I just had a play around in Aquasuite and can confirm at least for my rear fan which is connected on it's own to channel 4 on my Aquaero 6 that in DC mode it spins up at 5.1v which equates to 826RPM and is quiet to my ears at least.
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I just had a play around in Aquasuite and can confirm at least for my rear fan which is connected on it's own to channel 4 on my Aquaero 6 that in DC mode it spins up at 5.1v which equates to 826RPM and is quiet to my ears at least.
Thanks for that mate
Only problem I have now is weather the fans will be too loud for me at 5v. Got any other suggestions for fans?Thank you. Can you then lower the volts even more once there spinning?
No, as soon as I dropped it any lower than 5.1v the fan stopped.
The 6XT retails for a fair bit more than the 6 Pro but the XT is usually discounted more heavily so the difference ends up at only around £10-15. The XT includes a remote and touch buttons so it depends if that's worth the extra to you or not.
The pro is 150 but down to 125 and the XT blue is 140 but not reduced.
Is the 6 worth it then guys. This will cost me about 300 for the fans and controller!
The 6 is good. More power on the channels so you can safely directly attach pumps with no heat or overload worries. PWM on all channels too.
The heatsink makes it look a lot nicer, cools it and gives it a bit of protection.
The remote I've never used more than once but in theory you can set up the unit (type in names etc) but you'd do that more easily using Aquasuite and a keyboard. It could be of interest for a media system I suppose. It can emulate a mouse and keyboard.
Touch buttons are dependant upon whether you like them. The same functionality can be had by mechanical buttons apart from the shortcuts along the bottom of the screen...that you never use. To be blunt, apart from scrolling through to see what raised an alarm if problems happen, you'll likely never use the buttons once you've set it up with Aquasuite. Largely it comes down to looks to be honest. If you're thinking of stripping the screen off, get whichever is cheapest as you'd take off bezel, touchscreen, screen and IR receiver (for remote) when you do.
Worth mentioning that the XT will come with a license for Aquasuite 2017-2019 but a Pro will only get 2017-2018. Not a big consideration but worth a note.
The heatsink makes it look a lot nicer, cools it and gives it a bit of protection.
The remote I've never used more than once but in theory you can set up the unit (type in names etc) but you'd do that more easily using Aquasuite and a keyboard. It could be of interest for a media system I suppose. It can emulate a mouse and keyboard.
Touch buttons are dependant upon whether you like them. The same functionality can be had by mechanical buttons apart from the shortcuts along the bottom of the screen...that you never use. To be blunt, apart from scrolling through to see what raised an alarm if problems happen, you'll likely never use the buttons once you've set it up with Aquasuite. Largely it comes down to looks to be honest. If you're thinking of stripping the screen off, get whichever is cheapest as you'd take off bezel, touchscreen, screen and IR receiver (for remote) when you do.
Worth mentioning that the XT will come with a license for Aquasuite 2017-2019 but a Pro will only get 2017-2018. Not a big consideration but worth a note.
You can carry on using the version you have and any maintenance updates they release for it but you won't be able to use the following years version.
The cost is 9.90 Euros a year or 14.90 Euros for 2 years.
Also make sure if you get the XT that when you first install the software you have the screen fitted as if you don't it will decide you have a 6LT which will only get you a licence for this year and next.
You get to use the last version you are entitled to for ever...You just don't get any new features (major versions) after that. You can purchase a license if new features come out that you want or if you buy any other module (like a flow sensor, PowerAdjust or RGB controller) you get a year or two's license included - as long as any piece is licensed you can install the new version.
That's fair enough. Thanks.
Not that I can dig out at the moment (only on my mobile) but what you'd need is 5 of these (two definitely required per pump, one spare - if you want to trim the other wires too, add another 4)
And a crimp tool to put them on the end of the wires. These crimpers are supposed to be really good and if you were going to be crimping pins for an entire cable set it's definitely worth getting good ones - they're probably fairly overkill for just a few fan pins though. Ditto for the pins as they appear to be priced singly.
Strip 3mm of insulation and crimp the pin on the end. Add sleeving beforehand if you want and heatshrink it on. Sleeving and two lots of heatshrink goes on, then crimp pins on, the shrink the heatshrink in place. MDPC-X and Teleios sleeving are good. Paracord is the cheaper alternative and gives a more cloth-like finish that I prefer...but it can snag so it's probably less durable.
I just measured mine and to allow enough room for the cabling especially the 4 pin Molex you'll need at least 3.5CM.
Mine is fitted without the screen but using the supplied standoffs behind the drive cages in my Corsair 780T so there's plenty of room. You could probably use some shorter standoffs to save .5CM or so.