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New setup help - Aquaero connections and sensors

jfo.marques

Newbie

New setup help - Aquaero connections and sensors

Mittwoch, 12. August 2015, 15:50

Hi guys, I am about
to set up a new Water cooled PC (first time) with a lot of stuff from
Aquacomputer and I need your input.


First of all, here
is my setup:

1 x Aquaero XT 6
2 x Aquacomputer D5 pump with USB and aquabus connection on a EWKB dual D5 Pump top
1 x Aqualis XT 440reservoir
2 x Alphacool XT45 480
1x EKWB Evo (for an i7 4790K)
1x Asus Maximus formula VII
2x EVGA Hydrocopper 980ti (1 to start but will add the second one in a near future)
1x flow sensor (not sure which one yet)

All PWM fans on the radiators.
There is also the possibility of adding an additional 240 radiator as well.

My main questions are around how to setup the Aquaero:

  1. Where should set up the all the temperature sensors?
  2. How to connect the Pump:
a) Is the USB necessary or the aquabus is enough?

b) Do I need the 4 pin molex cable?

c) What is the value added of connecting the temp sensor on the pump? Aren't the temp sensors from the aquaero enough?

d) What is the purpose of the alarm if we are using the aquaero?


3. With my current setup, do I need a poweradjust?
4. Does the reservoir I indicated, does it come with a fill level sensor? What are the advantages of connecting it to the aquaero, what will it monitor?

Thanks for your
help! Any additional clarifications please let me know.

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Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Mittwoch, 12. August 2015, 16:35

1.) The aquaero comes with four foil temperature sensors but I recommend to get another temperature sensor like this one in addition. It allows to measure the water temperature which is pretty much the most important one since it is also a perfect base to adjust the speed of the fans.

2.) The pump can be connected to the aquaero via aquabus but since you also want to add a reservoir with a fill level sensor (also aquabus), you will need a aquabus y-cable.

A) For the initial setup you will need the USB connection but afterwards you can only connect the pump and fill level sensor via aquabus. For the fill level sensor you will need a 4-pin aquabus cable when using it without USB. Normally the sensor gets its power through USB but since you do not want to connect this the power must be provided through the aquabus. For the pump it does not matter if you use the supplied 3-pin cable or an optional 4-pin cable because it must be powered through the PSU anyway.

B) Yes, for the aquaero and the pump.

C) It offers no real advantage beside the fact that it will just provide one more sensor port. This port is mainly interesting for those who use the pump without an aquaero.

D) Pretty much the same as point C. It is interesting when used without an aquaero.

3.) If four fan channels are enough, then you do not need a poweradjust. Of course you can use splitters or y-cables to connect a bunch of fans to a single fan channel.

4.) The aqualis XT has an integrated fill level sensor which - surprise, surprise - monitors the fill level :D This value can be also transfered to the aquaero via aquabus to set up an alarm if the level comes down to a specific value.

jfo.marques

Newbie

Donnerstag, 13. August 2015, 19:05

Thanks for your response.
So, for connecting pumps and sensor level, if I leave usb + aquabus, it won't make any difference, in terms of aquaero configuration, it will just see it as one device? Since I have to connect the USB anyway, I guess I'll just leave it plugged in. Makes sense?
As for temperature sensors, any recommendation on typical setup? For instance, does aquaero sees the CPU / GPU temps? Can I set up fans based on that? I saw guys that set it up based on the delta between air temp and aquatemp.
Any tips would be great.
Thanks

Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Freitag, 14. August 2015, 16:00

Using 3-pin aquabus and USB is fine for the sensor but of course they will not be display as one device. Each device will get its own menu ;)

You can use HwINFO (recommend), Open Hardware Monitor or AIDA64 Extreme Edition to forward hardware sensor data to the aquaero. Based on these values you could also control the speed of the fans but it is not recommend at all. The core temperature changes rapidly when loading programs etc. so the fans would change its speed very often which results in an annoying noise level. You should use the water temperature to control the fans. A sensor like this one is useful.

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