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Top Fan Controllers?

Fruitloop
By Fruitloop
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I've been putting off buying one simply because most seem pretty bad for some reason. Its seems like 70% of the fan controllers out there have a ton of glaring issues so I seek your advice! If you had to choose roughly 5 of the best fan controllers you can think of which would you pick?

 

I now own several Noctua 140mm & 120mm industrial fans (3000 RPM) and I feel that they would pair with a controller beautifully, so now is the time! I've wanted touch screen but at this point they all seem to have terrible displays so whatever works well and looks half decent would be awesome. 

 

Thanks for any help you can give guys!

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you can go with one of those fan controller with knobs or sliders or connect your fans to your mobo and control them from your computer

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fan xpert 3

you need an asus motherboard that supports it, but it is by far the best fan controller ever.

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fan xpert 3

you need an asus motherboard that supports it, but it is by far the best fan controller ever.

i only have fan xpert 2  :(  

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i only have fan xpert 2  :(  

still one of the best :P

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Lamptron. I own a FC5v3. 30W a channel (six channels) and is built amazingly. Would recommend. 

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I think there was another thread on this..

My personal taste are:

1. Aerocool Strike-X1000 (simple, elegant and it does control your fans with a nice addition of USB 3.0 ports)

2. Scythe Kaze Master II (simple, elegant and it also shows you the temperature from your system. It also has a very nice alarm when temps go beyong a certain limit. Very handy)

3. Zalman ZM-MFC3 (does all the above, has a nice looking LCD that does not hurt your eyes and is also visible in sunlight and low light conditions. It also shows you how much power the system is using)

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Thanks for the help so far guys, still looking for the best possible fit. I have 5 fans if that helps.

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Aquaero

Lamptron

Scythe Kaze

 

anything else is a waste of money and built with cheap components. I've wasted probably $200 trying other fan controllers that just fail to keep fans powered even though their power rating is well within spec per channel - they all have dirty/droopy outputs. I got sick of it and just pulled the trigger on the Aquaero (my reluctant to pay it's price just ended up wasting me more money trying lesser controllers)

 

anybody who tells you otherwise isn't pushing any meaningful number of fans that can't otherwise be done with basic motherboard control and/or splitters

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Corsair commander mini?

Anyone?

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