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Weetobix
26th February 2006, 10:43
Hey all,
I've just bought the thermaltake bigwater SE cooling system that comes with the M3 5 1/4" drive bay tank. In addition to this I have the thermaltake aquabay M1 flow meter and level indicator that fits in 2 5 1/4" bays
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The question is, should I put the M1 above or below the M3?

Cheers

Weet
AWACS
26th February 2006, 10:52
hmmmm... you might want to put all bits in this kind of order

the reservoir->pump->rad->block in any wanted order next... (usually ppl put cpu->gpu->nb) ->the flow meter thingy ->reservoir
ỒĊBłůē
26th February 2006, 11:02
I think you'd want the M1 above the M3.

Conventional wisdom sticks your res at the highest point, and you're also gonna get your waterlevel indication.
Weetobix
26th February 2006, 13:41
The M3 is the reservoir, not the M1 :)

The thermaltake site doesn't have an instructions on installing both together, but it does have a picture of what they look like installed together, with the M3 above the M1, so that's my best bet so far
AWACS
26th February 2006, 13:43
well... the M1 has a small reservoir(they just call it water level indicator) so I think that could cause some trouble...
ỒĊBłůē
26th February 2006, 14:36
The M3 is the reservoir, not the M1 :)

Sorry - I took one look at the M3 and figured it as a drive-cooler :duh:

As AWACS has hinted - having two reservoirs might not be so good for your flow.
Weetobix
26th February 2006, 15:54
The M1 is more of a level indicator than a fillable reservoir

Pic on the Thermaltake site:
http://www.thermaltake.com/2005/images/watercooling/cl-w0021AquaBayM2/AquaBaylinkM2_02.jpg

a - Aquabay M1
b - Aquabay M3

http://www.thermaltake.com/2005/watercooling/cl-w0021AquaBayM2/cl-w0021.htm
AWACS
26th February 2006, 16:18
yeah... but it acts like a reservoir in the loop... kill da flow... so if you wanna use both I'd suggest this order to hurt the flow as little as possible
reservoir->level indicator/reservoir->pump-> and then the usual setup... though this might make your flow indicator show bollocks
Fibbles
26th February 2006, 19:31
Having 2 reservoirs isn't all that bad actually. I ran a filltank on my Eheim 1046 level pump and an Aquatube. I don't know what my flow level was, but I had no problems with my loop (3 blocks and a dual 120mm radiator). Mine went fillank, pump, block (x3), raddy, Aquatube - repeat.