So I know it's generally a bad idea to use a motherboard fan header for more than one fan. I have 8, and totaled up they need about 50W. I have a special fan header that will keep my fans from "thrashing" or speeding up/slowing down quickly when doing normal tasks. It will be watercooled (why I have so many fans) so there is no reason for the fans to throttle based on CPU load.
I really, really, really don't want to deal with stupid knobs and manual fan controllers, I'd rather just have all my fans running at identical speeds. I know why you can't load a mobo header up, but I see no reason why you can't use one as a reference for other fan controllers, ones that are a lot more stout and powered directly from the PSU.
Anyway, I'm looking for a (linear analog, not PWM!!) fan controller that uses a fan header to set the fan speed instead of a potentiometer. I thought something like that would be easy to find, but I have yet to see anything remotely close. Does anything like that even exist? I figured it'd be a popular thing with huge multi fan radiators. I think I can rig something up with a LM317, but I'd rather just buy something than deal with all that.
Thanks in advance!
I really, really, really don't want to deal with stupid knobs and manual fan controllers, I'd rather just have all my fans running at identical speeds. I know why you can't load a mobo header up, but I see no reason why you can't use one as a reference for other fan controllers, ones that are a lot more stout and powered directly from the PSU.
Anyway, I'm looking for a (linear analog, not PWM!!) fan controller that uses a fan header to set the fan speed instead of a potentiometer. I thought something like that would be easy to find, but I have yet to see anything remotely close. Does anything like that even exist? I figured it'd be a popular thing with huge multi fan radiators. I think I can rig something up with a LM317, but I'd rather just buy something than deal with all that.
Thanks in advance!
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