Fan controller

[sx_turbo]

In the process of slowly building a custom pc.

I've now got the fans mounted and sussed, I've got the open frame pc chassis bought and built.

Now I'm look at cable management, I'm pretty certain whatever I do isn't going to look pretty, with the way the pc will be in the IKEA unit, there is just no way it's going to be invisible but I'm at least trying to make it look tidy

My original plan was to get an arctic fan header and connect all the fans to that.. but now I'm thinking about it, will this be best?

I've got 3x 140mm fans up front and 2x 120mm fans for the exhaust (the PSU fan will also act as an exhaust I suppose.

If I use the the fan header all the fans will be spinning at the same speed, where as if I bin the fan header and run direct off the mother board I'll be able to adjust the fan speeds and control the flow of air a bit more.

Think the cable management will go out the window a bit though.

What's your thoughts?

 

[LuckyBenski]

For me, all case fans get matching speed control as I basically want a linear journey from cool to warm, quiet to loud. Helps if you have all matching case fans.

CPU cooler I tend to keep separate if it's air cooled. But that's one cable that's easy to tidy locally.

 

[sx_turbo]

For me, all case fans get matching speed control as I basically want a linear journey from cool to warm, quiet to loud. Helps if you have all matching case fans.

CPU cooler I tend to keep separate if it's air cooled. But that's one cable that's easy to tidy locally.

Even those of differing sizes and flows?

I'm sure I'm over thinking this

 

[LuckyBenski]

Even those of differing sizes and flows?

I'm sure I'm over thinking this

As I say, works best with all matching case fans. In reality though noise and airflow are a) very subjective and b) different from PC to PC. So, your best bet is to experiment IMO. Try different things, move fans around, flip them, try different speeds. I like simplicity so where possible will run fans in groups.