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Fan Controllers

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So I wanted to know, is there any reason to spend more than $20 on a fan controller? The two I'm pretty much looking at are this Sunbeam one and this Scythe one. Does the Scythe justify it's ~$25 difference? I realize the RPM's would be nice and it looks much better, but are the probe's just a gimmick? They aren't really going to tell you the CPU or NB/SB temperatures, just the case air temperatures, right? If there is a better controller you'd recommend, please let me know.

(I have heard about the crazy bright LED's on the Sunbeam controller, but it will be behind a door, so it won't really matter)
 
I'm thinking on placing an order on the Scythe Kaze Master too. I think it's the only one that is highly recommended with good control. I have looked through the case gallery and noticed that many have it. I did like their older version with the multi-color background. Lian-Li has the TR-5 that looks good too. I don't know if there is any others that look as good without looking like a kids toy. Maybe someone else can list a few more.
 
I have the Scythe controller, works great, and being able to know the fan RPM is really nice. And yes, the probes will tell you what the temps are where ever you place them, not just air temps, I have one on each HDD, one on my NB and one on my TRUE, temps show about the same as any prog I use but most of the time about 1 or 2C higher.
 
I'm not familiar with the Scythe unit, but the Sunbeam rheobus supports up to 20w per channel. They really are nice units. If worse comes to worst, you can always pop out the LED's because they are simply push-in units. If I keep them on a project, I tend to push them in with my thumb back farther into the bay plate, as it seems to dim them a bit due to not as much of the LED showing outside the unit.

Really it just depends on how much wattage and control you need. The rheobus will give you plenty of breathing room for control as far as wattage support.
 
I'm thinking about getting the sunbeam but I have a CM690 with tool-less drive bays...would this pose a problem when installing it?
 
I have no idea. I know the case, but I'm not familiar with it's inner workings. I couldn't answer you about that. I would assume that there would be some way to secure it correctly of course, because you'd need to be able to install IDE peripherals! ;)
 
Juggafat said:
I'm thinking about getting the sunbeam but I have a CM690 with tool-less drive bays...would this pose a problem when installing it?
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Almost all fan controllers have this problem since they're usually half to quarter rail lengths. You either have to screw in in addition to the push clips or whatever they use, or remove the clips somehow to get access to the rail.
 
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