You should be OK with the fans, but you will still need at minimum to install a heatsink to the Aquaero, and may even need a fan blowing at it, depending on how well ventilated your case is. Here is what I'm talking about:
http://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info…roducts_id=2692

The 3 pin "flow" header on the Aquaero is for the "High Flow" model, which is what I use:
http://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info…roducts_id=2294

Never used the USB interface D5 pump motor, I personally prefer the pwm motor which can be connected to the Fan header #4 and a power source from your psu.

The USB flow sensors and and USB pump are stand alone devices. They have their own USB interfaces so they can be used without an aquaero in the system. The USB interface is used for initial configuration and manual control plus talking to aquasuite. If you want an aquaero to interface with and control them then the Aquabus must be used. Aquabus allows the pumps and sensors to talk to aquasuite through the Aquaeros USB so their own usb connections aren't needed. The Aquabus is a single port on the Aquaero that can be split using wiring and each aquabus device shares it because it is given a unique address. You can connect as many aquabus devices as there are addresses available.

The USB d5 functions in the same way as the PWM D5 except it does not take up one of the four available fan headers. A PWM pump connected to fan header 4 will behave just like a fan while the aquabus pumps have their own separate section in Aquasuite and the aquaero. The USB pump has its own power connection, just like PWM version so does not load the Aquaero for power at all.

Each internal USB port on the motherboard is actually two connections and each of these usb devices uses one half of the connector so with two ports you could have 4 devices permanantly connected. However only the Aquaero needs to be connected full time, the other devices can use aquabus after the initial setup using USB.

The flow port on the Aquaero only works with the 3 pin mechanical flow sensor and is not capable of supporting any of the other devices.

Another thing is should you decide to go with a pwm pump, I would recommend getting the one Aquacomputer sells.
This is because the standard D5 pump pwm electronics are not made to the correct standard. I have 2xAquaero 5 Pro units that have no problems with either the Swiftech or XSPC branded D5 pwm motors, but the Aquaero 6 units seem especially sensitive and thus Aquacomputer came out with their own branded D5 pwm motor that supposedly have the proper electronics supporting the pwm standard.

With the Aquaero 5 units it may be hit or miss with the pwm motors other than Aquacomputer's; I don't know as I have no problems with mine. However if I ever need D5 replacements they will surely be Aquacomputer's.

Zitat von »SimonOcean«

Flow Sensor: I have a slight preference for the mps 400 as it has an internal temperature sensor already integrated, does not have moving parts and is slightly smaller. Does this mps 400 specifically need access to the Aquabus High Flow socket because it is transmitting flow and temperature data together and that is why you should not connect the mps 400 to the "Flow" socket?

The internal temperature sensor for the MPS devices is used for the sensor calibration and is not in contact with the water, so it is not representative of the loop water temperature.

This sensor can not be connected to the flow connector of the aquabus because it communicates in a different way, over a bus, either USB or aquabus. The High flow model basically just gives impulses which the aquaero counts and calculates into flow.

MPS version is somewhat quieter, as the High flow version can produce a slight clicking noise, depending on the flow.

Kind regards,
Boris.