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Best Automatic Fan Controller?

Khanzi
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Looking for something that is either 100% internal or fits in a 5.25 bay with temp set that adjusts fans accordingly.

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according to linus this one is one of the best, but incredibly hard to set up.

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Well, you don't have a lot of options, and I wouldn't imagine something like this to be easy anyway.

Gonna rewire my fans and set up Fan Xpert2, how do you think I should get my fan cables from the front of my case reach the motherboard?

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Just note Fan software will most likely need 4-pin fan connectors, and if you don't have that the fans will be spinning at a constant state.

 

I think just leaving your fans without a controller will be the best, I'm sure they can handle the airflow, even at slow speeds.

 

What I would personally do is get a manual fan controller, maybe one that also measures your case temperature at the same time. You would still have to do it manually though.

 

For example, this:

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/77-sentry-2-fan-control.html

 

EDIT: Just noticed, the controller above also apparently comes with an automatic mode of control. That could work for you.

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I would just use on board though if your doing voltage regulation make sure you dont hook too many up. And if your doing pwm split off the power and go straight to the psu.

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