On the pictures below you can see the forthcoming CoolIT Freezone Elite water cooling system, which is ESA-compatible. See how many extra wires this water cooling has.

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Figure 3: ESA-compatible water cooling system.

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Figure 4: Detail of one of the temperature sensors available.

All the sensing and controlling wires coming from the cooler must be installed to an interface box, called “MTEC Control Center” by CoolIT. Then this box is connected to any USB header available on the motherboard.

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Figure 5: Interface box (“MTEC Control Center”).