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Good fan controller

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Silent Assasin

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So, i'm in need of a good fan controller. After installing water cooling several weeks ago, now i'm looking for a quiter PC.... The 120mm fans on my radiator are my biggest concern. Since they are pretty much out int he open, completely exposed out of the case they make a fare bit of sound. Currently I'm using a very cheep 3 speed switch that I got for free from CompuUSA but I would really prefer something like a knob that I can adjust to whatever frequancy I want it at. I also need to order a couple of 120mm fan grills and a PCI - USB2.0 hub and so I'd like to order everything from the same website if possible, and so far, Newegg is the best/cheapest site that has all three, so something from there would be best. After looking around for a bit I found the Zalman ZM-MFC1 and I do know that Zalman doesn't skimp on cooling, not to mention that I think it would look pretty sweet in my new custom case, only downside is that it's a little more then $30 after shipping, but then again, after looking at some other controllers, such as Vantec, $30 doesn't seem too bad..... The next one that I was looking at is the Thermaltake XCon but after reading several reviews, I was dettered by the popping resisters. I plan on turning them down quite a bit for the most part to keep down noise levels, and that didn't sound to good. But for nearly half the price of the Zalman, I am looking at it.

Anybody else have a good suggestion as far as 5.25" bay fan controllers?

Edit: I should also say that I plan on using a 3 pin Y-adapter on 2 seperate controls, possibly 3 or even all 4. This is so that I can keep my intake and outtake fans on my radiator exactly the same speed. If it's possible I will throw on 2 more Y-adapters to my case intake/outake fans, but i'm not nearly as worried about those being different....
 
30 shipped isn't all that unreasonable. Just pick whichever one fits/looks best with your case.
 
SpoogeMonkey said:
This Nexxus controller is on sale @ frozen cpu for $9.99 and it comes with 2 12" blue ccfls. Very good price.
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nm, I do believe this will do..... Usually frozen is like 10% more expensive. But 20 bucks off this thing as compared to newegg and tiger, It might actually add up for the difference in grills, along with a wider selection.
 
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