Fan Controllers?

[terminator363]

I've been on a search for a decent fan controller for my Antec Three Hundred Two that will look nice on the case. Preferably just a single 5.25 in bay controller. I have 3 fans I need to hook up so there is no use for a 6 channel (etc.) controller.

I had my eyes on one of these: Scythe Kaze Master

But the reviews aren't all that great, it's reliability apparently is very poor and the screen/monitor fails to function after a couple months after purchase. Any suggestions?

 

[Grayfox]

I have a lamptron
Looks like the one posted

 

[terminator363]

I've also been looking at the NZXT Sentry 2 but don't know how the touch sensor performs

 

[bevo]

I've got a lamptron too. Works great. I've had it several years and no problems at all.

 

[terminator363]

Which Lamptron do you guys have?

(I wanted to buy an NZXT Sentry Mesh controller because it was super cheap and did the job but I learned you could only turn down fans to 40% and it wasn't possible to turn them off )

 

[ShaZZa]

I've got an Aerocool X-Vision in mine. Seems to do the job 👍.

 

[terminator363]

Aerocool X-Vision

= car stereo

 

[bevo]

I've got the lamptron FC6

http://www.lamptron.com/product/legacy/fc6/

I run 6 fans I think off of it. Works like a charm. Depending on how you hook it up you can choose different cord for the lights. It was super easy to hook up too.

 

[terminator363]

I've got the lamptron FC6

http://www.lamptron.com/product/legacy/fc6/

I run 6 fans I think off of it. Works like a charm. Depending on how you hook it up you can choose different cord for the lights. It was super easy to hook up too.

It's great but $70 for a fan controller?


Edit: The NZXT Sentry 3 is kind of attractive but NCIX isn't carrying it yet.

I don't really dig the "techno" look

 

[bevo]

It's great but $70 for a fan controller?

It's $50 on amazon. Not sure where you got $70. It's $52 msrp

When I started looking for one lamptron seemed to be about the best deal. Everyone seemed to really like them and It could handle more amperage per line than the cheaper ones. I wanted to make sure I could run an extra fan or two later if I got bored and wanted to ad some more air.
$50 does seem kind of high though for what it does but I wasn't really worried about it at the time.

 

[terminator363]

It's $50 on amazon. Not sure where you got $70. It's $52 msrp

Shipping. The other fan controllers I can all buy without paying from shipping from NCIX

Edit: (I'm really digging the NZXT Sentry 3 but you can only purchase it from NZXT 'Armory' which is for the states only )

Edit #2: Is the Lamptron FC5V2 newer than the FC6? Because it appears that the FC6 is discontinued.

 

[Grayfox]

I use the fc5

 

[terminator363]

Alright, you guys got me. I love the FC5 I'll have to seek it out when it's on sale.

 

[Grayfox]

Alright, you guys got me. I love the FC5 I'll have to seek it out when it's on sale.

The screen color is not just blue.

With by using the 3 jumpers on the back you can have

White
Cyan
Blue
Yellow
Green
Magenta
Red

And you can make it display voltage output or temp