Monitoring Options
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I wish ITX boards included one but unfortunately every iteration of ITX board i've had, has never included one
.How have you incorporated it, into modern cases? I always though the Aquaero was more suited to slot into a 5.25" bay slot like in the early 2000 era cases.
Screenshots showing how my fan and pump controls work
And how my temps and other details are monitored and shown on my desktop
And yes, the aquero's aren't cheap, but they last forever...
Interesting how you've set this up, i've done it slightly differently where i am determining fan speed using average temps across 3 sensors around the water loop. So my fans don't ramp up and down wildly, rather it will slowly decrease as it reaches the target average temp i have set using the fan curve.
I found using the air to water temp delta gives me a very consistent temperature that doesn't change too rapidly giving me a nice gentle fan ramp. Probably helps that I have a LOT of water in my loop so it takes a while for the water temperature to increase. Large reservoir and both a 480 and 560 rad. I used to run a load of fluid temp sensors throughout my loop but the temp difference between different areas was negligable with a max of about 1c difference, so just use the one now and some air temp sensors for air in and out.
On the pump side,. I could just run it at 50% full time, but as both my CPU (5950x) and GPU (3090) are pretty heavily overclocked it just gets the fluid moving a bit faster when under heavy load. I still limit it to max 80% but in reality with current settings in game its maxes around 55% which is still pretty much silent on a D5 and as low as 35% when idling.
On the pump side,. I could just run it at 50% full time, but as both my CPU (5950x) and GPU (3090) are pretty heavily overclocked it just gets the fluid moving a bit faster when under heavy load. I still limit it to max 80% but in reality with current settings in game its maxes around 55% which is still pretty much silent on a D5 and as low as 35% when idling.
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It's just hidden round the back in the cabling area. The screen isn't required, just the PCB.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua-computer-aquaero-6-lt-usb-fan-controller-wc-31j-aq.html
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While it is a good bit of kit it`s quite expensive for just setting a fan curve, I get what people say about the board manufacturers bios settings, I use smart fan 5 at the moment and it is a bit clonky to say the least but in the absence of 2 pin temp headers on the AS Rock boards then it`s an option I need to look at.
Honestly, on the scale of what I've spent on my loops over the years at just over £100 it's not really that bad. My first aquero 5 was in use for the best part of 8 years and I only upgraded to the 6 as I wanted more PWM headers so I could run seperate curves over different rads if I wanted. I tend to work on the basis that I'm happy to spend out for something that is really good, as long as I get my monies worth, and I really can't complain about that with the Aquero's...
Also you can do a LOT more than just run fan curves with it.
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Also my Aquero 5 is coming out of retirement I think. I've been running bios fan and pump curves on my second rig since I built it and it's just not the same. I miss the flexibility so I think I'm going to use the 5 on that.
Stuff like Aquaero is more geared towards watercooling enthusiasts. I can see why watercoolers use it over bog standard bios settings, it's much more flexible and you can do so much more with it than just setting a fan curve. In the playground section, there are actual formulas you can make to create complex cooling patterns and triggers, it's really cool if not overly complicated for the average user.
Thats way too complicated for me
I just need something to set a fan curve to in relation to my coolant temps in the absence of a temp header if I get an AS Rock motherboard, the Gigabyte ones are quite well spec`d in relation to fan and temp headers.My b550 rig strix itx has one. I was curious what it was for a while but now I love seeing my water temp lolmI wish ITX boards included one but unfortunately every iteration of ITX board i've had, has never included one
Insane that your B550 board has one yet my Asus Z690-i doesn't! Annoying tbh
I have the Asus B550-I rather than another manufacturer because it has one. Asus have had the T_Sensor on their premium ITX boards for generations. I had a look and it's back on the Z790-I and the B760-I but also not on the B660-I. Seems like just for 660/690 chipset ITX motherboards they did not add one?
I have the Asus B550-I rather than another manufacturer because it has one. Asus have had the T_Sensor on their premium ITX boards for generations. I had a look and it's back on the Z790-I and the B760-I but also not on the B660-I. Seems like just for 660/690 chipset ITX motherboards they did not add one?
Got lazy probably lol, my z390 gigabyte itx board didn’t have one either. Made temp monitoring and fan curves such a farce to do as the fans would ramp up and down like made. With aquacomputer now, it’s just a smooth sailing and quiet experience. Should have done this a long time ago.
Yea I just cba to fiddle about with other software to make my fans move because of water temp. But my rig has a 9fan rad outside of my case so I just set my fans to lo on the little fan hub I got and they keep everything cool. Need to remount my gpu block but cba to take tue loop apart as sometimes my hotspot can be 30c over my gpu temp. Cpu doesn't go over 60c. Got 4 inside fans set to change with cpu temp and my ddc pump aswell but I might jist change them to static 25%.