Quote Originally Posted by Snyxxx View Post
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner. This is the problem with this reservoir. It is not setup for dual loops. Even if it did have a divider, the two water temps would equalize through heat transfer and void the purpose of dual loops.

I say this is not a good top. No good for series, no good for dual loops.
Well it will not give you max performance for two reasons:

1. As the man says, with a single reservoir the temperature evens out across both loops.

2. Pressure loss: this is just not as efficient as having pumps in series so if the order was res->pump1 -> blocks -> rad1 ->pump2 -> blocks -> rad2 -> res that works much better than having twin pumps running off a system where technically you have dual loops each running res->pump->blocks -> rad ->res. I know I have tried it

But if you are not looking to build an overclocking monster but something that is a it stylish, quiet and easy to maintain this looks good.

I have some concerns about vibration. I would much prefer that the pump mounting point had some anti-vibration material around them (petras gel or just some thick rubber would do).

In a lot of cases having the fill port on top is a pain because you have to slide the res out a little to get access which makes the build a little messy

Overall a nice idea but could be improved