Fan controller

[man36]

Hi, I am planning to buy the air cooler by noctua ( nh-d14) along with fans of the same brand for mi chasis to achieve a quieter system; problem is, noctua fans (as far as I´ve read) cannot have their speed regulated. My question is, should I also buy a fan controller? If so, which one?

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your help!

 

[dizmo]

Would you use a fan controller enough to warrant it?
Personally I love the idea but I don't think I'd ever use it. My dad has them on all three of his computers and I think I've seen him fiddle with the fans once.

[man36]

I think I would. Because the only problem I see with noctua fans, is that they would be stuck at the same speed all the time; so the fan controller seems like the best solution.

[Kevin_Walter]

Would you use a fan controller enough to warrant it?

Personally I love the idea but I don't think I'd ever use it. My dad has them on all three of his computers and I think I've seen him fiddle with the fans once.

 

If the alternative is having the fans running at full speed with molex connections 100% of the time, then yeah... fan controllers are great.

[man36]

Thought so, problem is, I know nothing about fan controllers: any good (not extremely pricey) models?

[Skylark]

I have the d14 and personally I just use the MB headers, they do ramp up when the CPU is under load (I use corsair pwm fans though)

[dizmo]

I'm getting one from Lamptron. But, they're definitely on the expensive side. Really nice build quality though.

Their other models that support fewer fans/no LCD might be cheaper.

[Npc_Hydra3]

I have the sentry mesh, it works good and it's cheap, but I rarely even change the speeds I just needed it because I didn't have enough headers for the amount of fans I wanted.