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Hi, So I have a Ryzen 3800X, on a Aorus Pro Wifi x570-I in a Phanteks Evolv shift, cooled by a NZXT Kraken M22, and a GTX 1080. I have been having issues with thermal throttling on my gtx 1080. I attribute this to airflow because the Evolv Shift has basically no airflow. My solution is to add an additional fan and maybe CNC some front panel cut outs. When the front panel is off, I get full gpu usage and get up to around 80C. When it's on, I hit 80C at 65% usage. My CPU runs pretty hot too either way, but it's ryzen and not nearly as bad as the gpu. So my issue with adding another fan is that I am out of fan headers on the motherboard. I already have a splitter on one of the headers. I'd prefer not to add another where the pump is located. I'm concerned that it could cause some issues. I'd also like to switch over to an AIO gpu at some point so I feel like the fan controller would be necessary. The only issue is that my only usb 2.0 on the motherboard is used by my Kraken M22. I would really like a software controlled fan controller. I know phanteks makes a few and I saw one from corsair as well. I know they all require usb 2.0. Any help would be welcomed

I bought a cheap set of Rgb fans off amazon. I hooked them up in my case and used the included fan hub that hooks into SATA power. The fans have a remote to change the rgb. I was wondering if there is a way to hook those up to my motherboard to control the speed of the fans. Does anyone know if I buy a new hub, will the rgb still work off of the remote? Or any other suggestions. Right now they are on full blast 100% of the time.

Hello all, I am thinking about using some Lian-Li BR120 Digital RGB fans in my next build but I was wondering how to connect everything. I was thinking about using the Phanteks Universal PWM Fan Hub and the Lamptron SP101 ARGB Hub which should allow me to control both the speed and RGB effects of the fans. Would anyone have any other recommendations? Also would the Phanteks hub work with Lian Li fans or does it only work with Phanteks fans? I presume since it has 'universal' in its name it should work but just double checking. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-universal-pwm-fan-hub-black-ca-08x-pt.html https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lamptron-sp101-10x-addressable-rgb-hub-for-aura-fusion-and-mystic-bb-00f-lp.html Thanks!

Okay so I have these two products: 1) https://www.kustompcs.co.uk/cooling/water-cooling/all-in-one-coolers/antec-mercury-m360-aio-cpu-watercooler/ 2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B3Z4992/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_akWCBbQXMJ35Q The uBanner fans come with a fan hub/fan controller. Can the CPU cooler fans also connect to it or is it incompatible? Also, when people say the fans on the heatsink slow down when under less load and speed up under higher load, how is this done? Downloadable software? I want to know if I can put the RGB ones in the heatsink instead and the ones that came with the heatsink on the case.

Hi, I am in the process of building my first PC, and I believe I need to connect 7 fans to the motherboard, but the motherboard (MSI Z270 SLI PLUS) has only 4 fan headers that support DC fan control. Therefore I was wondering if there is a fan controller out there, similar to SilverStone PWM fan controller hub, that would allow me to connect several fans to one fan header on the motherboard while still allowing me to control their speed for noise.

I just bought the Silverstone RL06 and while its a great case with 4 fans the problem is the fan controller included is molex powered which means the front fans are very loud. I was wondering if there were any non expansion bay fan controllers I could buy that are PWM. thanks.

Hey guys! I have decided to build my own PC for the first time. I want to run 7 120mm RGB fans in unison through a P7H1. As I believe that I need a fan controller that: A. Controls the speed of the fans with 4 pin connections. B. Uses the motherboards aura sync to control the fan's colour scheme. These are the fans and motherboard I have and the hub I think I need to buy: Hub: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072K7PBZG/?coliid=IY4KH8BZGE7LK&colid=I4YQJUG3D3ZP&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Motherboard: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0764H6HC8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Fans: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06ZZVLWJ3/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 As you can see on the hub. It only has 2 RGB slots. So I would need to buy 2x 1 to 4 splitters to hook up the RGB element of the fans. Is that ok to put 7 fans between two ports or is that a no go? The hub also only has 5 4 pin ports. So again, I will need to buy a few splitters to put 7 fans in 5 ports. Alternatively. Could and should I buy a second hub and combine their outputs into my motherboards RGB header? If you respond please bare in mind I'm not even a novice in RGB and fan set ups. So be gentle! Thanks in advance!

Hi peeps. I've got a new experiment I'm preparing to test. As the title suggests, it's got to do with controlling non-PWM fans using PWM. The basic logic goes: I have a PWM-controlled power amplifier module, which is basically a relay switched on and off using a pwm signal. the switch turns on/off the main 12V rail, which is fed to a fan. this essentially adds a PWM circuit to a motor (which is the fan in this case). Thoughts and opinions guys?

I am designing a build with a corsair obsidian 750D high airflow and I want to know if the NZXT fan controller can fit if anyone knows please let me know.

I am planning on buying a corsair air 740 and an NZXT Sentry 3 fan controller and I want to know where I can mount the fan the fan controller or if I need a different one that can fit if anybody knows please let me know.

