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rogerdugans · Aug 10, 2005

Tyreal said:
wow. huh. guess sunbeam addressed the problem. i might just buy one now.

I guess I should admit that since I personally don't read everything published on teh Inertnet, I could have missed a few things.

I did hear about one problem with some of the early Sunbeam units: a high-pitched whine when running.
I heard about this when I got my first one, but it was fine, and shortly thereafter I heard of no new incidents.

And that has to have been a year or more ago. Probably more.

mjw21a · Aug 11, 2005

I'd recommend getting either the mCubed T-Balancer. You can see a review over at here at Silent PC Review. The PCI version of this costs $93 Australian.

If this costs too much and you're patient then Sunbeam will soon be releasing their kockoff of the mCubed product which you can view here..

Sunbeam being who they are will bring this tech down into an affordable price range (say $30-$40 Australian).

MVC · Aug 11, 2005

Mwave still has the Sunbeam rheobus for $12.50, though they've added a "while supplies last" notice, so if anyone thinks they may need one of these, now's the time to get it.

Direct link: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21600

millhouse · Aug 11, 2005

MVC said:
Mwave still has the Sunbeam rheobus for $12.50, though they've added a "while supplies last" notice, so if anyone thinks they may need one of these, now's the time to get it.

Direct link: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21600

So does this mean once its gone its gone for good??? I wont be ordering my parts until christmas.

MVC · Aug 11, 2005

millhouse said:
So does this mean once its gone its gone for good??? I wont be ordering my parts until christmas.

I have no idea, but that's gotta be the best price I've ever seen for it, so, for me, now would be the time to buy if possible.

mjw21a · Aug 11, 2005

They're probably discontinuing it because they now have newer and better products which the competition isn't even offering at affordable prices (see mylast post)

MVC · Aug 11, 2005

mjw21a said:
They're probably discontinuing it because they now have newer and better products which the competition isn't even offering at affordable prices (see mylast post)

I don't think it's going to be discontinued. No matter how many other products Sunbeam comes up with, the plain old rheobus is a staple product that many will continue to want. I think Mwave got a great deal on a bunch of them and passed the savings on to their customers but when they run out of the the ones they got the deal on they'll have to raise the price.

mjw21a · Aug 11, 2005

MVC said:
I don't think it's going to be discontinued. No matter how many other products Sunbeam comes up with, the plain old rheobus is a staple product that many will continue to want. I think Mwave got a great deal on a bunch of them and passed the savings on to their customers but when they run out of the the ones they got the deal on they'll have to raise the price.

I think your explanation makes a lot more sense than mine did.

jkresh · Aug 13, 2005

wow! only 4 fans connected at the moment but the difference is amazing. Even at full they are quiter and I can make the system almost silent with 4 120mm fans.

jkresh · Aug 13, 2005

any thoughts on connecting some uv cold cathodes to this as well (3 fans on the first, 2 on each of the second and the cold cathodes on the third?)

Alchemy1 · Aug 13, 2005

We told you that you would like it. As long as you don't exceed the 20 watt per channel limit you should be okay with any configuration you want.

Vulcan · Aug 13, 2005

I love my sunbeam. It works geat and it even survived me shorting it out by accident the other day.

Bad ConNecTioN · Aug 13, 2005

Love mine...will never use any other fan controller.

Tyreal · Aug 13, 2005

Sunbeams are the bomb! I might buy one pretty soon since they are fairly cheap. Wish i had a job though...

archilochus · Aug 13, 2005

any thoughts on connecting some uv cold cathodes to this as well

As far as I can tell, you could use a channel for a OFF & ON switch for a CCFL setup..
The inverter for the lites needs a 12 volt supply...

The one in the link below has a switch that goes on the back of the case. You remove a PCI blank..http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2694&cat=197&page=1

For more info go to http://www.sunbeamtech.com/ look in the Lights/CCFL section...

Sevin7 · Aug 14, 2005

i to have a sunbream it works great, its one of the only controllers i could find to power my 120mm, 160cfm, 19.2 watt beasts

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