Bitfenix Recon 'Control Yourself' end user review (Picture and Video heavy)

Puppetmaster said:
Did you do anything to sort the rpm fluctuation?
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Not really, well unless you include swapping my fan to channel 4 from channel 3. It initially varied for a minute or so after boot but has now settled down and is more or less running at a constant speed. The speed still varies sometimes between 800, 900 and 1000 RPM but doesn't wind up and down, which was frankly quite annoying.

Just waiting on Phoebetria being developed to adjust fan curves so I can reduce the idle speed of the rear fan to my liking. I'd prefer it to be at a designated speed at a designated temperature rather than this random speed I seem to be getting.
 
Yup alarm temp is just an alarm temp, although it does ramp to 100% when it gets there so that's something I suppose.

So if you set your alarm at 31 degrees and you are running at 50% fan speed at 30 degrees it'll kick right up to 100% on that extra degree. I wasn't aware fan controllers worked like this but apparently they do.
 
BrianB said:
How do you guys hide the probes? they look pretty ugly to me. Would I be able to stick one to the top plate on my D-14 and get a reading for auto control for all fans with just 1 probe? Or does it average the temp out or something? I see no need to have so many probes as there are only 2 real sources of heat in my system...
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I don't hide them really. No window and I don't look in there much.

You might be able to connect all probe outputs to one actual probe by electrically joining all pin 1s with the active pin1 and the sane with pin2s.
 
Added a bit of red acetate sheet to the front of Recon yesterday to subdue some of the white/blue colour that was spoiling my orangeness.

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It is just cut and sits on top of the touch screen and the touch screen still works.

Easier than changing LEDs.

Orange acetate (even three sheets) changed the colour more to amber yellow and red is a little redder than I'd like but it's pretty good I think. :)
 
I must admit I had some early troubles with mine but that was operator error. If you set s lower speed using the front panel and do it correctly it should change the speed eventually. If it doesn't and the GUI doesn't work either then maybe your unit is faulty. What about auto control?
 
flinco said:
Thats a shame. You would think it could as many people would want a feature like this.
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It is a shame but then perhaps it is better to have some airflow. I like a quiet system but prefer my 3 case fans to run at very low speed when idle just to keep the air flowing through the case. Even at idle it gets toasty in there if I disable all fans (my Recon turned itself off once).
 
Forgot about Phoebetria, which isn't that surprising as my Recon blew it's USB interface about a month or two after receiving from Bitfenix.
 
The Recon has 3/4 pin connectors which your fans get connected to.

Your fans will fit if your fans have either 3 or 4 pin PWM fan connectors.

Recon may not allow 300 RPM on your fans. I got about 500 out of my fans but that is pretty quiet and around the lowest I ever run my fans anyway.
 
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