A *TRIPLE* 3.5" bay res?

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I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to organize the components in my new case....and I stumbled across an idea...

Has anyone ever seen a triple 3.5" bay res? If so, can you send me links? ;)

I've never seen one offered on any site for sale, so if I wanted to do this, I'd have to make it myself...and given my limited tools and never worked with acrylic before, I'm more than a little hesitant to take on that task.
 
Why would you want a reservoir that takes 3 3.5" bays? The highest I've seen only take two.
 
CoW]8(0) said:
Why would you want a reservoir that takes 3 3.5" bays? The highest I've seen only take two.
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err...that's like saying, "why do people want dual 5.25" bay res's?"....

I mean, I figure there's a strong possibility I am not going to be using any of that space, and in my case (Silverstone TJ-05) it's fairly "blocked off"...

Just toying with the idea...I haven't run the math, but I figure it would hold a little more than a single 5.25" bay res...(I know a dual 3.5" holds less than a single 5.25")
 
Why do you want a resevoir that holds more water should be the question? Just so that in the case of a leak you have more ammunition to completely fry your gear? There isn't an advantage to a larger resevoir at all. Unless you are in love with water and want to go "OOOOOoooo perrty water" everytime you look at your computer there is no reason to get an uber huge resevoir.
 
Erasmus354 said:
Why do you want a resevoir that holds more water should be the question? Just so that in the case of a leak you have more ammunition to completely fry your gear? There isn't an advantage to a larger resevoir at all. Unless you are in love with water and want to go "OOOOOoooo perrty water" everytime you look at your computer there is no reason to get an uber huge resevoir.
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Well, that's the precise reason that a dual 5.25" seems absurd to me. But a single 5.25" seems reasonable. (However, let's see, a dual 3.5" really doesn't hold that much water, does it?...not that it matters, as long it's not creating foaming problems and such, right?)

In this case, it's really just a matter of: I have a space in my case that's very partioned out for sort've 3.5" slots. (There's a separate hard-drive cage also.) And I was just looking at it thinking that if I'm going to use 2 of the 3, well, I'm not really going be using the other one....

I dunno...yeah, doesn't really make much sense, and I was just toying with the idea.

In reality, it's more a matter right now of trying to decide between a single 5.25" and a dual 3.5" bay res...
 
Get an Aquatube or Fass-O-Matic and have a nice small reservoir with looks to boot.
 
Yeah, but $85 for a place to put water is pretty expensive. Then again $35 for a clear bay res is expensive too.
 
$35 expensive?

even cheaper is to spend a few $ on silicone sealant, seal the case up and pour the water directly in the case...

save $$ and hold mucho amount of water to boot.

thumbs up all 'round!!! :rolleyes:
 
It's good to have a huge reservoir if you can find a place for it. Twice my radiator has sprung a leak and I wasn't home. With the huge reservoir, I didn't even get any air in my loop.
 
J-Pepper said:
$35 expensive?

even cheaper is to spend a few $ on silicone sealant, seal the case up and pour the water directly in the case...

save $$ and hold mucho amount of water to boot.

thumbs up all 'round!!! :rolleyes:
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actually this is possible. I know someone that did this, cept he used some sort of oil shit. He didn't read all the way into it and got himself screwed but after putting in some flow he got it right. His whole comp is sunk into some oil based liquid with all of his ports on top of the case.
 
Silent Assasin said:
actually this is possible. I know someone that did this, cept he used some sort of oil shit. He didn't read all the way into it and got himself screwed but after putting in some flow he got it right. His whole comp is sunk into some oil based liquid with all of his ports on top of the case.
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That was sarcasm btw... :rolleyes:

and yes.. this has been done many many times before, but with inert fluid (e.g. fluro-inert) which is super $$$ stuff.

The point I am making is that $$$ should be no object (relatively) when water cooling, it's not suppose to be budget and if it leaks because you are a tight-fisted bleep, then I have no pity :eek: !
 
Top Nurse said:
Get an Aquatube or Fass-O-Matic and have a nice small reservoir with looks to boot.
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Give me $90 to do it, and I will. heh...

They are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over-priced, IMHO. Sure they look nice, but not worth the money at all...I'd pay $70 for a water block or pump as they will have a real effect on my temps, but $90 for an aluminum tube w/ a sheet of plexi?...

And don't even get me started on the aqua-tube bay holder... ;)
 
SpoogeMonkey said:
Then again $35 for a clear bay res is expensive too.
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Yeah... :( I just want a 5.25" clear plexi bay res....but...sigh...I'd pay $25. Maybe even $30. But $35 is pushing my boundary... ;)
 
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