fan controller

[chadomaly]

Have a room that fluctuates in temperatures, and an H1A panaflo 120mm in my case. At full speed (plugged into PSU) the thing does fine in keeping computer cool, but at night at stuff when it cools off it's just overkill, and loud as hell. I'd like to quiet it down, so what I need is a speed/voltage controller. However, I am not home often, and this computer has to be on 24/7, so I can't really go with a manual one with the knobs, because i'd hate to leave for work and forget to crank it back up and have it get too hot.

I looked at automatic controllers, ones that reduce voltage at preset temperature threshholds, which seems to be what I need, but my concern is that they have 3 pin connectors... will they supply enough power for the H1a 120mm panaflo if I were to use an adaptor to run it at full speed if the case temp goes up?

Any recommends on good models? There are quite a few out there from name brands... the main criteria is that it be able to drive the H1a panaflo at full speed if needed.

Thanks

 

[0roo0roo]

not really. all the fan/temp auto control i've seen have rather arbitrary temperatures at which the speed changes. i've had ones where the fan never really changed speed because the temp range before the next rpm change was so great.

 

[cw42]

zalman fanmate

 

[MrK6]

which is manual, he wants something automatic

Here's a review tom's hardware did on fan controllers. I know they suck, don't listen to what they say. However, teh guide does outline the features of 15 different units, and has an automatic control category, so you might find it useful.

 

[Operandi]

Dose your motherboard support the abblity to control Fans? If it dose check out SpeedFan. With it you can control any fan pluged into a 3 pin fan header, and tie it to any temp you want; CPU, Case temp, hard drive ect. Currently I have a panaflow L1A set to run at about 15% untill the case temp rises above 90F, which almost never happens.