Hey guys. So I was looking at getting either a Grid+ V2 or corsair commander mini to control my 6 Coolermaster sickleflow 120mm 2000RPM fans but I see that both of these can only turn fans down to 40%. This is obviously very frustrating as I want to be able to either drop them very low or turn them off completely when watching a movie or chilling then ramp them up to 100% when I start more demanding tasks like gaming. Does anyone know of any digitally controlled fan controllers that can turn fans completely off? I have googled and googled to death and all I can find is analog fan controller Thanks in advance for everyone's help

So, as stated in the title, my brand new Noctis 450's PWM Hub is running completely out of control. Firstly, the configuration: the PWM controller header is connected to the system fan 4-pin header right now. It didnt work with the CPU_FAN header and having the CPU fan running at 100% is just too noisy for me, so I have them connected directly to it and they run just fine. totally controllable. There are currently 6 fans connected on it - 2 of which are Phanteks that are natively PWM compatible fans that are swapped out from the tc12dx. The hub is powered by a 4 pin molex that is connected directly to the PSU. Now, the symptoms: the PWM controller is simply undetectable by the motherboard. Both the BIOS and MSI Control center say there is nothing connected to System fan 1 header, giving a 0 rpm reading. Now I'm not sure if this is the way PWM hub are supposed to work but I do suspect so, as the system still POSTs and boots fine when the hub is connected to the CPU_FAN header - which shouldn't be the case as some motherboard wont allow a boot at all if it doesnt detect a CPU fan - then again it might just be that my motherboard (MSI B85m-G43) doesnt do that. So basically, any RPM readouts are 0 while im pretty sure every fan connected to the hub are running at 100% as if they are all just connected without having a voltage regulator of some sort. I've already ruled out a few possible causes: 1. Fans are faulty by default - So there are 6 fans connected onto the hub right now. I tested each one by connecting them to the mb directly. None of them are "uncontrollable". 2. Fan headers on the MB are faulty - not the case, as I had those tested as well. Besides the CPU fan header works just fine now that I have the 2 fans on the heatsink connected to it with a Y-splitter. 3. Faulty Molex connector - not the case. I have tried different modular molex cables on different molex outlets on the PSU (EVGA GQ750). Doesnt make a difference. What I think might be the issue that I simply have no way of testing: Corrupted BIOS - I'll be honest, my money is on this one, since the BIOS was acting REALLY weird when I first tried powering it on with the new PSU and GPU. I later found out that the CMOS batter was going bad so I swapped that out and now it never fails a POST. As of right now I do not have a spare USB drive to make a BIOS key to reflash it so that'd have to wait. I do have doubts on this one tho, as the headers are working fine with the fans alone. Faulty PWM hub - Is that even possible? I mean, it's really just a simple device that takes the signal from the 4th pin of the fan header to regulate voltage sent to the individual fans, which I dont think will break at all unless the chip on it got fried somehow, which will mean some sort of overvoltage from the PSU side which I think is unlikely. Someone please tell me if Im wrong on this. Let me hear your take on this!

Hey! Basically, I've had two fan controllers which plug into the USB header on the motherboard, however my PC fans just constantly pulse - Revving up and down whenever they feel like it. (Video of revving to better understand - https://youtu.be/O5DKl_qQ_CE ) After months of testing with Corsair tech support, and 3 new Corsair Commander Mini Units, it was deemed that it would not work properly with my motherboard. I bought an NZXT Grid V2+, and, after installation, to my dismay, the same thing happened (Even with hysteresis enabled). Also, both units are powered individually from the PSU - Corsair via SATA, NZXT via Molex - the USB is only for information transfer. All fans, barring the CPU fan, are 3 pin - However, the NZXT GridV2+ only has 3pin Male connectors on it. PC Specs (Custom build my myself - Owned since October 2014) OS: Windows 10, build 14393 CPU: Intel i5 4670K (Stock, 3.4GHZ) GPU: MSI Nvidia GTX 760 Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate (old), MSI Z97 Gaming 3 (New) Memory: 16gb (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHZ DDR3 Storage: 2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda PSU: Corsair AX860 Fans: 2x Corsair AF120MM (3 Pin, on Y Splitter), 2x Corsair AF140MM (3 Pin, on Y Splitter), Stock Corsair 140MM (3 Pin), Stock Corsair 120MM (3 Pin), Coolermaster Hyper T4 CPU Cooler (4 pin) Case: Corsair Carbide 300R Steps tested: Bios Flash/Update. Previous version of Corsair Link software installed (Includes deleting roaming data e.t.c) Tested different "profiles" on Corsair Link Software, and NZXT CAM software. Swapped connector on other USB Header on Motherboard. Changed Legacy USB Support. Tested on other PC, works fine. Tested fans individually, with no splitters. Tested with now three motherboards - Doesn't work on either of mine (PC Mate or Gaming), tested on Friends' PC and works fine. Tested different PSU as well. I'm now inclined to believe it's something to do with my OS, as that's really the only thing I haven't "replaced". I am at wits end - I have to use a controller/hub, as the headers on my motherboard aren't sufficient - only three of 5 are controllable, and the MSI Command Center wasn't exactly reliable when it came to controlling the speeds - the vast majority of the time, it sounded like a small jet engine was testing its afterburners next to me. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Sparkz

I am looking into buying a fan controller. I need one that supports 5 - 7 fans. Individually controlled is preferred but controlling all at once will work too. Thanks!

