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TerraMex · 09-28-2003, 04:17 PM

>The Aquacomputer one also looks pretty nice, but more like a
>beefed up digidoc it seems than either of these are. Thermistors
>are nice for some applications though. Is that a $150 euro
>pricetag on it? That's over 2x the price of these, yes?

Well ... no.

The Aquaero has about the same pricetag as the Matrix Orbital (about 140/150 depending on the country) but it's not yet available to the general public ( they have delayed shipping for a few weeks , so it can change) , and the MO is difficult to come across in the european online stores. It has, however , a few advantages over the CF and MO. The flow monitor , pump control (fill and bleed settings, that's a modified 1046 to run at 12v) , and motherboard connection (Besides the USB one) for alarms (for what i could tell).

Importing things from the US is extremely expensive. You usually pay more for the shipping and handling than for the product itself.
Inside the EU it's dirty cheap, for a small package <2kg, about 10 bucks. From the US, it's about 80.

So, it's not uncommon to find 140-160$ price tags on those products. I'm not saying they're not worth it (and they do seem very good) , but I am saying they are very expensive compared to a few other ones. A Coolermaster Aerogate II is about 50'ish or less . The Digidoc5+ about 70'ish , but you can get a used one (but in good condition) for less than 50 . Just for a price comparison , even if they are in a different class.

09-28-2003, 04:17 PM	#5
TerraMex Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portugal, Europe Posts: 870	>The Aquacomputer one also looks pretty nice, but more like a >beefed up digidoc it seems than either of these are. Thermistors >are nice for some applications though. Is that a $150 euro >pricetag on it? That's over 2x the price of these, yes? Well ... no. The Aquaero has about the same pricetag as the Matrix Orbital (about 140/150 depending on the country) but it's not yet available to the general public ( they have delayed shipping for a few weeks , so it can change) , and the MO is difficult to come across in the european online stores. It has, however , a few advantages over the CF and MO. The flow monitor , pump control (fill and bleed settings, that's a modified 1046 to run at 12v) , and motherboard connection (Besides the USB one) for alarms (for what i could tell). Importing things from the US is extremely expensive. You usually pay more for the shipping and handling than for the product itself. Inside the EU it's dirty cheap, for a small package <2kg, about 10 bucks. From the US, it's about 80. So, it's not uncommon to find 140-160$ price tags on those products. I'm not saying they're not worth it (and they do seem very good) , but I am saying they are very expensive compared to a few other ones. A Coolermaster Aerogate II is about 50'ish or less . The Digidoc5+ about 70'ish , but you can get a used one (but in good condition) for less than 50 . Just for a price comparison , even if they are in a different class. __________________ "we need more cowbell."