Fan controller? How does it work?

[sw0mgt]

I am purchasing a SilverStone Fortress Series FT02, a Scythe Kaze Master Pro, and an ASUS P9X79 WS motherboard


How do I hook up the fan controller to this board?


1. My motherboard has:

1. 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)
   
2. 4 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)
   
3. 1 x Optional Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)

What are these for, and will I be using them if I have a fan controller?

2. My case has 3 x 180mm fans and 1 x 120 mm fan. The other fan in my system will be a Noctua NH-D14 heatsink. Can I control all of them with the Scythe? How do I control the D14?

3. How do I hook up the fan controller to the motherboard to get temperature readings?

thank you!

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

12w per channel is pretty low. You won't be running all 3 bottom fans off of one channel like I did with a lamptron fc4. I prefer to have all like fans off of the same channel but thats just me.

 

[dma0991]

You could use a Y-splitter for the 3x180mm fans but I don't know how well it will work for triple fans as most common Y-splitter only supports 2 fans. The Noctua NH-D14 could be controlled with a single channel and another Y-splitter but the fans in the NH-D14 are not the same, so the results might be something unexpected. I'd rather get a Lamptron FC5v2, has been working for me flawlessly.

 

[Maximilian]

I have that exact case and used to have that fan controller too!

1. They are unconnected with the fan controller, plug the CPU fans into the CPU header though and use motherboard control for them so they automatically speed up/down based on CPU temp.

2. You can control all of them yes but like i said its best to leave the CPU fans plugged into the motherboard.

3. You don't, the fan controller comes with 6 temperature probes, long wires with a probe on the end and you just put these where you want to read the temperature, the temperature will be displayed on the unit itself, the fan controller has no connection to the motherboard it operates independently.