Fan controller needed

R.C.Anderson · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:13

Just built myself my new sandybridge-based PC, in a HAF-X case, but would quite like to get a fan controller, in order to be able to control the fan speeds of all the case fans. Does anyone know of any decent controllers, that can control ~6 fans, looks quite nice, and is reasonably priced?

R.C.Anderson · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:33

I was never to sure about the touch screen ones, as I always felt it's extra cost when a manual knob would do just as well. Also, I don't care about any temperature monitoring, as the only temperatures I want to monitor, have a temperature sensor built into them (CPU, GPU etc)

R.C.Anderson · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:45

I quite liked the FanMax, however after reading some reviews, I got put off it be the flashing LEDs...
The Lamptron was also quite appealing, and although they're meant to have fixed the issue of strange noises etc when running at lower RPMs, I'm still not that keen on it, especially as I'm not sure I like the look of the LEDs
As for the Zalman, looks quite nice, and seems to do what I want (from the published specs), however from what I can find, what you listed were the same models? But I can't find any reviews to see if they're actually any good or not. Do you know of any?

R.C.Anderson · 23 Jan 2011 at 10:30

@setter: Could you trust me where you got your controller from? As I can't find it available for sale anywhere I normally use.

@AceTK: Thanks for the info, but I would rather be able to change the fan speeds from the front of the case.

@AndyOcUK: Never seen them before, however they only control a max of 4 fans, and I need more than that.