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Bay Res Silencing

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JayJapanB

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I get the general theory behind isolating vibration and have been working hard at it.
However, it can be difficult when you need a full loop to test the noise yet to move the bay res in and out requires the loop to be drained as I have no room for slack in my case.

I also realise its very dependent on what case you have. I was just wondering if there were any particularly successful methods that people have done in the past who would like to share.

Thanks in advance! :)

btw: I have an FT-02, a xspc d5 bay res and a liang d5 vario(koolance)
 
Since you have a bay res, decoupling the pump will be next to impossible.
I'm assuming that you have attempted to turn the pump down, you have a cpu only loop, so you will not feel such an impact by having lower flow.
I doubt it will effect your max overclock, your temperatures will go up ,however the increase should be minor.

Another option if you are willing to give up the bay res, is to move your hdd to the 5.25 bays and mount your pump and a reservoir maybe even your bay res in the space for 5 hdds.
 
Well I am planning on moving to a single evga hydrocopper 680 when money is about so it wont always be a cpu only loop.
The pump at lower speeds doesn't really make less noise, just at a different frequency. I also know how quiet the d5 can be if I do get these vibrations under control.
I've kinda figured out that it isn't the pump or the res (or the combination) but specifically how the res touches the case.
I'd still probably try to mount the pump and res in the 5.25 spot in the front even if I did give up on the bay res.
The aluminium unibody against the front of the res might be main point of vibration....I think.

I love how clean having a bay res is though it is apparently really difficult to keep them quiet so I might need to compromise one way or another.
 
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