I am looking to W/C my case which is a Thermatake LVL 10 GTS and for some background I let a friend talk me into going Air and silent since my old W/C system was loud. I was cooling my CPU bith N&S blocks and two GTX 280s with one 120-3 RAD. Everything stayed cool, but it had some fans running that were definitely loud.
Before even getting going good my M/B had to be returned and it;s suspect it could have been heat as the DrMoss system failed. But regardless I am going to W/C anyway even though the system was extremely quite with the air and stayed within temp range although I did play a few rounds of BF3 without monitoring temps.
That being said, I am building a Danger Den External case and will be going with the full 3 rad which for now is overkill, but I eventually want to get 3-4 way SLI later.
The question is which controller should I get for the system to control the fans/pumps. I have looked at the Aquaero 5 LT USB and also the Koolance TMS-205
I am leaning towards the Koolance but if I am reading it correctly if I have 9 fans and 2 pumps I am not sure it would power them, without having to buy the secondary extension board.
The Aquaero 5 LT USB from what I can tell will probably drive everything and after thinking more may actually be better, while I don't see it has a flow monitor rate I really do not care about the flow rate as long as its flowing and the temps are within specs who cares.
Anyone have any experience with either one and can help? I have searched the internet and have not found any real useful info or in use examples.
Either way it looks like I will have to have a molex and a USB cable run to the computer from the waterbox.
Although I asked this part in a similar thread, it was not specific. But it sounds like I could potentially put the Aquaero in my GTS case and control both my radiator fans/pumps as well as the internal computer case fans with the PMW controls.
Would mean a lot of cables running between the computers but should be no big deal.
Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Before even getting going good my M/B had to be returned and it;s suspect it could have been heat as the DrMoss system failed. But regardless I am going to W/C anyway even though the system was extremely quite with the air and stayed within temp range although I did play a few rounds of BF3 without monitoring temps.
That being said, I am building a Danger Den External case and will be going with the full 3 rad which for now is overkill, but I eventually want to get 3-4 way SLI later.
The question is which controller should I get for the system to control the fans/pumps. I have looked at the Aquaero 5 LT USB and also the Koolance TMS-205
I am leaning towards the Koolance but if I am reading it correctly if I have 9 fans and 2 pumps I am not sure it would power them, without having to buy the secondary extension board.
The Aquaero 5 LT USB from what I can tell will probably drive everything and after thinking more may actually be better, while I don't see it has a flow monitor rate I really do not care about the flow rate as long as its flowing and the temps are within specs who cares.
Anyone have any experience with either one and can help? I have searched the internet and have not found any real useful info or in use examples.
Either way it looks like I will have to have a molex and a USB cable run to the computer from the waterbox.
Although I asked this part in a similar thread, it was not specific. But it sounds like I could potentially put the Aquaero in my GTS case and control both my radiator fans/pumps as well as the internal computer case fans with the PMW controls.
Would mean a lot of cables running between the computers but should be no big deal.
Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
