Oh, cool!
OK, so this actually draws its power (6w) through the PWM connector... Not a common thing, but will work fine. The Octo supplies 24w per channel and is itself powered by a 4-pin Molex.
Personally I'd advise keeping it on a separate channel from any fans, probably Channel 1 just for tidiness.
Also, it has a 3-pin addressable RGB connector on it... If you buy an RGBpx 3-pin adapter (about £2) you can connect that to one of the RGBpx ports on the Octo and control the distro plate lights through Aquasuite as well.
This means you can have it change according to pretty much any data that Aquasuite can detect.... So, for example, if your temps start going up, the LEDs will go from blue to orange and, when it starts getting really hot, to red. You can set exactly what temperatures you want the changes to happen, and decide if you want it to read CPU temp, GPU temp, water temp or whatever.
Or you can have it flash like a Christmas Tree during any drive read/write activity... or go red if your download speed drops below, say, 20Mbps... or just about anything, based off any data source.
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Remember* to check for and apply any firmware upgrades, in the System tab of your Octo.
The aquasuite software is impressive, im just a bit overwhelmed looking at it all, never used it before.
Looking for a guide online.
The Octo should have come with instructions, but they also do manuals in the support section of their website (in German and English versions), which usually cover some basics of Aquasuite and include any features specific to your product. They're often more up to date.
I'll try and help with any questions, or they do have a support forum with an English section too.
Yes im running the fans through the octo as well as the pump.
For the pump it will be setting the pwn power % against the temperatures?
In short, yes.
It depends on the pump you have and what information Aquasuite can read from it, though - Mine will let you set percentage of power, RPM, or you decide what temperature you want it to maintain and it will auto-adjust fans and pump to keep your system below that setting... same for water flow rate, but you'll need a flow monitor for that. It might read yours as just another fan, but that shouldn't be a problem in terms of performance and you can at least rename it in the menu. Just remember which channel you put it on!
Regardless of what you decide, you will have to tell it
which temperature/data source to read, though, ie CPU, water, GPU... It can also read any data from HWInfo or AIDA64, if you have those. HWInfo is free, incidentally.
If you want to get proper complicated, you can set up virtual sensors and do an average of temperatures from multiple sources, although that's straying into quite geeky realms!
