How do I choose a pump?

[mp4-25]

I am new to water cooling an wanted to know what pumps are good to use. I am looking for quiet operation and it will have to fit in an Arc Midi R2 with a res attached. Also, any res suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I will be cooling a Haswell i5 and a 7850 with 60mm 240 rad and a 45mm 240 rad. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. 

[lufihengr]

Linus recommends the Swiftech mcp655, so I'd go with that. 

[mp4-25]

Is that a D5?

[eshbop]

Get one of the variations of the Liang D5, look for one that has manual pump speed adjustment.

[extremescouter]

The Swiftech MCP-655 would be a great choice for performance and being quiet. I think Linus talks about it more here: 

 

[eshbop]

Is that a D5?

yep

[Magebot]

laging D5 and DDC pumps are the most reliable and perform the best. as stated above swiftech mcp655 is really good as it is a D5 pump.

[mp4-25]

Thanks guys, do any of you know about any pump mountable reservoirs for a D5 pump? A small tube would be ideal.

[Ghost]

There is no reason at all to specifically recommend the MCP655. There is nothing special about it.

 

What I would recommend is a Laing Pump. The MCP655 is in fact in the "family" of Laing pumps but nothing more than that. Laing pumps come in two "flavors". The D5 and the DDC. The D5 is more expensive, bigger, quieter, runs cooler and is slightly better.

 

Laing pumps have an MTBF of 50,000 hours. Something around 6 years of running non-stop.

 

If you go to a water-cooling site there will most likely be a Laing pump sub-section. From all you need to know is; they are all the same pump that is just re-badged and some pumps have more "features" such as a tacho/rpm wire. You obviously pay for the features.

 

Otherwise; like I said they are all the same thing with a different sticker.

[FreakishKid]

any variation, incarnation, of the D5 will do...~~!!!

[mp4-25]

Do i need to buy an aftermarket pump top for a D5 or is the stock one okay?

[Ghost]

Do i need to buy an aftermarket pump top for a D5 or is the stock one okay?

The stock one only has 1/2" barbs. If you get a pump top you will have threads that you can screw your own fittings into. It will also perform slightly better.

 

But you don't have to if you are fine with the standard top.

[mp4-25]

Thanks again for all of the help guys.

[Kawaii]

Do i need to buy an aftermarket pump top for a D5 or is the stock one okay?

Only if you wish to slightly improve the performance and be able to have a different sized fitting.

[FreakishKid]

Do i need to buy an aftermarket pump top for a D5 or is the stock one okay?

PPC has the threaded swiftech version if u dont wanna spent so much for another pump top.....