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    Can anyone recomend a fan controller?

    Hi all, as the title sugests im looking for a fan controller to control 4 maybe 5 fans if thats possible but will take any considerations on board. Doesnt matter if its 3 or 5 inch bay and have a budget of £25.

    Many thanks

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    theres a few on scan around your budget, a few more posts and you can get free delivery

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...=339&OrderBy=3

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    Still haven't got around to ordering my one, but I'll go for one of these: http://kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_2848.html

    Pretty much the daddy of all controllers. Have been advised that the LEDS are pretty bright tho.

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    another vote for the sunbeam, and definately the leds need modding in some way or they will blind you to death

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    My vote goes for that

    Or possibly the cheapest of the cheap, depends if you have 3 pin or 4 pin fans, But I like the Akasa Jr. one for its simplicity and it will happily run two 120mm Fans off of one header, just need to use a splitter.
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    Many thanks to all of your recomendations, I really like the sunbeam, but it has to be the free postage on the akasa and the lack of led modding I would have to do on the Snr that has me interested. Like the thermal sensor - nice touch with the panels.

    Thanks all

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    Quote Originally Posted by topgun23 View Post
    Many thanks to all of your recomendations, I really like the sunbeam, but it has to be the free postage on the akasa and the lack of led modding I would have to do on the Snr that has me interested. Like the thermal sensor - nice touch with the panels.

    Thanks all
    The only modding I did to the Sunbeam I have is push the LEDs back so it's not much.

    It is a very good controller IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clunk View Post
    another vote for the sunbeam, and definately the leds need modding in some way or they will blind you to death
    So the door on my Mirage has some use after all...

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    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    So the door on my Mirage has some use after all...
    LOL

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    I have to admit i like the aerogate III fan controller - pretty flush and no knobs.

    But harder to use that a simple vantec NXP205 or 201. The akasa FC-03 is a nice one too 5V to 12V rather than the vantec's 7-12V.

    IMO the less the leds on a fan controller the better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    So the door on my Mirage has some use after all...
    So you're not going to swap it for my Eclipse

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    Akasa junior, simple and works well.

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    Run both the akasa FC-03/junior the junior is great little controller, nice compact and wiring can be kept quite tidy, got mine for £8 on TO

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