AquacomputerFilter with Stainless Steel mesh, Black

Got this after I was getting tired of cleaning my loops every couple of months. Since Ive put this in the water has stayed clear and the filter has caught all kinds of gunk and metal bits from the radiator. This radiator is quite a bit bigger than the picture shows. I thought it was going to be half the size, when I got it, I was surprised at how big it was. Some have complained about the flow restriction, however I have a inline flow monitor on my loop and when I put in the filter I put the monitor after the filter to measure the decrease. From what my monitor says there is no discernable decrease in Liters per hour at all. I dont think that a loop with 3/8" hoses will be impacted much by this at all. Considering your water blocks are going to be a MUCH bigger restriction anyhow.Another poster mentioned setting his up in reverse and I wouldn't recommend that. The waste collects on the back due to a clean out port in the rear. If you have the waste collect in the front you have to completely disassemble the block and is a huge PITA.Overall very happy with this product. Especially considering a lot of custom watercooling products now a days are junk.

While this was a great idea, the design and execution left a lot to be desired. Also, quality control was clearly out to lunch, as this arrived from the MFG broken. One of the valves just flopped around inside the body, and didn't work at all. I sent it back.

WAY WAY smaller than it looks... I was thinking the outer flange was like 4 or 5 inches across, nope, like 2 inches.the distance between inlet and outlet makes the need for 90 degree fitting almost a requirement, and the interior diameter of them is way smaller than my tubing, making this a 3x restrictive part (90 degree inlet to small ports through filter into another 90)if you have a very high head pressure pump, this is a good part, if not... might want an inline filter.those aside, MAN this thing is quality built. Precision craftsmanship

I had this on my 3 gpu rig mining for about a year. I noticed the waterflow kept getting slower with time and my last gpu in loop was overheating. I thought my D5 pumps were wearing out but ended up being this filter device when i bypassed the filter. Filter wasn't clogged I think the ball valves failed and was blocking flow. I was even playing around with the ball valve position and flow rate would improve for a second and went back to being blocked.I bypassed this filter and my water wheel was spinning fast again.I give this product two stars. Good cnc machine build quality but poor decision on adding ball valves which are not as reliable. Avoid these ball valves you don't really need them for a filter. It just adds more points of failures in your water loop.

After having major problems with gunk building up in my system over time and clogging my blocks, I decided enough was enough and looked into filtering solutions. This was the best option I could find, and I’ve been extremely pleased with having it. No flow restriction issues and already pulling out a ton of gunk even on a freshly cleaned system. Note that the inlet/outlet is actually reversed from the writing on the unit but it’s no big deal.

I figured that this filter couldn't be as restrictive as the other reviews said. I have a flow sensor in my loop and compared flow before and after the filter.Before filter - 195 L/hrAfter filter - 130 L/hrPretty big drop.I also agree with the other reviewer, this filter appears to be routed backwards. The hole in the back isn't a clean out port, it's for installing a LED. The way it's labeled would have the debris stuck to the back of the filter.I wanted to believe this would work great, but at the end of the day I removed it from my loop. I usually run my pump at 50% duty cycle. To get my flow back to pre-filter levels I had to run the pump at 100% and it made quite a bit more noise.I love everything else aqua computer makes, but this one sorta fails. Hopefully they update it with bigger ports.

Significantly constricts the water flow making it useless.

Factory cut flow way down (less than 1/4 inch) for filter protection so i just ran 2 in par. But filter is so fine nothing with clog cpu or gpu cooling fins. Order spare screens.