LianLi V1000+2 and TR-3 fan controller....

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Right well i am buying my new computer in a few weeks and think i am gona lay down the cash for the V1000+.
I am going to have a fairly high end rig so need decent cooling but want it to be very quiet.
I was planning on putting a Seasonic PSU in there as well as buying 3 Akasa ambers to replace the case fans provided, and then use a Scythe Ninja Plus with its supplied fan to cool the CPU.

My question... if i want to get this setup very quiet, is the TR-3 fan controller a good bet or should I just 7v all (or all case but not the cpu) fans?

If i were to use the TR-3 should i connect all the case fans or just 2 of them and the CPU?
If not the CPU then do i connect that to the motherobard and get the motherboard software to control it's fan speed?
Also, if i am using the TR-3/7v the fans, is there any need to replace the stock ones with ambers?

I hope that makes sense.
Thanks
 
The TR3 wont allow you to adjust your fans, as such i would advise you to go for the 7 volt mod option.
 
Replace the fans either way, the TR3a is basically as Harib0 says a glorified temperature sensor.

Looks great in a v1000+, but has little real world function.

v1000.jpg
 
I use program called SpeedFan to automatically adjust fan speeds according to the temperatures I program into it. 95% of the time my Ambers and CPU fan are running at 40% of their speed and cannot hear them at all. I don't think there is any need for other fan controllers.
 
Harib0 said:
The TR3 wont allow you to adjust your fans, as such i would advise you to go for the 7 volt mod option.

the blurb says it automatically adjusts your fan speeds?
i realise i wouldn't be able to do it manually with it but though i could se the temperature threshhold at a point at which meant the fans were quite most of the time.

7V sounds good to me too though, is that to all 4 fans? or should i let the mobo adjust the fan on the Scythe?
 
The TR3a, to my fiddling about with it had no option for any relation between fan speed and temperature, as a fan controller it is next to useless.
 
Yewen said:
The TR3a, to my fiddling about with it had no option for any relation between fan speed and temperature, as a fan controller it is next to useless.

ok thankyou.
i guess the blurb/review about it are rubbish then :)

cheaper to 7V then. Is the easiest way just to modify a molex connector or is there some cheap and easy solution that i can buy?
 
Kamakazie! said:
the blurb says it automatically adjusts your fan speeds?
i realise i wouldn't be able to do it manually with it but though i could se the temperature threshhold at a point at which meant the fans were quite most of the time.

7V sounds good to me too though, is that to all 4 fans? or should i let the mobo adjust the fan on the Scythe?

Unfortunatley the only thing that you can adjust is the alarm so you can set as what temp the alarm goes off at. but you can't set the temp threshold for the fans.

I'd leave the Scythe to be adjusted via the mobo.

The TR3 is a nice looking thing but not terribly usefull
 
Kamakazie! said:
ok thankyou.
i guess the blurb/review about it are rubbish then :)

cheaper to 7V then. Is the easiest way just to modify a molex connector or is there some cheap and easy solution that i can buy?


It's even cheaper and easier to use SpeedFan
 
It does look VERY nice in a v1000+, TR3a and a T-Balancer is the best function and looks combination without going to a Matrix Orbital. :D

Its a show of piece of kit, the function is next to nothing, its a joke really but I like them. :o

Speedfan does not work with all motherboards.

Just 7v the fans using the molex mod method, jobs a goodun. :)
 
i had thought of using speedfan but i doubt my mobo is gonna have 4 fan headers on it or is it quite likely that it will?

gonna be something like a RD600 crossfire mobo....

ok 7V it is. Lets hope i have plenty of spare molex connectors laying about.
THink it will be a job for my electrical engineering housemate to help me with so i don't do anything stupid :)

thanks for the help and fast responses guys!
 
Harib0 said:
can you 7 volt 3 pin fans?

You use a molex adapter :p , I do not think you can do it, just but a resistor in is the only way for a straight 3 pin fan.

I stand to be proven wrong, bar a resistor I know of no way you could 7v with the 3pin and the only +/- and speed wires.
 
Yewen said:
You use a molex adapter :p , I do not think you can do it, just but a resistor in is the only way for a straight 3 pin fan.

I stand to be proven wrong, bar a resistor I know of no way you could 7v with the 3pin and the only +/- and speed wires.

yeah i have seen a resistor at a competitors for 3 pin fans.
 
Kamakazie! said:
yeah i have seen a resistor at a competitors for 3 pin fans.

They come with Zalman fans, I made my own couple once, think I got a 1v fan and it killed it after a hour or so.

I just do the molex methods or follow guides usually.
 
Yewen said:
They come with Zalman fans, I made my own couple once, think I got a 1v fan and it killed it after a hour or so.

I just do the molex methods or follow guides usually.

V=IR I believe. Being colourblind is a bit of a handycap so I usually guess and then I end up as described above. It's even more fun with capacitors, They explode when they expire.
 
I really want a v1000+, these pictures are making me really jealous.

Whats the best fan controller for the v1000+ to match its looks that can actually control fan speeds? I'm thinking of getting this case but i'd want a fan controller so I can choose how fast I want the case fans to run and at what noise, set software to get my cpu fan working at 100% if temps get too high.
 
Keylow said:
Off topic, but what LCD display is that in the DVD bay of that V1000+ Yewen?
Not off-topic at all, thats the TR-3 fan controller which erm doesnt control any fans from what you guys are saying?
 
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