Thermaltake Aquarius III Water Cooling Kit

The Aquarius III unit

First up is the Aquarius III unit itself.  This is a far cry from the internal compact Aquarius II unit.  Pretty much anything you need to see or monitor is within a quick glance.  The face of the unit sports two adjustable sensor displays.  The top left is for monitoring of the coolant while the one on the top right is for the CPU itself.  below these are a LED display with a four position selector that shows fan speed of a selected fan.  This was a bit confusing given that the Aquarius III has only fan.  Next to this was a large knob that controls the speed of the fan blowing on the radiator inside the unit.  Its observed range was 2150 - 5500 RPM.

The left side has a small window that allows you to look at the pump water level.  A horizontal 'low' mark lets you see at a glance if your water level needs attention.  What was cool about this, which you'll see more of in a minute was the blue LED that glows behind the translucent pump housing, illuminating the window.

The rear of the main unit has your in and out water line connectors, a nine pin power connector and a gold fan guard covering the copper fins of the radiator.  The last was a nice thing to see given the number of radiator fins many of us (especially me) have bent up over time.

Below are a couple of shots of the top and bottom of the unit.  The top has four thumb screws at either end of the silver strips with the Aquarius III markings on them.  These thumb screws, once removed, allow you access to the pump fill cap and screws holding the unit housing in place.  At first I thought the "X" on the top was removable to possibly expose some light effects like those of the Tt Butterfly power supplies.  This was not the case.

The bottom of the Aquarius III has an 80mm fan grill with no fan behind it.  I can only speculate that the original design called for an 80mm intake fan here.  This would help explain the multi position fan speed display switch on the front panel.

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