AngelEye Bay-Res (rev. 2) Water Cooling Block Review - Installing the Bay-Res
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Installation of the Bay-Res was a breeze, once I received the tubing adapters need to connect this unit to the H20-8500. The first step was to place the Bay-Res inside the 5.25" bay of the case, where it now resides. You don't want to screw it in immediately, because you will need to be able to access the fill hole. If you have an Antec/Chieftec case clone you would want to go ahead and connect the brackets that allow 5.25" items to slide in to the case's bay.
As you may have noticed in the previous pictures, the holes on the mounting bracket did not exactly match up with the holes on the Bay-Res. I solved the problem by taking a drill and enlarging the hole on the mounting bracket, to allow it to be attached to the Bay-Res. This was an easy fix to a rather strange problem. Since the Bay-Res is mass-produced and the distance between the mounting holes should be the same on all 5.25" devices, I couldn't believe that the Bay-Res had this manufacturing flaw. It is possible it may just be the unit I was reviewing, given that I hadn't heard this mentioned in other reviews of the Bay-Res. Or, other people might have thought it was an easy enough fix not to mention the problem.
Back to the installation, the next step is to connect the Bay-Res to the water tubing of the rest of your cooling system. I placed it right before the pump in the loop. I figured this was the best option to prevent the cooling system from losing water pressure on its way from the pump to the water block(s). Once you have connected the Bay-Res to the rest of your cooling system you'll want to remove the fill plug and begin filling you system with whatever water/coolant mixture you prefer. Once I saw the water moving into the lines and the Bay-Res appeared to be full I turned on the pump to begin bleeding the system. You experienced water cooling peeps already know this, but newbies might want to leave the fill cap off for this. You will need to add water as the air is pushed out of the system and because of the large amount of air trapped the first time you fill it you want to make sure it can easily escape through the fill plug.
Once the majority of the air has been removed from the system tighten the fill cap into place, making sure it is tight enough to prevent any leaks. Then mount the Bay-Res in your case with the supplied 4 screws. Here's what it looked like in my Cooler Master ATC-710 case:
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