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

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very interested! would like to try on my Formd T1, currently using air cooling only with a Noctua L12-S
 

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Preliminary Test - Aquanaut (v1)

Conditions
  • Pump - Barrow SPB17-S-V2, 17W
  • Radiator - 240mm ST30 v2 (multi-ports)
  • Tubing - Soft, 10/13mm
  • Other restrictions - 4x 90° angled adapter used
  • Reservoir - not used
Results:
Pump impeller cavity - no restrictions, rotates smoothly
Water block leakage - 100% dry

Flow rate (L/hr, L/min, gpm) : Noise (too loud/audible/quiet)
Edit:
Max: 228 / 3.8 / 1.00 : too loud (rate improves after clearing more air bubbles)
Mid range: 140 / 2.3 / 0.62 : audible
Lowest acceptable flow rate : 100 / 1.7 / 0.44 : quiet

Comments:
I consider the test a success in terms of quality (leakage, dimensions/fitting), and acceptable & within expectation for flow rate, considering I have added 4 angled adapters for restrictions, to better mimic real-life conditions.

Your comments and feedback welcomed. Lets have a vote if its a "Go" for this. Will prepare for small quantities if you guys confirm on this, and lets have more testing done by the SFF forum community ?.

Edit: I have 10 sets on hand at the moment. Quite a few are reserved ?



 
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Nouvolo

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Google sign up form [link]. Please fill in the form. This is for the purpose to estimate how many I need to make, and how many for each type Intel 115X vs AMD AM4.

Please only sign up if you are prepared to buy. I will send invoice based on the google form response.

SFF Community price : USD59 USD47 (20% off) + shipping*
*shipping ranges from USD15-25, depending on region
disclaimer: prices may not be final, to be confirmed
 
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srekal34

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Filled in as well(price is lower than expected btw)
Can the AM4 mounting be retrofitted in the future if I choose Intel now?
 

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Filled in as well(price is lower than expected btw)
Can the AM4 mounting be retrofitted in the future if I choose Intel now?
The whole set of screws and accessories are different. AMD/Intel backplate use different threads, and also different mounting bracket (of course). That's why we offer them as separate.

Sure the blocks will be the same tho.
 

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Sign up rate is great, thanks for your support ?. I think we will cutoff sign up by end of this month (i.e. 31 Aug 2020), so that I can fix the quantity, and not have the sign ups keep waiting.

Note : Current batch may be slightly different from that of final launch version. But I expect very little changes except for critical issues.

Just checked shipping rate, it's gone up a bit due to covid... will be around USD20-35, depending on location. Asia > US > EU (shipping cost in general).
 
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