Production Aquanaut Basic/Extreme - Ultra Low Profile CPU Block & Pump Mount Combo

[AP2]

@Nouvolo will you be making the aquanaut out of different materials? I’d love to see one In nickel.

 

[DrHudacris]

@Nouvolo will you be making the aquanaut out of different materials? I’d love to see one In nickel.

Unless I missed something, I thought the Aquanaut is nickel plated copper? Is this not so?

 

[thelaughingman]

Unless I missed something, I thought the Aquanaut is nickel plated copper? Is this not so?

I think he meant the block going from acrylic to copper haha

 

[Nouvolo]

@Nouvolo will you be making the aquanaut out of different materials? I’d love to see one In nickel.

How much do you think it can charge for? It's always just about how much it can sell vs the cost.?

 

[fabio]

I would love Delrin/POM!!!

 

[lehman]

Honestly, I wonder if anyone can make a thinner water block than Aquanaut (in acrylic). Although I try to make it as compact as possible, I am creating Aquanaut for all SFF cases. It would be great if it fits T1, but already at <50mm, just in case anybody asks, and for the record?, I will not (and probably cannot) make it go lower specially for T1. You can ask T1 to go thicker instead ?

Edit: Aquanaut acrylic blocks total height is 21mm (3mm coldplate), and with pump impeller cavity of 8.5mm (unavoidable), I only have 12mm to play with. Just you know my engineering constraints.

Sub 40 if you used the SPC pump. Though the shortest fittings at 19mm would make the total height at 40mm.

But how many cases need something that small?

Lehman

 

[Allhopeforhumanity]

I would love Delrin/POM!!!

Delrin has a pretty bad CTE (~120ppm/K) which is about 80% higher than acrylic, and my experience with paintball marker bolt assemblies made of Delrin was that they would swell and jam on particularly hot days; not sure if I'd want threads with such a large thermal deformation potential that close to a CPU.

What benefit does Delrin have over copolymers like Acetel?

 

[Goatee]

How much do you think it can charge for? It's always just about how much it can sell vs the cost.?

I'm not sure of the benefit of changing the whole top. At least in my use case, you can barely see the Aquanaut.

If you wanted some bling, maybe a change to the design to allow a vanity plate?

Edit: A vanity plate cut out might also allow rotary fittings to be use rather than angle adaptors, if you can save a couple of mm in the vanity plate cut out....

 

[fabio]

I was hoping I could use my Optimus Coldplate, but NOPE! Testing it without Jetplate!

 

[Nouvolo]

I was hoping I could use my Optimus Coldplate, but NOPE! Testing it without Jetplate!

more photos and test results plz ?

 

[fabio]

more photos and test results plz ?

They will come!!

 

[Valantar]

They will come!!

Nice! What kind of QDCs are those, btw?

 

[Goatee]

I just did this for someone on reddit, so here are clearance measurements for reference:

• Clearance from motherboard to mesh on T1 in 3 slot GPU- 57.5mm
• Aquanaut to motherboard - 33mm
• EK-DDC 3.2 PWM pump - 21mm
• Top of pump to motherboard with Aquanaut - 54mm

 

[SoSquidTaste]

Nice! What kind of QDCs are those, btw?

From other threads I follow, I believe it's Koolance QD3s: https://koolance.com/quick-disconnect-couplings-low-pressure-qd3

Selected for low flow impedance

 

[Gerold]

If someone's got the chance to test if the EK-Quantum Torque Rotary fittings would fit (or measure the hole distance of the ports), that would be super helpful, thanks!

 

[fabio]

If someone's got the chance to test if the EK-Quantum Torque Rotary fittings would fit (or measure the hole distance of the ports), that would be super helpful, thanks!

They fit, barely but fit!

 

[Valantar]

From other threads I follow, I believe it's Koolance QD3s: https://koolance.com/quick-disconnect-couplings-low-pressure-qd3

Selected for low flow impedance

Thanks! I've been looking at those before, as well as Swiftech's Lok-seal fittings, but of course both of those are nearly impossible to get a hold of here in Sweden. I can always order from the US, but shipping costs are ridiculous (as in 60% on top of an order of five QDCs). Really annoying stuff. Alphacool's QDCs look okay, but from what I can tell they're noticeably bigger.

 

[fabio]

Thanks! I've been looking at those before, as well as Swiftech's Lok-seal fittings, but of course both of those are nearly impossible to get a hold of here in Sweden. I can always order from the US, but shipping costs are ridiculous (as in 60% on top of an order of five QDCs). Really annoying stuff. Alphacool's QDCs look okay, but from what I can tell they're noticeably bigger.

I order always from highflow or caseking, and I leave in Denmark!

 

[Valantar]

I order always from highflow or caseking, and I leave in Denmark!

Hm, that's a pretty good idea. I just moved to Sweden, so I'm not used to ordering within the EU being an option. Thanks for the tip! I'm kind of annoyed that Koolance doesn't have a female-threaded G1/4 QD3 though (except for those ugly ones for mounting through a panel) - is wanting to screw your own fittings into the QDC really that unusual? But I guess I'd be able to live with using a f/f adapters to fix that.

 

[fabio]

Hm, that's a pretty good idea. I just moved to Sweden, so I'm not used to ordering within the EU being an option. Thanks for the tip! I'm kind of annoyed that Koolance doesn't have a female-threaded G1/4 QD3 though (except for those ugly ones for mounting through a panel) - is wanting to screw your own fittings into the QDC really that unusual? But I guess I'd be able to live with using a f/f adapters to fix that.

They have actually! I have it!

QD3 Quick Disconnects with Threaded End

Low pressure no-spill quick disconnect couplings which push to connect with a negligible amount of coolant freed. The QD3 series includes couplings for 10 to

koolance.com