AQUAERO 5 vs 6

WhereHere1 · 5 May 2018 at 09:49

I know the 6 is newer, but what are the differences? What are the main points for going for the 6 over the 5?

gatecrasherlok · 5 May 2018 at 11:00

One thing I know is that it has more native pwm fan support. my 5 only has one pwm plug fan support.

darket · 5 May 2018 at 19:20

As above , the 6 has full pwm support and a slightly updated front panel, i have both, the lack of pwm support on the 5 was a pain as my pwm fans would 'tick' when powered on a 3 pin.

WhereHere1 · 5 May 2018 at 21:28

Oh ok, so I have 8 pwm fans. At the moment I have all 8 pwm fans on a pwm splitter with a power adapter so they don’t lose power. If I connected the splitter to the 1 pwm port on the Aquaero 5 would this be sufficient? Or would the auaero 6 be better?

darket · 5 May 2018 at 21:51

what are the fans and which version of the Aquaero 5 do you have ?

LuckyBenski · 5 May 2018 at 22:38

WhereHere1 said:
Oh ok, so I have 8 pwm fans. At the moment I have all 8 pwm fans on a pwm splitter with a power adapter so they don’t lose power. If I connected the splitter to the 1 pwm port on the Aquaero 5 would this be sufficient? Or would the auaero 6 be better?

Yes that would still work. You'd just bring the PWM control signal out of the Aquaero on its own, same as how it's been working for you so far. But then what function is the Aquaero really performing for you?

EsaT · 5 May 2018 at 23:35

WhereHere1 said:
Oh ok, so I have 8 pwm fans. At the moment I have all 8 pwm fans on a pwm splitter with a power adapter so they don’t lose power. If I connected the splitter to the 1 pwm port on the Aquaero 5 would this be sufficient? Or would the auaero 6 be better?

I don't think having all fans controlled by single signal is best idea.
For example would be better to control different fans depending on different temperatures.
No sense to make all fans increase speed if say only CPU is creating heat to case and not graphics card which can dump more heat into case.
Better to make CPU heatsink fan increase speed according to CPU temperature and use temperature sensor at least partially for controlling speed of case fans.
(of course case affects to what kind fan configuration/grouping is good)

Beyond PWM in all four channels output power per channel is higher 2,5A/30W without any heatsink and voltage drop lower.
https://forum.aquacomputer.de/weitere-foren/english-forum/103573-new-aquaero-6/