Pump top or bottom

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transit921

Discussion Starter · Nov 30, 2009

i seen that everyone sais that the pump has to be mounted lower then the rest of your loop to get rid of air bubbles, is this true,i was going to de rivot and flip my hard drive cage to the top of my case and rotate it,get rid of the 5.25 bays, to bake room for the pump on the bottom,i had fish tanks my whole life,never had a promblem with pumps,does anyone here mount there pump middle or top

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MrLinky

· #2 · Nov 30, 2009

it will certainly help to have the pump lower than the rest of the loop, but not necessary. The rule of thumb is to have your reservoir as the highest point in the loop... including the radiator.

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Mikecdm

· #3 · Nov 30, 2009

I think the part of the reason behind it is so that you don't dry start your pump. If the res is up top and the pump is towards the bottom, just by gravity, the pump will have water going through it.

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doat

· #4 · Nov 30, 2009

Transit i do not understand you, you act like you know everything about wcing in the other thread and now you don't even know why we all put the pump at the bottom of the loop. Is your rig even water cooled? Have you ever owned a water cooled rig?

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samster25

· #5 · Nov 30, 2009

my res is the second lowest point in my loop. its works great. just make sure that the pump has fluid

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transit921

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 30, 2009

if u had a pump/res combo which i am getting, do you think cause the pump is sitting in the res,i should mount it on top

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MrLinky

· #7 · Nov 30, 2009

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Originally Posted by samster25

my res is the second lowest point in my loop. its works great. just make sure that the pump has fluid

yeah, once you get all the air out of the loop you can put your pump or res or rad anywhere you want. Having res as highest point makes for much easier bleeding when you first fill it.

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Originally Posted by transit921

if u had a pump/res combo which i am getting, do you think cause the pump is sitting in the res,i should mount it on top

that'd get my vote

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transit921

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 30, 2009

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Originally Posted by MrLinky

yeah, once you get all the air out of the loop you can put your pump or res or rad anywhere you want. Having res as highest point makes for much easier bleeding when you first fill it.

that'd get my vote

ok, thanks friend,thats what i was hoping for,mines gona be mounted horizontal with the cpu but still on top

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