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Best Fan Controller?

aphasia

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looking for a top of the line fan controller.
the el cheapo 8 channel one i bought for my build is garbage (one of the channels fails to spin up the fan).

the controller is a;
Scythe KAZE-Q 8
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...ge=product_info&cPath=36_48&products_id=31120

any way want a 'proper' one now. a unit light on bling, that monitors rpm, a nice display, handle a decent load with a minimum of 6 channels (tho 8 would be better).

the best one i could locate is this one;
Aquacomputer aquaero 5 XT USB Fan-Controller
70173_01.jpg

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...ge=product_info&cPath=36_48&products_id=31993

has some very cool features, the only down side (apart from the price) is that only handles 4 channels (with rpm monitoring). manufacture does say it's expandable to a total of 10 fans. 4 channels without rpm monitoring plus another 2 supported somehow, it doesn't say.

it also doesn't say how these additional channels are supported. does it require additional hardware to get the extra channels or can it do it from the stock unit?
in any case, it's a sexy piece of kit.

if anyone here has one of these, any comments?

also are there any other fan controllers out there that are comparable. perhaps not as fancy but have 6-8 channels with rpm monitoring on each and a decent display?

cheers.
 
How many fans do you intend on controlling?
And... with the aquaero, assuming that you are only running fans off of the unit, by default you have 4 fan headers, each can control multiple fans, you monitor and control them by grouping them.

1 gpu, 1 cpu, 1 hdd, 1 (whatever you want)....

However that might be more than you need...

this might work...
http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch

6 channels. :) 70-80 bucks.
 
How many fans do you intend on controlling?
And... with the aquaero, assuming that you are only running fans off of the unit, by default you have 4 fan headers, each can control multiple fans, you monitor and control them by grouping them.

1 gpu, 1 cpu, 1 hdd, 1 (whatever you want)....

However that might be more than you need...

this might work...
http://www.lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_Touch

6 channels. :) 70-80 bucks.

yeah i might group them as you suggest.
the lamptron one in the link provided is nice and would fit my needs well.
after looking at the features of the aquaero, hard to look at anything else.
 
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