What product best controls fan speeds >?>>

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Need some products names, Vantec, Thermaltake ect.

Just need one to atleast control 4 fans 6 would be great.

Want to make all my fans got to 7volts or less.

Thanks.
 
Zalman ZM-MFC1 4 variable controls (rotary dial), 2 fixed (i.e. +5 or
+12V). Cool blue lights for fans with speed sensors.

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We Live For The One We Die For The One said:
Need some products names, Vantec, Thermaltake ect.

Just need one to atleast control 4 fans 6 would be great.

Want to make all my fans got to 7volts or less.
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Just build a linear controller for each fan -- super cheap, super
small (1" x 5" for all six), inherent protection against shorts and
overheating, and none of the buzz of a PWM controller.
 
If i could i would, but i'am one THICK stupid son of a bitch, so i
want one built already much easier :)

I would just melt my pc down.

Thanks.
 
We Live For The One We Die For The One said:
If i could i would, but i'am one THICK stupid son of a bitch,
so i want one built already much easier :)

I would just melt my pc down.
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I can guarantee that I'm stupider than anybody, but these fan
controllers are simple, and the voltage regulator chip oftne used for
them is almost bulletproof as long as you don't apply reverse voltage
or more than 40 volts across it. www.cpemma.co.uk has a swell guide
about them, and I'd rather use a homemade fan controller because some
of the ready-made ones are junk, like the Vantec or Thermaltake
somebody mentioned a few months ago that prevented his floppy drive
from working.

The stuff to really avoid if you don't know what you're doing is water
cooling or anything involving the inside of a PSU.
 
~A_Sammy said:
How do you make them?
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www.cpemma.co.uk/index.html has several designs. Linear fan
controllers are the easiest to make and and often use an LM317 voltage
regulator chip, which contains both thermal and overcurrent
protection, but it's probably best to connect no more than a single
120mm fan to one to prevent overheating. Fortunately one of these
controllers requires so few parts that a circuit board isn't really
needed, and even if you build several controllers you'll probably end
up using fewer parts than a single pulse-width modulator (PWM)
controller contains.
 
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