I'm looking for a fan controller to control the speeds of at least 6 fans that doesn't dim fan LEDs when the speed is lowered and is compatible with 4 pin connectors. It would be preferable if I could just hide it somewhere in the case and use software to control the fan speeds. Of course the lower the cost, the better. Sorry if any of this seems dumb, I just got confused when trying to find one myself. If any of you know of a good video/website that gives a general explanation of how fan controllers work and what features do what could you let me know?

In the build linked below, should I use the case's built-in fan controller or three motherboard case fan headers for my three 3-pin case fans (2 front intake, 1 rear exhaust)? Bonus points for recommending specific headers on the ASUS X99 A II.

Hey everyone, So me and my dad are looking to add air cooling to our home media center, we were going to go with a few nocturnal slim 92mm fans. We have been searching high and low online for a fan controller that will let us pick a temperature and have the fans come on at that temperature. So far the closest thing I've seen is the NZXT sentry 3 but that seems to only allow us to either use a predetermined temperature setting our set our own for an alarm. I don't need to worry about powering it just yet so that isn't an issue. What do you all recommend?

The Phanteks Eclipse P400s that I bought came with a fan controller with connections that are 2-pin only. Does that mean I would not be able to control fan speed? I tried connecting fans to the controller and turning the PC on, the fans spin, but when I press the fan controller its fan speed won't change. Is my case faulty or am I doing something wrong?

Hello! I'm not sure if this is the right section, but I'll just post it for now. I'm in search of an internal fan controller / SD card reader combination which has the following features: - USB 3.0 support (so that when I copy something from my SD cards it won't be limited by USB 2.0) - SDXC support - 4-pin pwm support (for 4 fans at best) The only thing that comes close to that is this one but it doesn't seem to be available in Germany. Any other recommendations? While most SD card reader / fan controller combinations have USB 3.0 ports, they don't have a USB 3.0 header for their SD card reader.

Hi All! So for my first post I'm looking for some advice on a build I'm currently doing. I've been looking into fan control and I've been debating on where to plug them in. I was initially planning on plugging my fans into the fan controller on the NZXT H440 but I was skeptical from the Linus review where he said there is no control on the fan controller meaning the fans would either be off or on full. Furthermore, my motherboard came in the mail yesterday (Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1) and I read that it has an in-BIOS fan controller. So I guess I need to decide whether to plug my fans into the H440's fan controller or into the Sabertooth. Thank you! Joren

So a few days ago I bought a new case (the InWin 303) and 8 Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition High Airflow fans. I then bought a Silverstone PWM Hub to connect them all to and make the build look clean. After plugging in all of my fans into the fan hub, then connecting the SATA power and lastly the 4 pin fan connection from the hub to the sys 1 fan, I turned on my machine and it was running all the fans at 1650 rpm. I tried using the bios to change the settings (MSI Z77A-GD65 ) and this did nothing. I tried to use other software like Speed Fan and this also did nothing to calm down the fans. Do I need to invest in something else to control my fans or am I just overlooking something?

i own the TT Core X9 e-atx case, the case comes with some lowish end 120/140 fans and 1 200mm fan that is operating fine and is being kept. according to the case specs from TT i can have up 6x 140mm or 2x 200mm on the top. Which would be the best for cooling? i found the 1x 200 in the front has been doing a great job and pushes alot of air. but would the 140mm be a better choice due to numbers and the larger pressure pushed? i would be using r3 from fractal design since they are 6$ at a local pc store. another question if the 140mm is the best or isnt would i be able to use a PWM hub to slow the r3 fans down to about 800rpm? or even just to mass power them on a hub as my motherboard only has about 3 system 4pin for fan.

CM Master Case Pro 5 best fan controller ? please help guys..

So, I just finished moving my pc into a new case. It was very loud previously, and now it is loud is not louder. I just moved my build into a CM Storm Trooper, and I love the case ascetically, and it is very spacious. But after moving all of my components, and moving two fans from my other case, (CM red led) a buzzing started. I have a feeling that one is defective. The motherboard fan controller won't change their speeds, probably because there is a fan splitter, but that hadn't stopped me from changing the speed before. Also, the gpu was running at 60C in idle, I ramped up the GPU fan speed to bring the temp down and I was successful. Currently it is running 39C but 50% fan speed. Before it idled around 35C with no fans on (It's an ASUS Strix 970), what could be the cause and how can I get it to run like it used to?

So i have a h440 and use the 3 included 120mm NZXT FN V2 as my intake on the front of my pc and the rear exhaust is my corsair AF120 but my problem is that the bios for my mobo is not really responsive to changes and the h440 doesnt have any drive bays. DO they make fan controllers that don't use external bays? if there is are there any that will support my fans?