Does this fan controller exist?

sipitai · Post by **sipitai** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:01 am

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a fan controller for my new "silent" PC that meets, or at least comes close to meeting, the following requirements:

Can control at least 2 fans.
Has at least 2 (ideally 4) temperature sensors.
Controls the speed of the fans automatically.
Can adjust a combination of the fans based on a combination of the temperatures, as opposed to adjusting fan 1 based on temp 1, fan 2 based on temp 2, etc.
Undervolts the fans as opposed to using PWM.
Starts the fans at 12V and then adjusts their speed as required.
Does not require software to run permanently in the background.

So, does such a fan controller exist?

Any suggestions anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

peterson · Post by **peterson** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:21 am

Have you checked mCubed's T-Balancer?

sipitai · Post by **sipitai** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:52 am

peterson wrote:Have you checked mCubed's T-Balancer?

Unfortunately the mCubed T-Balancer XL/SL4 uses PWM.

They have a new product called the T-Balancer miniNG that allows you to choose between analogue or PWM voltage, but unfortunately sensor 1 can only affect fan 1 and sensor 2 can only affect fan 2.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks!

bobalooza · Post by **bobalooza** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:26 am

Maybe consider using their attenuator to get close to what you are looking for. I must admit that although I purchased an attenuator (that I now don’t use) I couldn’t tell you how effective it really is as I didn't do a lot of testing with it. I do absolutely love my T-Bal and have been happy with it's performance (without attenuators). Of course everyone's needs are a little different.