EK announces Ascendancy Water Cooling Control Board

[ChrisxIxCross]

No more having to open up your case to change your pump speed and buying separate fan controllers. EK has taken a page out of Corsairs book and take it to the next level with their own ultimate watercooling software interface. This looks like a must have for any enthusiast that wants the highest level of control of their system. Imo this is amazing, with the exception of that hideous green pcb. What do you guys think? 

 

 

Hardware features:

• direct drain FET water cooled voltage regulation module (VRM)
• up to 150 W sustained power capable VRM
• standard 6-pin PCI-Express power connector ensures
• control a 4-pin molex / 3-pin DC (up to 40W) or 4-pin PWM capable water pump
• control up to 8 4-pin PWM or 3-pin DC fans (15W each)
• connect any industry standard flow meter (pulse sensing)
• monitor up to 10 thermal probes (NTC thermistor)

Software features:

• Microsoft Windows based application
• Modern, easy and intuitive user interface
• Custom profile creation, editing and management - from fan hysteresis to flow meter pulse tuning
• CPUID SDK support allows monitoring of all vital parameters of your computer
• Logging function of all parameters

 

 

Link to article: http://www.techpowerup.com/195437/ek-unveils-the-ek-ascendancy-water-cooling-control-board.html

[terrytek]

I say SWEET!

[Hans Christian | Teri]

I really hope they get rid of that hideous green PCB, other than that it seems pretty cool. It will be interesting to see if it works better than the Aquaero.

[ERSCreeper]

No black PCB, no deal.

[Extingquish]

Great software, but that green PCB doesn't appeal to me...

[Thecrazyswede]

Of all GPU's they could've used they have a gtx 560 ?

 

not to judge but ehhhhh

[RatedBlam]

Things are at the least presented well if the first thing people bitch about is the colour of the pcb

[Blackterror25]

Green pcb? Rookie mistake.

you probably wont see this part anyway but people who watercool will care about this.

anyway, smart move EK. The only thing is that they should have also included a waterflow meter.

[Thecrazyswede]

Green pcb? Rookie mistake.

you probably wont see this part anyway but people who watercool will care about this.

anyway, smart move EK. The only thing is that they should have also included a waterflow meter.

 

Custom profile creation, editing and management - from fan hysteresis to flow meter pulse tuning

 

I am guessing that's included.

[ChrisxIxCross]

Green pcb? Rookie mistake.

you probably wont see this part anyway but people who watercool will care about this.

anyway, smart move EK. The only thing is that they should have also included a waterflow meter.

Maybe they'll implement that into the software soon, isnt that what the fitting connections on the board are for? 

[Blackterror25]

Custom profile creation, editing and management - from fan hysteresis to flow meter pulse tuning

 

I am guessing that's included.

•connect any industry standard flow meter (pulse sensing)

Im guessing its not and that's why that feature is included.

I do wonder why you va to add it to your loop then.

[Victor Golf]

I might have to consider this in my plans for the future... 

[Guest]

The colour of the PCB is nothing to be concerned about really. It's more costly to implement a different coloured PCB.

[legopc]

cool but the waterblock is overkill 

[terrytek]

If you're asking, the block is for the controller's VRM.

[TheMissxu]

I'd get an extra monitor for that!

[Sandzsteedt]

Cool idea, if that waterblock includes flow sensor. If it doesn't then it's a bit meh to be honest.

 

To me it sounds a bit silly to have water pass over to the controller only to cool things when you could provide the flow rate at the same time and remove the need to plug extra flow sensors and complicate the loop further.

[ces160]

Make it all black and add in an integrated temperature sensor and flow meter into the existing waterblockand and I'm all in.

[HeathCliff]

 

Looks like they won't be keeping that green pcb

[mc141]

Needs its own housing and linux suport i boot into both dont need it going at max speeds cuz linux cant control it

[JAKEBAB]

i think it needs a housing maybe something like an nzxt grid type housing.

[atomicmonkey101]

sexy pcb in my opinion...

[wpirobotbuilder]

Maybe they'll implement that into the software soon, isnt that what the fitting connections on the board are for? 

It's for cooling the VRM. Voltage regulation circuits that can supply that kind of wattage get very hot.

[geogga]

So guys, where would this go in someone's case?

Also, a 6pin powers this baby. I'm a bit confused but does that mean we can use a 6pin GPU cable to power it? If not, what type of cable would it be? My PSU confuses me..

[d33g33]

this was said to be coming out in March I cant find anything, does anyone have any updates?