(I wasn't sure if it should be posted here, system gallery, or water cooling, since it sort of crosses all three of them at the same time).
My pump failed recently (see here), so I had to tear down the loop and redo it all.
This is the final product:
(Typing this up, I think the superglue didn't hold, as the pump is rattling like crazy again. Perhaps I'll try the Laing pump).
I was having trouble finding a proper location, and I ended up following people's recommendation putting the pump where the floppy cage was.
Stupid me didn't realize that I had mounted the pump upside down, at the TOP of the loop. Doubly bad for bleeding out bubbles (which probably helped cause the premature failure of the superglue bond.. again).
Is there a better place to position the Eheim pump? It is quite large. Most people who use it, do not have a PCI soundcard and place the pump there... that is not an option in my case.
Any suggestions, as I retear this loop down to fix the pump?
EDIT: Update 1:
Reglued the pump magnet/impeller, and it's working properly again. Still bleeding out bubbles in the new setup.
Temperature-wise, it is disappointing compared to when I had the rad sitting outside of the box. This could be improved by sealing up the space between the rad and the case, but given the limited time I had to rebuild this to get a working machine, it will be on the drawing board. I am considering the possibility of building an external radbox with quick connectors coming out of a PCI slot so that transportation would be easier.
The humming from the pump is even more audible now that is in my undamped case (no surprise here). It was quite annoying when it was sitting on multiple layers of foam on my floor, and it is even more annoying now. Perhaps all these pump issues are pushing me in the direction of the DDC.
Are there any GPU blocks for ATI cards that have an outlet that is perpendicular to the card? The Maze4 I currently have gives a pretty tight bend to the CPU block.