Water cooling fan controller (UK)

[BenB8350]

Hey, currently running a water cooling rig with a single 360mm rad to cool cpu.

This is in the NZXT Phantom 630 which has a fan controller built in on the back of the mobo tray.

I am going to upgrade to the HAF Stacker with 2 360mm rad's and cooling my gpu as well. 

So the question is:

What fan controller should I use to control all 6 radiator fans?

Also should i use one to control all case fans or should i use mobo connectors for them?

Please remember I'm from UK and we usually have less options so if you could check that UK outlets sell the parts you choose thatd be fantastic.

Many thanks,

Ben.

[Ghost]

What motherboard do you have. The more recent motherboards have excellent fan control built into them.

 

Also, what fans do you have?

[BenB8350]

I have the Sabertooth 990FX Rev 2.0 for my FX8350.

For the 2 rad's I will use 6 SP120 silent edition.

For the case fans i will use 2 red LED CM jet flo as intake at the front and 1 Corsair AF120 as exhaust at the rear.

[Ghost]

You can use Fan Xpert 2 in AI Suite II. Your fans are all PWM (including case fans) and can be controlled by the fan headers on the motherboard. In fact, you might as well switch to motherboard fan control now as it's much better as it can change your fan speed depending on system temperatures according tot he fan/temp curve you set.

[BenB8350]

That could work but there is not enough fan headers for all 9 fans on the motherboard.

[BenB8350]

Ignore my last reply.

There should be enough fan headers to do a PWM setup.

Thank you very much for your help!

[BenB8350]

But two last questions: 

Should I use SP120 quiet edition or SP120 PWM quiet?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CO-9050005-WW-Series-Edition-Pressure/dp/B007RESFM2/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1394293787&sr=1-1&keywords=sp120

if you look on the drop down there is those 2 choices.

Other question is: 

the SP120's, AF120's and Jetflo fans i currently have do not have PWM splitters so should i buy these: 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-CBFA04-15-Splitter-Cable-Fans/dp/B005FWXWPS/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1394293900&sr=1-1&keywords=pwm+splitter

and the connector that connects to the fan header is a 4 pin, would it also fit into a 3 pin header?

[Ghost]

You would need to get PWM editions, an you would need to buy PWM splitters.

 

Your fans need to be 4 pin for this to work, but to answer your question directly, yes a 3 pin male fits into a 4 pin female.

[BenB8350]

Ok, thankyou, So i will need 4 PWM splitters- so that 6 rad fans can go into 3 headers. 2 intake go into 1 header and the single exhaust into another?

Are you sure 3 pins wont work? because all the fans i own now- 2 jet flo, 2 AF120 and 2 SP120 are all 3 pins and i dont really want to pay out to get them all replaced with 4 pin versions of the same fan!