- Nov 28, 2006
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After, finally, putting together for the first time, a rig. It came to my attention that due to having two pairs of fans, each sharing one fan controller port in the motherboard that I happen to have which only supports three chasis fans (ASUS P6T7 WS SC), that I couldn't control the speed of the chasis fans.
Now, albeit, the fans do their job at the speed that they are running (full speed) at keeping the overall system at an average of the lower 40's (in Celcius). But there are time where some of the chasis fans are not really needed to be blasting at full speed.
So, after finally realizing I needed a fan controller, I started looking for one that conformed to the form factor the Cosmos 1000 I have (to be more specific, a fan controller that would not require me to do any alternations to the case).
And so I found the NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" Touch Screen
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811992005
Now I would have gotten the more expensive one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16811992004), but frankly, I don't need it and I would not be able to fit it in as I have a fan sitting on top of the hard drives (which takes up 3 5.25" spaces already)
So I'm left to work with the former.
Now...what I want to know is.....does thing work?
Does it work, or will it work, with these two types of fans that are in my case?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835185065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835185080
I've heard that it is felt "cheap" when handling it but that it does "do the job".
Any takers? Alternatives? because this is the only fan controller that I can find at the moment that can work on a case such as the Cosmos 1000 without having to alter the case itself (and I'm not enthusiastic about the idea of having to alter the insides of my case).
Thanks in advance!
Now, albeit, the fans do their job at the speed that they are running (full speed) at keeping the overall system at an average of the lower 40's (in Celcius). But there are time where some of the chasis fans are not really needed to be blasting at full speed.
So, after finally realizing I needed a fan controller, I started looking for one that conformed to the form factor the Cosmos 1000 I have (to be more specific, a fan controller that would not require me to do any alternations to the case).
And so I found the NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" Touch Screen
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811992005
Now I would have gotten the more expensive one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16811992004), but frankly, I don't need it and I would not be able to fit it in as I have a fan sitting on top of the hard drives (which takes up 3 5.25" spaces already)
So I'm left to work with the former.
Now...what I want to know is.....does thing work?
Does it work, or will it work, with these two types of fans that are in my case?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835185065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835185080
I've heard that it is felt "cheap" when handling it but that it does "do the job".
Any takers? Alternatives? because this is the only fan controller that I can find at the moment that can work on a case such as the Cosmos 1000 without having to alter the case itself (and I'm not enthusiastic about the idea of having to alter the insides of my case).
Thanks in advance!