NEW: aquaero 5 series

[Phatboy69]

Martinm210: that's why i want to see real test with high load pumps included, as by specs AA5 shouldn't be handling D5 pumps, but read this thread through .. IIRC there was one guy with AA5+LC block regulating even two D5, with little juice left for few fans. Just that pumps use fixed amount of power at preset speeds, so maybe for nice charts (W on channel/AA temps) some artificial regulatable load maybe of better use to get full range of AA5 capabilities even below and above what pumps provide (and what specs tell ).
BTW, imho one rather important point of article linked above is how close is active air cooling vs lc block for AA5.

Yep that would be me! I have 2 D5s on the A5 no problem with the waterblock. Its the fans that are the killer because they are .37 amp each and I have 6 per channel (per rad) which is why I have 6 x PA2s for the fan channels.
Ill dig out my config for you for reference.

Ive loaded the 4 D5 pumps onto the controllers and they work a treat!
I have the following config now:

A5
Ch1 PA2 Fans
Ch2 D5-1 GPU Loop
Ch3 Exhaust Fans
Ch4 D5-2 GPU Loop

PA2's
Ch5 CPU Rad1 Fans
Ch6 CPU Rad2 Fans
Ch7 GPU Rad1 Fans
Ch8 GPU Rad2 Fans
Ch9 D5-1 CPU Loop
Ch10 D5-2 CPU Loop

Flowmeter 1 CPU Loop
Flowmeter 8 GPU Loop

Temp Sensors
T15 Ambient Air Temp
T13 Rad Air In Temp
T7 Internal Air Temp
T14 Rad Air Out Temp

T1 CPU Water in
T2 CPU Water out
T3 CPU Water Res out
T4 GPU Water in
T5 GPU Water out
T6 GPU Water Res out
T8 CPU Temp
T16 GPU Temp

Here's a 15min Furmark run with 15min cooldown.
What an amazing piece of technology!
Reallllly quiet for normal computing and light gaming, but an absolute powerhouse when required. All seamlessly controlled.

I got asked to do a test on another forum and got the following results which might be interesting to some.

3 x 370mA fans at 4.4v drawing 300mA and 2 x D5 pumps at 7v is the safe limit for an A5 with waterblock on my config. Shared 3&4 channels heating to 85c. Adding a 4th fan on the channel pushes it to draw 420mA and right on 95c.

A5 Load Test Config
Ch1 PA2 Ram Fans 6v 300mA 68c
Ch2 1 x D5 running @ 7v 800mA 68c
Ch3 3 x 370mA fans running at 4.4v 300mA 85c
Ch4 1 x D5 running @ 7v 800mA 85c

This means in theory you could run 2 x D5s and 6 x 370mA fans across the other 2 channels.






Here's my thread for more info on the A5 and PA2s.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...r-Installation!