Res/Pumps are confusing me

[Koshigaya]

I'm starting to list together some parts that I plan to get for a loop. I'm completely new to water cooling aside from AIOs, so I watched just about every video I could find and read a bunch of FAQs and guides, but I'm still really confused when it comes to the pump and the reservoir. So for the pump I was going to get an EK-DDC with a heatsink. Sounds simple enough, but I can't figure out what pump tops are. Are they just to add more inlet/outlet holes?

And reservoirs. I want to get a tube reservoir, one of decent size not really too big or too small, but I don't know which one to get with the pump I chose and I have no idea how to mount it. My case doesn't have the convenience of reservoir mounting built it. With that being said where do I mount it? My case is the Corsair 750D.

Apologizes for the ignorant questions, but even after doing a ton of research I'm still on the fence about pumps and reservoirs.

[Enderman]

pump tops are the other half of the heatsink which let you have more or different inputs and oputputs, make the pump look better, and some let you attach a res directly on top of the pump

 

i highly recommend you stay away from the DDC pumps, they are loud and fail often

just save up a bit more for a D5

 

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[skimmilk5]

As far as mounting goes, the order of your loop DOES NOT MATTER (meaning you could go rad>CPU bloc>GPU block>rad or CPU block>GPU block>rad>rad with only a few degrees difference) EXCEPT FOR THIS: YOUR RESERVOIR MUST COME BEFORE YOUR PUMP and IT MUST BE PHYSICALLY MOUNTED IN A LOCATION ABOVE YOUR PUMP in order to allow gravity to draw water into the pump! Failure to do so can cause air to be drawn into the pump. Air in a water pump leads to very quick death, and if just air is drawn into a water pump, it can kill it in as little as 30 seconds. That's not to scare you. That's there to make sure that you're aware of what you're getting into when you own as exotic and sensitive of a beast as a custom liquid cooled PC.

[skimmilk5]

Just now, kimsejin5 said:

As far as mounting goes, the order of your loop DOES NOT MATTER (meaning you could go rad>CPU bloc>GPU block>rad or CPU block>GPU block>rad>rad with only a few degrees difference) EXCEPT FOR THIS: YOUR RESERVOIR MUST COME BEFORE YOUR PUMP and IT MUST BE PHYSICALLY MOUNTED IN A LOCATION ABOVE YOUR PUMP in order to allow gravity to draw water into the pump! Failure to do so can cause air to be drawn into the pump. Air in a water pump leads to very quick death, and if just air is drawn into a water pump, it can kill it in as little as 30 seconds. That's not to scare you. That's there to make sure that you're aware of what you're getting into when you own as exotic and sensitive of a beast as a custom liquid cooled PC.

If you're not sure, or you're that on the fence about it, you probably shouldn't be dallying in the custom water cooled PC art and practice. It's an EXTREMELY sensitive piece, and if there's a problem, you need to know how to correctly remedy it before it or another component causes another problem. That's not to scare or offend you. Just know or don't bother...but be safe.

[Koshigaya]

2 hours ago, kimsejin5 said:

If you're not sure, or you're that on the fence about it, you probably shouldn't be dallying in the custom water cooled PC art and practice. It's an EXTREMELY sensitive piece, and if there's a problem, you need to know how to correctly remedy it before it or another component causes another problem. That's not to scare or offend you. Just know or don't bother...but be safe.

I already know about the res directly feeding the pump. Just not sure how to actually mount the res in a case that doesn't have dedicated mounts for reservoirs. I was thinking of attaching the reservoir to the pump, and then mounting the pump to the bottom of my case using this. I dunno.

[skimmilk5]

6 hours ago, Koshigaya said:

I already know about the res directly feeding the pump. Just not sure how to actually mount the res in a case that doesn't have dedicated mounts for reservoirs. I was thinking of attaching the reservoir to the pump, and then mounting the pump to the bottom of my case using this. I dunno.

Most cases won't come with holes to mount the res. You may have to do some measuring, then use a power drill to create holes to mount the res. Alternatively, if you have a thick case (meaning that the depth is over 170mm), there may be some ventilation next to the PCIe slot covers where you can use a washer and a screw to secure your res through the ventilation holes.