Where should I place my reservoir?

[semithotamatic]

Ok, my brand new build (6600k and 1070 G1 in a h440) is now sitting right beside me, and I'm planning on putting a custom water cooling loop within it. I've already chosen most of the parts that would I will be using to transforming into a full loop, one of which is the EK-XRES 140 D5. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me chose a spot to place the reservoir. Right now, I see it as having three options.

1. The first place is attached, horizontally, to the top of the PSU shroud, covering one of the SSD mounts. (I'm not stupid right? The top valve on that res can be used as an intake valve right?)

2. Along the way back of the case, attached to the back, below the back exhaust fan.

3. Or, using one of their 120mm mounts and mounting it right behind the front, bottom fan of the case. Out of sight, not really preferable.

More info if needed: Both the CPU and GPU are going to be on the loop, 360 rad is going to be on the top of the case, using push fans as exhaust. And, the front three fans are going to be Noctua NF-F12s for intake. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!

[Lord_Karango17]

Option 1 is likely your best bet. Its the way I have it, and so far there are no issues (draining the system can be a pain since it leaves little room for a drain port, but I just didn't bother with one anyways)

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2 minutes ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

Option 1 is likely your best bet. Its the way I have it, and so far there are no issues (draining the system can be a pain since it leaves little room for a drain port, but I just didn't bother with one anyways)

Ok, thank you. But, in doing that, mine would have to be quite different. The Res would be mounted on its side using the included mount because it is taller than the who you've shown. This also means that the top port on the res would be used as the intake, and the normal out port would be used to move the fluid out.

[Lord_Karango17]

3 minutes ago, JGunnz said:

Ok, thank you. But, in doing that, mine would have to be quite different. The Res would be mounted on its side using the included mount because it is taller than the who you've shown. This also means that the top port on the res would be used as the intake, and the normal out port would be used to move the fluid out.

something like this?

http://prntscr.com/bpofkm

[semithotamatic]

1 minute ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

something like this?

http://prntscr.com/bpofkm

Exactly.

[Lord_Karango17]

4 minutes ago, JGunnz said:

Exactly.

It could work, but filling the loop would become an issue because you are using the removable top as an intake, so that has to stay closed. Other than that the only issue I can see is trickling noises if the water level in the res is lower than the intake...

[semithotamatic]

2 minutes ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

It could work, but filling the loop would become an issue because you are using the removable top as an intake, so that has to stay closed. Other than that the only issue I can see is trickling noises if the water level in the res is lower than the intake...

So, I'd just have to finagle a way to filli through the side intake, and, make sure that the Res is topped off perfectly?

[Lord_Karango17]

4 minutes ago, JGunnz said:

So, I'd just have to finagle a way to filli through the side intake, and, make sure that the Res is topped off perfectly?

Probably... Topping it up is usually just a 1 time deal, so its not too much of an issue if its a pain to fill it.

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13 minutes ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

Probably... Topping it up is usually just a 1 time deal, so its not too much of an issue if its a pain to fill it.

Great, thanks man!