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resevoir recommendations

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wiper

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I've been look for a few months now and haven't really found what i'm looking for so i figured i'd ask here...what i'm looking for is a small (maybe plastic cup size or smaller) resevoir with 1/2" ID barb type fittings and a submerged pump, one that runs on dc from the psu would be nice too. I've found a ton of pumps with 1/4" and 3/8" ID fittings but my radiator has 1/2" ID and i'd just rather not deal with adapters and whatnot. When it comes to water i prefer to buy premade and sealed stuff so i have someone else to bitch at if it leaks :p
 
Go to SNT-systems they have kick ass looking res. The price is high tho, or you could use T-line Idea evryone here likes that Idea.
 
i've never had a water cooled system, but my thoughts are that a resevior plastic cup size would not help the cooling. water is being pumped in and out of it too quickly for it to have time for the water to cool off. or am i wrong?
 
soup: youre 100% right. reses are NOT for adding cooling. theyre for holding water. i use a t-line since reses are completly unnecessary, but wiper wants to have a submerged pump. i dont know of any res that will even support a good submerged pump, so an external custom solution is probabily what youre looking for.
 
2 quick questions
or you could use T-line Idea evryone here likes that Idea.
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What is the t-line idea?

i use a t-line since reses are completly unnecessary, but wiper wants to have a submerged pump. i dont know of any res that will even support a good submerged pump, so an external custom solution is probabily what youre looking for.
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My goal for having a submerged pump inside a small resevoir is to minimize components, i don't want a res and pump taking up the whole front half of my case...also extreme cooling isn't my exact goal so much as quieter cooling so it's not like i need a 320gph pump or anything...frozencpu sells a small res with submerged pump and 3/8"ID barbs and koolance makes a res for their rigs, but they're 1/4"ID barbs.

Would you suggest going with a higher power pump and drop the res?
 
I've seen some nice 1-3 gallon water tanks at the local stores (Grocery store, Target, and Walmart), you know the kind that you store drinking water in, that are pretty cheap and need just alittle modding to get everything together. They're big enough for a submerged pump.
 
I've seen some nice 1-3 gallon water tanks at the local stores
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yeah, an external solution would definantly make it easier to find a good res but then it opens up a whole new set of probs when it comes to portability and stuff...the space i have to work with inside my case is only 14x13x14 cm's (hwd) and it sit's right behind the radiator so i couldn't even have a res that big cause it would block airflow.

I'm interested in this t-line thing cause not having to have a res would be easier on the setup and my wallet but the search function on the forums is disabled so i don't have any reasonable way to read about it here.
 
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