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Afternoon,

 

What is the best way of controlling my radiator fans from the water temperature, I have a temp sensor plug but no header on motherboard for it (MSI Z97A Gaming 7).

 

I googled it a bit and found the Corsair commander pro, any good? will it work for any RGB fan for future proofing? I will be upgrading my radiator to an EK XE 360 and a new pump/res combo with RBG so want it to work together

 

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9 minutes ago, Dschijn said:

BEST way? Aquaero 6 (Lt).

OK, that is nice but a little pricey, I did ask for best though, is there an internal solution?

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Yes if your motherboard has temperature probe headers then it'll probably have somewhere in the BIOS the ability to adjust the fan header output based on those probe measurements.

 

You can also buy the Aquaero 5 LT to save money.  The 6 didn't add anything significant.

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Just read the news that Aquacomputer released a downsized Aquaero: The Aquacomputer QUADRO

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16 hours ago, Dschijn said:

Just read the news that Aquacomputer released a downsized Aquaero: The Aquacomputer QUADRO

 

Mere days after I finally gave in and bought an Aquaero 6 LT. God damnit.

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On 6/29/2018 at 6:53 AM, doghousedean said:

Afternoon,

 

What is the best way of controlling my radiator fans from the water temperature, I have a temp sensor plug but no header on motherboard for it (MSI Z97A Gaming 7).

 

I googled it a bit and found the Corsair commander pro, any good? will it work for any RGB fan for future proofing? I will be upgrading my radiator to an EK XE 360 and a new pump/res combo with RBG so want it to work together

 

Thanks

Best way is to get a fan controller with temp sensors, such as the Cosair Commander Pro like you mentioned.

 

The Aquacomputer Quadro that @Dschijn mentioned is also an excellent option, though I would have liked to see that being in a 2.5" x 12mm form factor so that it can be placed just about anywhere in the back of a reasonably good computer case. Not that I'm saying it's bad as a product, but it makes you really consider its placement more if you want good cable management.

 

For me personally, I use the Asus Fan Extension Card that came with my ROG RAMPAGE V EDITION 10, and I control all of that through the board's BIOS. The burning question for me however, is what's the maximum power output for each fan header (in watts)?

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there is also aquacomputer poweradjust 3. a very simple device with one temp sensor input and one fan chanel. but can run up to 25 watts of fans - around 10 fans (it is a dc-3 pin output) 

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Yea get the cheaper one or another board. 

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On 6/29/2018 at 6:53 AM, doghousedean said:

Afternoon,

 

What is the best way of controlling my radiator fans from the water temperature, I have a temp sensor plug but no header on motherboard for it (MSI Z97A Gaming 7).

 

I googled it a bit and found the Corsair commander pro, any good? will it work for any RGB fan for future proofing? I will be upgrading my radiator to an EK XE 360 and a new pump/res combo with RBG so want it to work together

 

Thanks

With the Commander Pro and iCUE software you can control your fans with either preset profiles, or create custom fan curves depending on your needs.  The curves are set to CPU temps by default, but you can change them to different devices detected by iCUE.  You can control iCUE compatible RGB devices to customize your lighting with the Commander Pro.

Looking for more details about a product, or experiencing technical issues?  Visit our support page below, and one of our Technical Support staff can help you out:

https://support.corsair.com/

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Personally i run water/ air temp delta to run my fans via an aquero 5lt with additional power adjust unit so i have enough power to run the silly number of fans i have (all 3pin so not pwm control).

 

So difference between the incoming air temperature (ambient) and the water temperature means fans keep fairly low under initial load but ramp up as the loop heats up.

 

I also run my PWM D5 pump with a speed curve based on 50% most of the time but if the average temp of the 2 x gpu and cpu goes over a certain limit the pump speed slowly rises.  In reality even under combined synthetic load the pump doesn't go above 65%.

 

Real fan of the Aquero, been running this setup for three years without a hitch on heavy overclock on both CPU and GPUs.

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