Best fan controller?

[Cvdasfg]

I'm looking for a fan controller that can handle 18 of these fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68V21E0611&cm_re=silent_wings_2_120mm-_-9SIA68V21E0611-_-Product

 

Any suggestions? I will be using this for zone control http://www.frozencpu.com/products/23517/ele-1301/4-Pin_PWM_Power_Distribution_PCB_8x_Way_Block_MMT-PCB-8P-44P.html?tl=c121s424b214

 

Plan on having about 3 fans for two zones, 5 fans for two zones, and one fan for two other zones. 

 

 

What would be the best fan controller for this? 

[W-L]

I'm looking for a fan controller that can handle 18 of these fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA68V21E0611&cm_re=silent_wings_2_120mm-_-9SIA68V21E0611-_-Product

Any suggestions? I will be using this for zone control http://www.frozencpu.com/products/23517/ele-1301/4-Pin_PWM_Power_Distribution_PCB_8x_Way_Block_MMT-PCB-8P-44P.html?tl=c121s424b214

Plan on having about 3 fans for two zones, 5 fans for two zones, and one fan for two other zones. 

What would be the best fan controller for this? 

 

That's just a splitter so you would be using your motherboard to control them also I would make sure that comes with a cable that uses the PWM signal from the board and splits off for a 12V power from the PSU to not overload a single header for power. It's a good rule of thumb of 3-4 fans per header to not overload it if your directly tapping power off of it.

[Cvdasfg]

That's just a splitter so you would be using your motherboard to control them also I would make sure that comes with a cable that uses the PWM signal from the board and splits off for a 12V power from the PSU to not overload a single header for power. It's a good rule of thumb of 3-4 fans per header to not overload it if your directly tapping power off of it.

I meant that I'd be using that to split the fans into one "zone" For the multiple fans in each zone. I still need a fan controller which im trying to find here

[EmeraldFlame]

According to BeQuiet's website those have a sustained amperage of 0.08A and a startup of 0.2A. This means max they will pull about 2.4W on startup with a sustained load of about 1W.

With 18 of these fans you need something that can support 43.2W total, and that shouldn't be hard to find. How many 'zones' were you planning on breaking things up into?

[Cvdasfg]

According to BeQuiet's website those have a sustained amperage of 0.08A and a startup of 0.2A. This means max they will pull about 2.4W on startup with a sustained load of about 1W.

With 18 of these fans you need something that can support 43.2W total, and that shouldn't be hard to find. How many 'zones' were you planning on breaking things up into?

5-6 zones

[EmeraldFlame]

Alright, with as low of wattage as you need, and spread over that many channels, you can really pick up just about any fan controller and it will work. You're talking less than 10W average per channel with those fans. Honestly if your motherboard has 5 or 6 built in fan headers, you should be perfectly fine to run them off that, keeping in mind not to go over 5 fans to a single header (Most MoBo headers run at 1A/12W but you should check with the manufacturer before you plug that many fans into a single header).

But some thing like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992007&cm_re=nzxt_sentry-_-11-992-007-_-Product would work, it'd be overkill as far as the load it can handle, but it would work.

If you wanted a 6 channel controller: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992012&cm_re=nzxt_sentry-_-11-992-012-_-Product

 

Keep in mind that those are DC (3-pin) controllers and not PWM (4-pin) controllers like the fans you linked, but they also make those fans in a 3-pin variant. And honestly the 4-pin fans would work perfectly fine, they just wouldn't be PWM controlled. If for some reason you really do need PWM control, you pretty much have to use on board or jump up to an Aquaero I think.

[W-L]

I meant that I'd be using that to split the fans into one "zone" For the multiple fans in each zone. I still need a fan controller which im trying to find here

There are very very few PWM fan controllers out there as EmeraldFlame points out, only one I know of is the one by Aquaero.

Using your motherboard to control the fans in your system work great especially if you have something like an Asus board since all their headers are true PWM headers, a fair number of other boards also support this.