XSPC D5 Photon 240 - mounting.

SolarNova · Nov 25, 2013

Greetings all.

Does any1 know of a way to mount the XSPC D5 Photon 240 res/pump from the bottom verticaly ?

It comes with its own mounting system using a metal bracket attached to the lower and uper part of the res, unfortunatly i cant use this due to space limitations and the location of where the res and pump will need to go.
See: http://www.overclock.net/t/1444159/custom-water-loop-cpu-gpu-need-advice#post_21234112
For more details of my loop plan.

I dont have much in the way of tools or materials to fashion my own mount so any mounting system would have to be retail or simple to fabricate.

Also, can som1 who has one tell me the EXACT width of the res from the front leading edge of the TUBE to the back end of the bracket. Please?.
I have very little space for it andi need to know the exact amount of room i need o allocate between the edge of my GPU and the back of my planned 240 MOnsta RAD with push/Pull. I have 230mm of space, the rad is going to take up 80mm + 2x25mm fans = 130mm, leaving 100mm of space. That 100mm needs to include the Res + Mounting Bracket.

Cheers for any help.

Unicr0nhunter · Nov 25, 2013

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Originally Posted by SolarNova

Greetings all.

Does any1 know of a way to mount the XSPC D5 Photon 240 res/pump from the bottom verticaly ?

The mounting rings top and bottom attach to the bracket with 2 screws each. You can remove the back bracket and just mount the rings themselves to the back of a case without it. Not sure you'd be able to mount it from the bottom though.

Perhaps a picture of the back will help you figure out how you might best be able to mount it ...

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Also, can som1 who has one tell me the EXACT width of the res from the front leading edge of the TUBE to the back end of the bracket. Please?.
I have very little space for it andi need to know the exact amount of room i need o allocate between the edge of my GPU and the back of my planned 240 MOnsta RAD with push/Pull. I have 230mm of space, the rad is going to take up 80mm + 2x25mm fans = 130mm, leaving 100mm of space. That 100mm needs to include the Res + Mounting Bracket.

Cheers for any help.

Hope these help ...

And I didn't think to snap a pic of it, but the glass res by itself is ~73mm diameter.

SolarNova · Nov 25, 2013

Great thanks I appreciate it, those measurment sure help.

I will rephrase what i said about the mounting.

The position i am mounting it will not allow for it to attach to the side of the case, it is to far away and if i were to move it closer i still would not be able to attach becouse the case panel is not flat.

The orange box is where i would have to mount it if i were to use the mounting system that comes with it. There is just no room to mount it there, and it would sit back a little to far imo.

The Red box is roughly where i need to mount it on the floor of the case.

Im currently thinking about using the stock backplate mount as a template and creating a longer one out of Aly which is L shaped to go under the pump and attach to the floor.

I would rather use some kind of retail mount or find another way without having to fabricate somthing, but if it comes down to it i 'should' be able to make a simple L bracket.

Unicr0nhunter · Nov 25, 2013

I suppose you could leave the backplate on it and get slightly longer screws for the ones that attach the res to the backplate so that you can use them and the mounting screws for the backplate so you can mount two screws each into 2 L-brackets that can be attached to the floor of the case. You can just take the backplate off and use the holes as a template to mark the places for the holes you will need to have in the L-brackets.

SolarNova · Nov 25, 2013

Yep that is also an option.

Well seems like my 1st half of my loop will be set for Xmas.

Alphacool NexXxos Monsta 240 w/ Push Pull fans.
XSPC D5 Photon 270 res/pump combo w/ custom mount ( i know it says 240 in the thread title

)
EKWB 780 Classified block.
White tubing
Light blue / Blue fittings.

Then later on ill add a 240x40mm white XSPC rad at the top of my case in pull config and likely a Phobia UC-1 Extreme block for my CPU.

Unicr0nhunter · Nov 25, 2013

I've seen a couple other builds that mounted their pump/res using a pair of L-brackets like that. L-brackets are pretty cheap and readily available at any hardware store. One build I saw (I'm pretty sure it was Bart's 'An old man's first blinged out water build' thread) after cutting the holes in the L-brackets he heatshrinked the L-brackets before mounting the res to it. It looked really good that way and helped provide a bit of anti-vibration decoupling.

SolarNova · Nov 26, 2013

I have a friend of the family who has offered to fabricate the bracket where he works (makes custom tooling).
However i need exact measurments.

I feel a tad cheeky asking this as u have been so helpfull already, but if possible could you possibly give me some measurments of the back plate.

Length
Width
Thickness

Position of the holes that connect the Bracket to the res mounts:
So thats the distance from side and top to the edge of the hole, and the length & Width of the hole.
Also the distance from the top of the plate to the start of the bottom hole

And finaly the Extra length from the bottom of the mounting plate to the bottom of the pump.

With that i should be able to mockup a drawing with measurments and get it fabricated properly in time for when i get the Res/Pump.

Its alot of measuring to ask but without the item im my hands myself i cant get the measurments i need anywhere else.

Cheers

Rollergold · Nov 26, 2013

Got a question of my own. What kind of screws are included for mounting? M3, M4, 6-32?

Unicr0nhunter · Nov 26, 2013

I'll try to get you those measurements you want later when I have the chance.

As far as the mounting screws, they are M4 screws 7mm long.

Unicr0nhunter · Nov 26, 2013

Here you go:

Note that the 7mm measurement is the outer diameter of a recessed hole for an M4 screw head to fit down into.
Same goes for the 15mm measurement at the bottom, it's a 15mm x 7mm recessed slot for and M4 screw.

I hope those help you, but honestly I'd suggest that you wait until you can take him the mounting plate so that there's no mistaking what the measurements need to be to get it to work. If you're pressed for time I understand. I tried my best to measure as carefully as I could, but still seems a bit of a gamble getting something made up based on them as opposed to having one made directly from the plate itself.

Loonies · Nov 26, 2013

Are you using hdd cage?

In initial positioning, you can mount it onside, maybe iff not working you can make a custom bracket for it... just see if not block hdd cage going in/out (when mount/unmount it).

my calculation you can make about 2~5mm stand off bracket to get this job done.

from the side it will be something like this

_______
| ~~~
|
|______
|
o |
______|
|
|
|______~~~

o = that''s place you will mount the plate or with out plate
with this you will not obstacle mounting hdd cage

or using L bracket, make custom "U"/"O" bracket for it or just plate to make gripping base to resevoir plate, yeah little mod it but not to cutting your case

PS: i'm sorry the pic ussualy get straight line in middle when i'm write this.

SolarNova · Nov 26, 2013

Great thanks.

Yea I would normaly wait but the person in question will likely be on holiday during the period of time ill be building the rig (though i dont know for sure, it is usualy the case though), so wont have access to the machines.

I' ll see what he says about availability, it wont cost anything so ... ..

Anyway thanks again , much appreciated.

EDIT @ Loonies.

The HDD cages will be removed to fit a 240x80 Monsta rad with push pull fans, there is no room what so ever

Loonies · Nov 27, 2013

how about mounting it in back in gpu area?
or mounting it in back front of groumet area (psu cable hole) with little custom holder to it.

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I see megaman from the forum have done same job to attach the resevoir in back gpu area

SolarNova · Nov 27, 2013

No room. I have GTX 780 Classified, its a oversized custom PCB, much bigger than ur average sized GPU.
The only place to put a Tube res is where iv pointed out, and that only just fits due to the GPU length and the thick rad im gunna use in the front.

Thanks for the sugestion though.

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