Fan controllers

I'm looking for a good fan controller. Personally, i'd like to put all of my case intake/exaust fans on a sensor so that they are quiet unless the heat in the cse is too high. I've only seen one such device, (thanks FANMAN), but it has lights. i'm buildign a computer with no lights, at all. does anyone know where one could be found/how one could be made?
i'd also like it if i could set it for temp/speed.

i'm also interested in maybe a 5.25 or a 3.25 mounted controller, maybe a few temps on an LCD (case temp/cpu temp/room temp), if i can get one for pretty cheap.

thanks

once i read your post i had the perfect thing for you, but then i read you didnt want lights... :/

ill do a search for you to see what i can find..

edit: after a search, maybe youll find this thread interesting, only one rheostat talked about afaik, but its a nice one, has lights though :/ (only light it has is the LCD display )

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Wanna build yourself one?

In a couple of days one will be up on www.overclockers.com on how to make your own high-wattage fan controller good for up to 3A on each channel. (2)

(I will never stop plugging my project haha)

Get an antec psu and plug the fans into the fan only connectors

i have ana antec PSU, a smart power...did i miss something about the fan only connector?

I think fan only connectors only come on Antec TruePower PSUs.

In theory you could get a 'thermo resistor' that is a resistor which the resistanse changes according to temprature(ambient)... I'm not sure how to do it in the real world, but It should(could) work in theory.

Thermistors are about <--> this big and not able to dissipate much heat. Running even a moderately powerful fan on it would overheat the little thermistor. That is, if it was like a 120V fan. Thermistors have resistances of >1000 ohms, whereas fan controllers have resistances comparable to 100 ohms.

You can hook up a voltage regulator with a thermistor in the feedback path though.
http://www.cpemma.co.uk/thermal.html

Como, whip out some black paint and paint that pyramid so the sun dont shine. How much was that thing,I forget.Think it was about $10.00 .Worth a try huh.Go and read up on it and see how
many fans of what wattage it can handle,if you decide to try one.
I prefer the manual control of my fans.They are wired in zones.Channel 1 (1 top blow hole) Channel 2 (2 front intakes) Channel 3 (2 mid-case fan panel) Channel 4 (2 rear exhaust) ..With this config I can adjust the pairs of fans on each channel to get my desired case pressure,cooling temps,and fan noise level.
THE FANMAN

This is the fan control/ temp monitor, that I have now.It is limited
on its wattage.

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