System Setup:

Setting up the system was very easy, just carefully measure the length of the tubing needed and cut them with a clean cut, I used a regular pair of scissors.

With everything assembled I ran it outside the case to bleed and leak test it.

You have to “jumpstart” the PSU in order to run the system individually outside the case. Asetek have supplied a little piece of wire that you connect between pin 13(black wire) and 14(Green wire) on the ATX header.

When the system was tested for any leaks and was successfully bled (all air bubbles dissipated) I connected the USB wire, and the temperature sensors.

Here’s everything installed into my Coolermaster Stacker, a bit messy I know but I haven’t bothered cleaning the wire mess up yet.

I powered on the system and to my delight everything booted up fine. When windows finished loading it was time to install the 12v Pump Control Panel software provided with the kit.

This is a very practical piece of software indeed, you can control just about everything regarding the setup. You can see the temperature 1 & 2 reporting 31°C but they are only hanging freely in the case at the moment.

I attached the fan from my Zalman cooler to the fan 2 header, so I can also control the graphic card cooler. Unfortunately as I mentioned earlier the Sunon fan provided with this kit can’t be rpm monitored, however this is not a big deal since I can alter the speed of it anyway. The pump speed couldn’t be altered with the standard pump, but I assume that the "Extreme" version of the Asetek 12v pump has that feature.

The optional LCD screen can also be controlled within the software; this is something I have to look into purchasing at a later date. Time to test the all important performance.

 

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