5.5" Fan Controllers

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Trying to decide between:
http://www.svc.com/bus-54-bk-24.html

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http://www.svc.com/a2140.html

I like the look of the thermaltake better, but the Sunbeam can turn fans totally off. Would 6.5V be quiet enough over turning 'em off totally? I'm running @ 12V now and about to rip my ears out.

 

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The sunbeam is the greatest fan controller ever made, you will not go wrong with it.

 

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sunbeam

 

smokie mcpott

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save a bit of money
http://www.jab-tech.com/Fan-Speed-Control-c-42.html

 

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does the sumbeam "hum" at all? i bought a cheapo rheobus from svc before and it humed allot when you turned the fans down.

 

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The sunbeam is great. I just bought a second one for use in my up coming project. I have owend my current sunbeam for a year or so and, no it does not hum. I was going to buy from Jab-tech, but they were sold out of black sunbeams. So, I bought one on ebay for $13.98 shipped.

 

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Ok, sunbeam it is!

 

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I bought a sunbeam and it's awesome. But what stinks is, I never really needed to buy it. My koolance case died on me, and I took the control board. It's got 4x fan controls and 3x settings. If I only had a multimeter to tell me the voltage readings

 

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Another sunbeam vote. Greatest fancontroller ever. And no, no hum, since it uses rheostats instead of PWM.

 

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If you have LED fans when you turn the fan to '0' speed the lights dont work no more.

I find the fan needs to be at least half speed in order to see the LED lights on the fan.

But sunbeam do make nice fan controllers.

 

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wun911 said:

If you have LED fans when you turn the fan to '0' speed the lights dont work no more.

I find the fan needs to be at least half speed in order to see the LED lights on the fan.

But sunbeam do make nice fan controllers.

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No LED fans here. Both took a dump on me. Idea behind this anyways is to turn the fans down so i can't tell by sound if the machine is on or off.

 

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i've got the sunbeam. i love it.

i've got it combined with a turbotimer mod...works great. fans are controlled by the sunbeam, but when the pc powers off it keeps the fans going for 5 mins for 'after-cooling'

haha

 

MaxPowers_68

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Ive owned a subeam, great controller.

 

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smokie mcpott said:

save a bit of money
http://www.jab-tech.com/Fan-Speed-Control-c-42.html

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Black one is still out of stock. Anywhere else sell it that cheap? Or should i just pony up the extra $5 to get it from svc?

 

Alchemy1

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eBay. I just got one for $13.98 shipped.