Originally Posted by
IanY
Buddy,
Look I don't own XSPC reservoir tops, or for that matter, any XSPC tops. I'm not into scientific explanations or scientific data. I'm no engineer by training and honestly, all that lab data bores me to tears and couldn't disinterest me any greater. I'm the antithesis of Martin.
Generally, when I see graphs and charts, I go look at a different discussion. Is it because I don't understand graphs and charts? Not exactly. Years of applied math/maths took care of that. Its just that I have no interest in those.
What I do know is that I have tried multiple reservoirs in a loop before using small MCRESes. Why did I even do that? I don't know. Bored I guess.
The pertinent message here is that it does affect your flow rates, and quite considerably more than you can imagine. The turbulence inside a reservoir itself dampens flow rates.
I don't doubt Martin's recommendations and the XSPC reservoir top may be the very best top right now for the DDCs. However, I do know that Martin was referring to a single reservoir top in isolation. He wasn't envisioning the scenario where two are used in series.
Since money is not a great issue for you, I hgighly recommend that you purchase a regular XSPC top and use that in conjunction with the XSPC reservoir top.
Just a note. Just because I don't offer data or scientific explanations doesn't mean that I don't know what I am talking about, after all these years of observing others and trying things out.
As for me, I would never buy a XSPC top of any nature because its acrylic, but that's just me. It would give me a terminal heart attack. Shouldn't influence you in the least bit.
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