Help me buy a fan controller!

[Dubesta11]

I am currently relying on my ASRock FANtastic tuning software (which means I have about 5 fans connected to one header), and while it works alright, I would like to be able to have precise control over each fan. This is my current fan setup:

 

Rear: 120mm stock Corsair fan

Top: Currently nothing, looking to get 2x140mm

Front: 2x120mm Corsair AF Performance fans

Bottom: Currently a radiator for my GPU (which I will be replacing with a 970 soon), but possibly a 140mm led fan.

 

What fan controller would you recommend? I will be sticking with the Corsair Master Race fans, so 3 pin. Ease of use would be great. 6 fans total, for a total of 4 different channels (2x top, 2x front, 1x rear, 1x floor).

 

As a side note, I tried a Sentry mesh a while ago and it makes the fans buzz anywhere that's not lowest or highest setting. 

[Spev]

I could also use a suggestion on this as well. My motherboard doesn't support integrated controller and I haven't had great luck with 3rd party software. Half of my fans are running at like max RPM so shit gets kinda loud...

[Oshino Shinobu]

Do you want to control them through the front panel or software? NZXT's Grid+ is fairly good for software control. 

[Archangel1994]

NZXT Sentry 3 is amazing

[KamiKatze]

Get a manual control (like with analog controlls, turning knobs etc.) with 5 channels and group some fans together using Y-Splitters (same fans with same fans obviously). If you want something with a digital control, use your motherboard with splitters or get something proper like a Grid+. No in between solutions like ht eBitfenix Recon, that thing is awful!

[andre82693]

NZXT Sentry 3 is amazing

I second this. Good option      

[andre82693]

Grid+  Good option

Grid+  review for Linus

 

[Dubesta11]

Do you want to control them through the front panel or software? NZXT's Grid+ is fairly good for software control. 

Grid+  Good option

Grid+  review for Linus

 

 

 

Grid+ is a great unit with terrible software.

 

 

NZXT Sentry 3 is amazing

 

I second this. Good option      

 

Looks interesting: http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Technologies-5-4-Inch-Controller-AC-SEN-3-B1/dp/B00KJGYLNM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416324317&sr=1-1&keywords=nzxt+sentry+3

 

Do you guys have any person experience them them? And possibly with corsair fans?

 

 

And I found this, possibility overkill: http://www.corsair.com/en/corsair-commander-mini

[Oshino Shinobu]

Grid+ is a great unit with terrible software.

 

 

 

 

Looks interesting: http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Technologies-5-4-Inch-Controller-AC-SEN-3-B1/dp/B00KJGYLNM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416324317&sr=1-1&keywords=nzxt+sentry+3

 

Do you guys have any person experience them them? And possibly with corsair fans?

 

 

And I found this, possibility overkill: http://www.corsair.com/en/corsair-commander-mini

Corsair's Link stuff is good and has loads of functionality, but is kind of a waste for just controlling fans. Only really worth it if you have a load of Corsair's "i" products. 

 

Until recently I used one of Akasa's controllers (AK-FC-08BKV2). It's simple, but it works. You can control up to 6 sets of fans, with the ability to completely turn them off. It's clean looking too. 

[Dubesta11]

Corsair's Link stuff is good and has loads of functionality, but is kind of a waste for just controlling fans. Only really worth it if you have a load of Corsair's "i" products. 

 

Until recently I used one of Akasa's controllers (AK-FC-08BKV2). It's simple, but it works. You can control up to 6 sets of fans, with the ability to completely turn them off. It's clean looking too. 

 

Alaska tends to be more expensive than I would like it to be. I don't have any corsair compatible products and might only get a 100i, but that's an unnecessary expense.