Half-size 5.25 inch Bay Res?

[AllaboutPC]

Hi! I was wondering if there was any half-sized 5.25 inch bay reservoir.What I mean by this is a bay res that allows me to keep the cover of the 5.25 inch bay on to maintain the aesthetic on the corsair 350D.

The main build log that I am basing this build on is this one. As you can see, the bay has a pump/res combo. I would rather go with the half -bay res and a vario d5 pump + top to go in between the PSU and the GPU.

 

WATER COOLING STUFFS:

 

2x 240mm rad (38 mm thick)

 

Fans! (4 total, two on each rad)

 

EK 780 classy block

 

EK cpu block

 

EK maximus VI GENE block (maybe) 

 

EK vario d5 pump + purtyful EK top

 

The main concern I have with going with a tube reservoir is that I may not have enough room for it with my gpu and a wireless card (optional) stuck on the motherboard.

 

Have any of you guys ever built in the 350d? is there enough room in there for it?

 

Thanks in advance if you reply!

[piplupgao]

Just get it tube res, they look AWESOME

[Bluejay0]

Just get it tube res, they look AWESOME

I agree. They do look good but for some builds which don't have that much space, the Bay res is good. Bay Res/Pump have leakage with the XSPC line of products so stay away from those.

 

#TVirus

[AllaboutPC]

Just get it tube res, they look AWESOME

Should I go with a colored liquid then? if so what? (Thinking about something red) (I have never used colored liquid)

[Bluejay0]

Should I go with a colored liquid then? if so what? (Thinking about something red) (I have never used colored liquid)

 

Go for any coolant you like, they all preform the same EXCEPT FOR AURORAS BY MAYHEM! Those are for show. They can be used in a cooling loop but can cause many problems later on and need more maintenance than other coolants.

 

I recommend EKWB, Swiftech, XSPC, Koolance, and Mayhems branded coolants

 

Ninja edit ftw

[piplupgao]

Should I go with a colored liquid then? if so what? (Thinking about something red) (I have never used colored liquid)

I'm a fan of this

http://www.mayhems.co.uk/front/pastel.html#.UlyqAHS9KSM

DON'T USE WITH PRIMOCHILL OR TYGON TUBING

[Excon]

Go for any coolant you like, they all preform the same EXCEPT FOR PASTELS BY MAYHEM! Those are for show. They can be used in a cooling loop but can cause many problems later on and need more maintenance than other coolants.

 

I recommend EKWB, Swiftech, XSPC, Koolance, and Mayhems branded coolants

Don't you mean Aurora?

[Bluejay0]

I'm a fan of this

http://www.mayhems.co.uk/front/pastel.html#.UlyqAHS9KSM

DON'T USE WITH PRIMOCHILL OR TYGON TUBING

They do have a compatibility problem

[piplupgao]

Go for any coolant you like, they all preform the same EXCEPT FOR PASTELS BY MAYHEM! Those are for show. They can be used in a cooling loop but can cause many problems later on and need more maintenance than other coolants.

 

I recommend EKWB, Swiftech, XSPC, Koolance, and Mayhems branded coolants

Your thinking of aroura, I have been running a loop with pastels for around half a user and I haven't had problems

[Bluejay0]

Don't you mean Aurora?

Oh shoot you are right. Pastel came into mind...

[piplupgao]

read above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

THE HEL I JUST SAY PIPLUP?! DAMN POKEMON!

[Bluejay0]

read above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ninja edits brah. 

[piplupgao]

Oh shoot you are right. Pastel came into mind...

Damn bluejays

[Bluejay0]

Damn bluejays

Damn Piplups. Are we like cousins or something since you are technically a penguin?

[piplupgao]

Damn Piplups. Are we like cousins or something since you are technically a penguin?

4th cousins 5 times removed (it would be funny if we were that irl)

[felixbearpig]

I have a packed 350d and you don't have room for much , going for a 1slot 5.25" baby really isn't going to change much on appearance ( I have a 2slot one ) it's still going to look odd because it's indented no matter how man slots you use.

**Quick thought, If you have hard drives, you will be left with no room to put them anywhere if you take out the cage in the front and the ssd mounts don't give you enough room to put a rad there no matter how thin.(if you want I can show you pics of what I mean)

[AllaboutPC]

I have a packed 350d and you don't have room for much , going for a 1slot 5.25" baby really isn't going to change much on appearance ( I have a 2slot one ) it's still going to look odd because it's indented no matter how man slots you use.

**Quick thought, If you have hard drives, you will be left with no room to put them anywhere if you take out the cage in the front and the ssd mounts don't give you enough room to put a rad there no matter how thin.(if you want I can show you pics of what I mean)

Thanks! I plan on using this as a hdd mount/silencer

[AllaboutPC]

4th cousins 5 times removed (it would be funny if we were that irl)

I like how this is about the 350d.

[AllaboutPC]

I'm a fan of this

http://www.mayhems.co.uk/front/pastel.html#.UlyqAHS9KSM

DON'T USE WITH PRIMOCHILL OR TYGON TUBING

Looks purtyful but I prefer:

This tubing

This coolent

[Saladin]

You can use something like this and hide it in a 5.25 bay. Just mount it with double sided tape or velcro and you should be fine.