Production Aquanaut Basic/Extreme - Ultra Low Profile CPU Block & Pump Mount Combo
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Everything is tight, getting the flow direction out of the Aquanaut into the gpu was a bit difficult too.
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I to manage to get installed in the T1 3 slot with a 240 rad. Working on installing an additional 120 rad as well.
Ordered one today!
I had been searching for a suitable pump/block combo for the last few weeks and saw a post about this on Reddit. Couldn't have come at a better time!
Should be a perfect snug fit for my sm580 once the new AMD CPUs come out.
I saw from a previous post the the total height of the block with a bitspower DDC is 55mm with the heatsink, but the PWM version is difficult to find in Australia without exorbitant international shipping.
Has anyone fitted one of the EK DDC 3.2 pumps and able to tell me the height?
I had been searching for a suitable pump/block combo for the last few weeks and saw a post about this on Reddit. Couldn't have come at a better time!
Should be a perfect snug fit for my sm580 once the new AMD CPUs come out.
I saw from a previous post the the total height of the block with a bitspower DDC is 55mm with the heatsink, but the PWM version is difficult to find in Australia without exorbitant international shipping.
Has anyone fitted one of the EK DDC 3.2 pumps and able to tell me the height?
When you get time, would you be able to tell me the height of the whole unit?
Here's hoping it's 55mm or under!
hmm I was expecting the EK pump to be fair bit thinner than the Bitspower one, what without the integrated heatsink so 54 vs 55 is quite disappointing IMO. Was really hoping Aquanaut + EK DDC would be 50mm or less to fit perfectly in 3-slot mode. How's the bulge on the mesh panel looking?
There isn’t one, that’s 54mm to the motherboard. No bulge.
Ahh! So 46mm from socket!
I'm interested in getting one for a future project but not sure whether I'd go AMD or Intel next time. Can you not sell a version which come with both possibilities or are they too different? Thanks. Alternatively if these will be stocked for a longer time frame i.e. next 6 months I'll likely have started my next build by then.
yep, this is the measurement value that I was expecting. thanks Huda! will try the Bitspower pump to see how the bulge looks like (55mm vs. 53mm of the EK-AIO block), whenever I can get to my supply of watercooling parts ?
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.
that's fine. I don't think any of us are expecting you to build this specifically for the T1 (that's what @Wahaha360's FreeFlo is for). Besides it's already been proven twice now that it works fine in the T1 as is so no need to make any further changes just for us
yep, Aquanaut is already <50mm with standard DDC pump so I have no complaint or anything, and no one else should either. just trying to push the limit to see what I can get away with really ?
So for anyone interested, I just found an old EK DDC 3.2. Measurement from heatsink to top of the base is 28mm which would give a total height of 52mm.
I also have a swiftech MCP355 which has no heatsink and is 21mm which would give a total height of 45mm.
I also have a swiftech MCP355 which has no heatsink and is 21mm which would give a total height of 45mm.
Just got a Fedex invoice for my Aquanaut VAT. 24 great british pounds, half of which was Fedex fee, ouch!
Update: Sent out review samples Ali@OptimumTech. Will let him take his time and work with his schedule.?
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