I would recommend the
OCTO over the QUADRO for two reasons:
1. the OCTO has 8 PWM ports, allowing for future expansion
2. the OCTO has built-in pull-up circuitry for those fans/pumps that are not fully Intel PWM compliant
In addition to controlling PWM pumps and fans, you can incorporate a
flow sensor, 4 temp sensors, and individually addressable
RGB LED strips.
You will NOT be able to use the motherboard software to control the pumps, fans & RGB strips, but the
aquasuite software will do all that for you very ellegantly. If you have never used the aquasuite before, there is a bit of a learning curve, but it's operation is fairly consistent.
With the aquasuite, you can:
- set PWM fan controller curves
- set PWM pump controller curves
- set alarms (temps/flow rate/RPM)
- control the RGB strips using any number of inputs
Except for some extreme cases, the OCTO is the new aquaero.