Fan controllers

[Eryk]

Hello again

I dunno if i should buy a fan controller or not... i like the idea of quieting down my computer when im not doing anything strenuous

but i am afraid that if it gets accidentally turned all the way down that my system would over heat? would that happen??

thanks

eryk

[Eryk]

bumppity bump

[Droppyale]

You should get those fans that lower their speed by themself when the temperature is good, ans speed up if the temp is high...

vantec something.... look 'em up

[Sixpac_XP]

Don't know about your computer (as you didn't post your system specs) but with mine and a Nexus fan controller my system is nice and quiet.

4 80mm case fans

[DPA]

i just bought 3 single fan controllers at 4.25 a piece, and am getting ready to purchase a zalman 6 fan controller for 30.00... I can imagine that at a maximum of 6v reduction in power, fan noise would drop dramatically.

although you will have to watch your temps.

[sam]

i have a fan speed controller, it only lowers them to half speed not all the way down and it does a little with the noise. what else i have is called a didital dock 5 it controlls up to 8 fans and senses 8 different temps locations of your choice and if it gets to a set temp it will turn on or off the fan for that location

http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/fanandtemman.html

[sam]

more controlers
http://www.xpcgear.com/thercom.html

[Eryk]

im looking at the controller that comes with the thermaltake xaser cases...

the fans i have are the ones that come with the chieftec cases

[Nighthawk]

I got one this weekend and haven't played with it much, so I haven't really noticed any big differences in temperature. I think as long as you keep an eye on the temperatures in your case using motherboard monitor or a similar program, you'll be OK.

I mainly like the option to turn down the fan speeds if I want to do something quiet, but I've got an auto-adjusting fan on my hard drives and left the CPU fan alone.. Those can heat up very quickly so I'd rather have them automatically adjusted.