling and bleeding though to prevent the pump from running dry it should still be filled from the original ports on the unit.

Okay, mind giving me a run through of what to do?

 

I still have absolutely no idea..

[W-L]

18 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

Okay, mind giving me a run through of what to do?

I still have absolutely no idea..

Well you could integrate it at the bottom as you said as more of a visual item to show off the fluid. In that case it would be plumbed up similar to a component in a loop with an inlet and outlet basically. The reason why filling and bleeding of the loop should be done up top is to ensure the pump/res in that unit there doesn't run dry cause it can wear/damage the bearing of the pump.