What fan controller should I get?

[IBIubbleTea]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a good fan controller so I can control my fans for a water cooling build, I'm planning on using 5 AP-15s. I have a couple case fans which I might connect to it too. The case I am using is the Corsair 750D., If I have all my fans connect to a fan controller, won't I get a CPU FAN error because there won't be a fan connect to it? 

[elkenrod]

NZXT - Sentry Mix 2

 

It's functional, and it looks good.

[spwath]

you can set the CPU Fan to "ignore" in BIOS

I don't know if you need this fan controller, but I'm using the Aquaero 6 XT

So pretty... so expesive...

[IBIubbleTea]

NZXT - Sentry Mix 2

 

It's functional, and it looks good.

Is there one with a black look and a white or red led. Like the ones with the screens. 

[airdeano]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a good fan controller so I can control my fans for a water cooling build, I'm planning on using 5 AP-15s. I have a couple case fans which I might connect to it too. The case I am using is the Corsair 750D., If I have all my fans connect to a fan controller, won't I get a CPU FAN error because there won't be a fan connect to it? 

 

wire the fans straight to the PSU. jacking the speeds up and down will get really old

after a bit. wire the fans with your corrected voltage and leave them alone. nothing to

buy (except the right fans) and really nothing to fail.

[Faa]

I wouldn't use fancontrollers.. Had my pc shutting like 50 times down because I forgot to ramp up the speed. One of the H100i's I had the pump died because of this and you're using a H220.

Asus fanxpert isn't hard to use, cpu fan headers can only control pwm fans, chassis fan headers can control 3pins as well, load the silent profile out and your board (VI formula) has fanxpert2 that allows to turn the fans automatically off at idle because theres no need for it.

What I would do in your situation since you have a H220, the performance between 1200-3000 rpm on the pump is only 1° - I would dial the pump down with a pwm controller to 1200rpm.


 

[Lays]

I wouldn't use fancontrollers.. Had my pc shutting like 50 times down because I forgot to ramp up the speed. One of the H100i's I had the pump died because of this and you're using a H220.

Asus fanxpert isn't hard to use, cpu fan headers can only control pwm fans, chassis fan headers can control 3pins as well, load the silent profile out and your board (VI formula) has fanxpert2 that allows to turn the fans automatically off at idle because theres no need for it.

What I would do in your situation since you have a H220, the performance between 1200-3000 rpm on the pump is only 1° - I would dial the pump down with a pwm controller to 1200rpm.

 

 

 

Tbh, I forget to turn mine up 24/7, and the auto fan control it has leaves the fans at 60% then as soon as the temp sensors hit 45 c. (instantly when I game since I put them on the vrm heatsink)  it ramps them to 100%, even tho the fans can run at about 55-70% without temp issues -.-

 

But I always leave my fans at like 30-40%, then I start gaming and an hour in I'm like "oh crap" lol

 

I'd use my mobo headers, but 12 fans is to much and fan expert 1 is so worthless, it barely functions on my board

 

I do love my controller though, when I actually remember to use it lol.

 

 

 

 

Sidenote: Loving my p2, fan only turns on after hours of gaming, and even then I can't hear it over my GT's at 70%, which is almost inaudible. THANK YOU so much again for the recommendation.

[IBIubbleTea]

I wouldn't use fancontrollers.. Had my pc shutting like 50 times down because I forgot to ramp up the speed. One of the H100i's I had the pump died because of this and you're using a H220.

Asus fanxpert isn't hard to use, cpu fan headers can only control pwm fans, chassis fan headers can control 3pins as well, load the silent profile out and your board (VI formula) has fanxpert2 that allows to turn the fans automatically off at idle because theres no need for it.

What I would do in your situation since you have a H220, the performance between 1200-3000 rpm on the pump is only 1° - I would dial the pump down with a pwm controller to 1200rpm.

 

I'm doing a full custom loop so I won't be using the H220. Going to give it to my brother.

[airdeano]

I'd use my mobo headers, but 12 fans is to much and fan expert 1 is so worthless, it barely functions on my board

 

FE2 on the newer platform is pretty good, but the headers are still limited on how

much/many fans on a circuit can be used. but that's been an issue for a while.

even using a power splitter and dual wire feed to the header can tax the output for

5 fans.

[Faa]

Tbh, I forget to turn mine up 24/7, and the auto fan control it has leaves the fans at 60% then as soon as the temp sensors hit 45 c. (instantly when I game since I put them on the vrm heatsink)  it ramps them to 100%, even tho the fans can run at about 55-70% without temp issues -.-

 

But I always leave my fans at like 30-40%, then I start gaming and an hour in I'm like "oh crap" lol

 

I'd use my mobo headers, but 12 fans is to much and fan expert 1 is so worthless, it barely functions on my board

 

I do love my controller though, when I actually remember to use it lol.

 

 

 

 

Sidenote: Loving my p2, fan only turns on after hours of gaming, and even then I can't hear it over my GT's at 70%, which is almost inaudible. THANK YOU so much again for the recommendation.

