The Obsidian 800D thread :D

[lonkny]

Looks awesome - where did you end up putting the 2nd pump?

You're not going to believe what happened to me tonight, although it might be a blessing in a disguise... I was loosening the reservoir top to make filling it easier and the ENTIRE reservoir tube cracked off at the bottom... check it out (never seen such a thing):





I wasn't manhandling it AT ALL... it's an EK Multioption Res (not X2, but the version before) using Multioption Link at bottom to the dual ddc top... I just can't imagine this thing breaking with such little pressure. EK will probably replace the tube, but I can't wait 2 weeks for delivery from eastern Europe... I'm doing leak testing NOW!! ARGH... luckily the res wasn't completely full of water and I had paper towels setup everywhere... otherwise this could have been a huge nightmare. So back to the drawing board... which could be a good thing...

I love the "look" of the EK white dual ddc top, but it's too tall for the motherboard so it doesn't really work well in the case anyway (as mentioned, it's sort of sitting out in the middle of the shelf now)... so I may have to sacrifice the white top (even though I love the idea that my old res tube (50mm diameter, not 60) screwed into this top for a nice, clean look) and go for something more sensible. I actually have both an XSPC ddc res-top and an XSPC DDC top, so was thinking of doing something like this (just imagine the EK white top gone and the res-top in its place w/one ddc, then the other ddc where the XSPC acrylic top is placed on the left) - actually very similar to your original setup:



This is just one very preliminary idea... obviously doing this will change the tube routing quite a bit (for the worse I think, unless I figure out a better way of routing it)... One thing I don't like about this setup is that the reservoir is quite a bit smaller, so the tube coming from the top fill port will have a much longer way to go... I do have one of those Un-Designs brackets leftover from the old build so perhaps that could be utilized somehow...

Other ideas are to go with a separate reservoir mounted to the case, as in my last setup:



Then have something like the XSPC dual ddc top on the left side under the PCI cards, or below the shelf behind the PSU...

Does anyone have opinions on how to get out of this mess now, without having to wait 2+ weeks for a replacement res tube?! Here were some other possibilities I thought of:

Either of these in place of the XSPC Res Top (although I think both the XSPC ddc tops have the best performance of any of the ddc tops):

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...4e849a9a7b31a2

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...bdd828309ae7e4

Or get this one and utilize the 2 front ports rather than the top port (again though, I believe the XSPC dual ddc top is a better performer, albeit not as good looking):

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...9334531b9f7ada

Never been a big fan of Koolance stuff, but I like the fact that this single top would allow me to mount a reservoir where I want it (see my old build above) AND would allow me to connect the res tube directly to the top (anyone have experience w/these Koolance tops? Are they any good?):

Top: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...5232f15b7d2288

Tube: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...1c7195a98a7efc

What a hellish week this is turning into... thanks for any help on this!