Selecting the appropriate water cooling pump or res involves careful consideration of various factors.
Selecting the appropriate water cooling pump or res involves careful consideration of various factors.
it seems the res/pump is attached to a rad. there’s no issue in mounting the pump on fans or rads—it matches the same spacing and mounting. check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwoFkAU4G4. by the way, they put together many impressive builds.
From my perspective, the reservoir mounts appear on the front panel, but the darkness makes it hard to discern the screw mounts. It might simply be an optical trick, and I'm interpreting what I see.
I've been testing the Swiftech MCP50X with the optional heatsink and acrylic reservoir for my watercooling review setup. This configuration works well because the heatsink includes standoff legs, enabling a small fan to be placed underneath it and even mounted on the case floor if desired.
EK also shared a great 120mm mounting bracket for the A120 Gaming kit that I found appealing...it was bolted to the bottom of the pump/res combo and allowed installation of a 120mm inlet at the case floor.
That's expensive pump !!!
https://www.kustompcs.co.uk/cooling/wate...e-edition/
you can use that adapter from molex to sata i posted in a "lazy" comment.
for cover i see no reason to pay 70, when you can pay 14:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Barrow-m...15163.html
As for the top and res, have you seen frosted acrylic? it looks very nice if you take the time to install 3mm leds in both top and res. the frosted acts as light diffuser.
And you can mount the pump/res to the radiator/fans. it's exactly where i thought.
just use those
to hold the res https://www.singularitycomputers.com/sho...mm-billet/
to hold the pump https://www.singularitycomputers.com/sho...ate-black/
Great discovery on those budget components, thanks! I found two photos of the LEDs in the frosted acrylic—it really looks good. However, I’m not sure how to install them myself. Do you have any recommendations or links that could assist with the LED setup and ensure a clean installation? Also, what’s your opinion on using a bracket, pump, and res atop a 120mm fan?
I used those items with the links provided.
You can also enhance them with the alternatives mentioned.
I prepared a few of each connector type.
For the CPU block there are 2, for GPU block 4, for res 2 and for pump top 4.
I’m not sure about your question regarding the pump bracket; it might be better to use the list I shared in my previous post to install the pump on the radiator.
The sleeving looks good, I could try that. Do you have a picture of your setup with the LEDs so I can see how organized it is? I'm worried it might not fit because the fans are already mounted on the radiator, which could block their path.