Cooling Micro water reservoir?

[TehJerm]

Hey folks,

I was looking into doing a custom water cooling loop in a potential system, however, there is just about no room for a "standard" reservoir. I would like to include one as I've heard that filling maintaining the loop is a bitch without a reservoir.

So I was wondering of you know of any really small reservoirs out there that are rather easy to aquire, or would I just be better off with making a T-junction with a valve?
So far I've found reservoirs from Swiftech and Bitspower - both of which are pretty small.

Thanks!

 

[VegetableStu]

Have you seen the reservoir for the Ncase M1 from FrozenQ?
EDIT: ahh scratch that, that one costs more than the two you described

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

I have the Swiftech MCRES Micro in mind, but I think you already have that one on your list

 

[Nintenrax]

A reservoir+pump(top) combo is always a good solution for such a problem. They keep things fairly small. Take a look at the EK XRES-series (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-3-2-pwm-elite-incl-pump) or the Watercool DDC-Tank LT (http://watercool.de/en/ddc-tank-series). What case are you going to build in?

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

A reservoir+pump(top) combo is always a good solution for such a problem. They keep things fairly small. Take a look at the EK XRES-series (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-3-2-pwm-elite-incl-pump) or the Watercool DDC-Tank LT (http://watercool.de/en/ddc-tank-series). What case are you going to build in?

Great suggestion, that helps with reducing tubing, hence saving space.

Only restriction I'd see would be the use of a waterblock + pump combo (like the Swiftech). In such a setup, a fillport and small tube + T-connector could acts as a small res/airtrap.

 

[TehJerm]

Thanks for the replies. - Yeah, that was the Swiftech MCRES I was thinking of.

A reservoir+pump(top) combo is always a good solution for such a problem. They keep things fairly small. Take a look at the EK XRES-series (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-3-2-pwm-elite-incl-pump) or the Watercool DDC-Tank LT (http://watercool.de/en/ddc-tank-series). What case are you going to build in?

The case is just a brainchild at the moment.
My inital thought was using a setup from Alphacool with the Eiswolf GPX Pro (GPU-block with pump), a standard CPU-block and a 240 rad.
This is how it looks thus far:
(Quick mockup in SketchUp.)

Dimensions are 31x21x14,5cm ~9.5L. With the radiator placement I don't think I can do a block+pump combo, otherwise that would be the go-to solution.
Kind of stuck on how to get a reservoir in there without increasing the size of the case.