You could make custom profiles lol in fanxpert but the thing is, the chassis fan header does only allow a minimum of 40% and the cpu header 20% so the problem with the chassis fan header is if you use 2500 rpm fans it idles at 1100 orsomething and does exactly ramp up like you said Adding resistors should help like use 2 resistors and the max speed is 1500 and you'd get an 500-600rpm as minimum.

I always hated fanxpert but once you learn it how to set it properly up then it's awesome. FE2 is great, has that option that allows to have the fan ramping slowly and the "semi-passive" mode that makes me switch to a RIVBE Fanxpert would be my only reason to get Asus boards over anything else really..

Sidenote: Get a 2nd P2, at 1000W load in total no fan kicking in I'm planning to do this  

 

 

FE2 on the newer platform is pretty good, but the headers are still limited on how

much/many fans on a circuit can be used. but that's been an issue for a while.

even using a power splitter and dual wire feed to the header can tax the output for

5 fans.

Well you have 1amp per header should be enough no? NF-f12's I use (dont hate me I know they arent the best) are only 0.05A. Was doubting if that would be 0.05A but I found a reviewer who tested it and it seems to be true. Most fans are rated for 0.30-35A so you can have 2-3 per header but I dont really understand why you would use more than 10 casefans I have one AP181 for the gpu and one AP181 for the cpu and an outtake thats doing nothing. If you do need more fans and the board isnt enough, swiftech's pwm splitter with the sata plug is an option.

[airdeano]

Well you have 1amp per header should be enough no? NF-f12's I use (dont hate me I know they arent the best) are only 0.05A. Was doubting if that would be 0.05A but I found a reviewer who tested it and it seems to be true. Most fans are rated for 0.30-35A so you can have 2-3 per header but I dont really understand why you would use more than 10 casefans I have one AP181 for the gpu and one AP181 for the cpu and an outtake thats doing nothing. If you do need more fans and the board isnt enough, swiftech's pwm splitter with the sata plug is an option.

 

i remove the power issue completely with this:

 

all PWM is tied, power is from molex and one tach signal. so the power is not

necessary from the motherboard header. but what happens is the PWM signal

becomes weak to support X-number of fans.

[delanyinspiron6400]

I also use the Aquaero XT, it's pretty expensive but offers a lot of customizability! I don't know if you really need all the extra features?
I'm also using the Aquastream pump from Aquacomputer, they work good in unison

[KamiKatze]

I use a Bitfenix Recon. It's a more simple fan controller imo, but costs only like 30 bucks! It has 5 channels 10W each, so aprox. 3-4 fans per channel max.

 

The channels can be controlled via touchscreen or over a local network interface (very comfy), or over the internet, or over an app for android (fancy, but unneccessary). You can switch to "auto mode" which will regulate the voltage according to the temperature reading of the thermal sensor, that's plugged to the individual channel (so up to 5 sensors).

 

I have 2 front fans on one channel and a rear fan on a 2nd channel. My sensors are on my south bridge and the GPU. On idle they sit around 7V (35-40°C), on load they get up to 10-12V juice (55-60°C).

 

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/accessories/recon/

 

The aerocool Touch-E would be a similar product: http://www.aerocool.us/peripheral/CoolTouch-E%20B.htm

[xIHexIx]

I use a Bitfenix Recon. It's a more simple fan controller imo, but costs only like 30 bucks! It has 5 channels 10W each, so aprox. 3-4 fans per channel max.

 

The channels can be controlled via touchscreen or over a local network interface (very comfy), or over the internet, or over an app for android (fancy, but unneccessary). You can switch to "auto mode" which will regulate the voltage according to the temperature reading of the thermal sensor, that's plugged to the individual channel (so up to 5 sensors).

 

I have 2 front fans on one channel and a rear fan on a 2nd channel. My sensors are on my south bridge and the GPU. On idle they sit around 7V (35-40°C), on load they get up to 10-12V juice (55-60°C).

 

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/accessories/recon/

 

The aerocool Touch-E would be a similar product: http://www.aerocool.us/peripheral/CoolTouch-E%20B.htm

My Recon didn't work when I got it... it was either all or nothing on my fans. (PWM Bitfenix Spectre Pros) I'm not sure if it was something I was doing wrong, or the fans themselves, or something to do with the controller. But by the time I got to use it I couldn't warranty it with FrozenCPU and I don't have money to ship it for possible RMA right now even if they accepted it.

[KamiKatze]

My Recon didn't work when I got it... it was either all or nothing on my fans. (PWM Bitfenix Spectre Pros) I'm not sure if it was something I was doing wrong, or the fans themselves, or something to do with the controller. But by the time I got to use it I couldn't warranty it with FrozenCPU and I don't have money to ship it for possible RMA right now even if they accepted it.

 

Maybe because you didn't plug a thermal sensor to the channel that your fans were plugged into? Because when you don't have a sensor for each channel with a fan, it will just pin the voltage. If that also occured in manual mode, then idk.

[xIHexIx]

Yeah it was in manual mode. In automatic they just turned all the way up. In manual it was either off or full RPM, I couldn't set it in between.