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Each way has its advantages and disadvantages. Installing it into two 5.25" drives will all you to install the Aquagate internally while allowing it to draw fresh air, though two spare 5.25" drive bays are required and air exhausted from the unit will go into the case. Installing it into a spare PSU bay will require a spare PSU bay that many cases do not have. Though air will be exhausted out of the case, the unit will be drawing in air from the inside of the case. If one decides to install the Aquagate into a spare PSU bay, a LCD mounting bracket is included so the LCD and control buttons can be relocated to a spare 5.25" drive bay. The third option of installing the Aquagate is externally. This option is nice because the air it draws and expels has nothing to do with the computer and it will not take up room inside the case. The included installation guide has very good instructions (in 8 languages!) on setting up the Aquagate in any of the three ways.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/29.jpg"><img src="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/29th.jpg" width="250" height="219" border="0" alt="Cooler Master Aquagate WaterCooling"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>No matter how you decide to orient the main unit, the following steps will have to be done. Cut the pipe into two pieces of desired length, making sure to make the cuts as perpendicular as possible. Install the PCI bracket. If planning to install the Aquagate into two 5.25" bays, feed the AC power cord through one of the PCI bracket's cutout before securing bracket. If planning to install Aquagate externally or in a PSU bay, feed the two pipes through the PCI bracket's cutouts before securing the bracket. Attach one end of each pipe to the waterblock by unscrewing the brass nuts off of the waterblock ports and thread them onto the pipes. Then, push the pipes onto the waterblock ports and screw the brass nuts back onto the waterblock with the pipes attached. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/27.jpg"><img src="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/27th.jpg" width="250" height="183" border="0" alt="Cooler Master Aquagate WaterCooling"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Attach the non-leak pipe plugs to the other end of the pipes. Pushing them into the pipes will be very difficult but that means a tight fit, a good thing. When the pipe plugs are inserted as far as they can go, clamp them with the pipe clips. After that, plug the pipe plug into the back of the Aquagate unit, the plug will click and lock.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/23.jpg"><img src="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/23th.jpg" width="250" height="135" border="0" alt="Cooler Master Aquagate WaterCooling"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>How the waterblock installs is processor dependent. No matter which CPU, do not forget to apply some of the included thermal grease (or other thermal compound of choice) before securing the waterblock. The guide will also give instructions on attaching the temperature probe as close to the CPU as possible.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/24.jpg"><img src="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/24th.jpg" width="250" height="200" border="0" alt="Cooler Master Aquagate WaterCooling"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Once the pipes are secured, plug in the male end of the AC adapter into the Aquagate unit and the bigger end into the power supply. Plug the D-bus cable into the main unit and into the PCI bracket. Plug one of the power supply's Molex connectors into the PCI bracket. Plug the shutdown cable into the PCI bracket and into the motherboard's power switch pitch while plugging the case's power switch line into the shutdown cable.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/22.jpg"><img src="atruereview/waterchill/aquagate/22th.jpg" width="250" height="175" border="0" alt="Cooler Master Aquagate WaterCooling"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>Once everything is connected, unscrew the reservoir's fill valve and fill the reservoir with the included Thermal Conductivity Fluid. From here the guide says to turn on the computer to get the coolant to flow through it. Luckily the Aquagate bleeds very fast, taking less than ten seconds for the Fluid to flow through the entire system. Once the Fluid is through the entire system, fill up the reservoir again till it is full. Then screw the fill valve back on. Afterwards, if the Aquagate is being installed internally, secure it into the bays. </p> <p>The installation guide gives instructions on how to set the high temperature alarms and how to adjust the fan speed. When setup correctly, the Aquagate will be able to turn off the computer when a high temperature (either tank or CPU probe) has been reached.</p> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td><a href="atruereview/waterchill/watercooling2.php"></a> <a href="waterchill/watercooling2.php">Previous (WaterChill Description)</a></td> <td><div align="right"><a href="atruereview/waterchill/watercooling4.php"></a> <a href="waterchill/watercooling4.php">Next (WaterChill Installation)</a></div> </td> </tr> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer"> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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