I have created a monster of a PC, with 35 fans (4x 480mm rads with push-push, plus 3 case fans) and 2 pumps (dual loop).
I did the mistake of going with molex-PWM splitters and connect everything to the motherboard. It works, but no where as good as I though, as I have minimal control over it (can only set it to CPU temp, leaving no separate control over GPU loop).

If I get 2 Aquaero 6, one for each loop, so does that leaves 16 fans per Aquaro along with a pump, for 60 watt split on 5 channels (if I can get the pump away from 4-pin fan header).
Can I use the 2-pin PWM for pumps signal (molex power) (with a 4-pin to 2-pin cable)?

Does that work or do I need to go with molex-PWM splitters again?


If I ditch the PWM fans and go the Poweradjust 3 route, can I run the system without splitters?
1x Aquaero 6, 4x Poweradjust 3 and a PWM pump per loop, would be the result then.

Or can I control both loops from 1 Aquaro 6 (gpu temp controls half, cpu temp control other half), so I get away with only 1 total?
1x Aquaero 6, 8x Poweradjust 3 and 2x PWM pump, would be the result then.

The thought was to run 100% without splitters, which is why 4 Poweradjust was needed per loop.
And the reason for why I wanted an Aquaero for each loop, was that to ensure that they only effected the pump and fans for that loop.

Maybe thats stupid, but I'm getting tired of finding solutions that dont work optimal.

As for what I will plug into them, so do I have EK F4-120ER 2200 PWM and EK D5 PWM atm.
The pumps are not ideal for my setup, so will have to change them to something with more head pressure. Since I'm going with Aquaero, so might I get a version of Aquasteam.
The fans works, but I'm not happy with the noise on them. But with 2x Aquaero, so would I only need 4x 8 way PWM splitters to make it work, assuming I can find a high quality splitter.

The fan I'm thinking about to replace my current fans with, is https://www.overclockers.co.uk/overclock…-fg-052-sv.html
Its a 3W fan (0,25A), so 32 of those is 96W.
With 8 fans per radiator, so would it be idiotic to run bigger then 8 way splitters.
That means I need 4 channels, which I guess works straight up with 2 Aquaero.
But I could extend it with 2 Poweradjust per Aquaero, so I would not need big splitters. The only reason for that, is that I like to cable sleeve and big splitters are a pain to deal with.

Before I get ahead of my self, can Aquaero 6 controll 2 pumps for 2 loops independent?
As in, pump 1 reacts to CPU temp, while pump 2 reacts to GPU temp?

Also, can Aquaero 5 LT USB fan controller do the same or is that just with Aquastream XT pumps?

Since the pumps are the biggest problem right now, so might I as well start there.

And speaking of pump problems, does Aquaero need the pc to be on?
As in, can I plug in the Aquaero and use it to control the speed of the pumps during filling?

Zitat von »Shoggy«

If you stick with EKs D5 PWM pumps you will not be able to control them. They do not follow the official PWM specifications.

That might explain why my system has so much problems with the pumps, its getting confused by the PWM signal.
Oh well, I was getting new pumps anyway, as my current D5s dont work well with my loop.

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Adjusting the speed of the pumps by the temperature of the CPU or GPU is
just stupid... Keep in mind that these temperature values jump up and
down within a larger range within a few seconds. Your pumps would do a
rollercoaster all the time

Normally so does I do things for hours at the time, so having the system react to temperatures at a level step, is the ideal setup.
Below 30C level, below 40C level and above 50C level, or something alone those lines.
But whether or not the pumps needs to react as well as the fans, depends on the noise from the pumps.

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The aquaero 5 has only one PWM enabled fan port. If these pumps were
compatible (but they are not) you could control them the same way as
with the aquaero 6. The aquaero 5 and 6 use the same firmware, so
besides some changes in the hardware the monitoring and control stuff is
the same.

So I can get an aquaero 5 and connect 2 aquastream xt to it, as long as its setup first?
That would be the cheapest option and also the only option if I want something else in the drive bays.

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The aquaero (with display) can be configured without
the PC.You can do almost everything directly through its own menu. If
you connect two aquastream XT pumps it will not work because you would
have to change the aquabus ID number of one pump which is only possible
via USB. Imagine it as a network where each device requires a unique IP
address

The only time I would need it without usb, is during filling. But since my system is running atm, so can I configure everything before I take it apart for upgrades.

Zitat von »Shoggy«

Zitat von »OddsCrazyStuff«

So I can get an aquaero 5 and connect 2 aquastream xt to it, as long as its setup first?

Yes, that is possible. Would also "work" without a previous setup but in this case the pumps will just run in automatic control mode - more than enough to fill the system if you ask me.

Thats what EK said about there D5 as well, but I needed to use my streaming pc as a controller, to even have a chance at filling it.
So can I setup the speed before hand and use power button on PSU as full speed/no speed?

If that works, so can I get away with an aquaero 5 and 2 poweradjust. Meaning 130 euro for control setup.
To make things simple, so I'm sticking to 4 or 8 way splitters, 12W or 24W.
So the aquaero gets 4x 12W + the 2 aquastreme xt, then use the 2 power adjust to hock up the rest of the fans (24W+24W).

Zitat von »Shoggy«

In my opinion you worry way too much about the setup of the pumps when you fill the system. If they run slow or fast does not really matter.

As said you can not control them when you connect two aquastream pumps because they will use the same Aquarius ID by default.

It does matter. Without any kind of control, so did I need 3+ hours to fill my loops. When I used my 2nd pc as a controller, so did I do it in 30 min or so.
So it mattered, at least with the D5s.

I only need to be able to control 1 at the time, during filling, after that so should default speed be enough.