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I am thinking of getting a fan controller to control 8 of my fans. Will this fan controller work with my fans? Thanks for the help!

Here is my system

GTX 650 TI 2gb
i74770k
Creative Sound Blaster ZX SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card with Audio Control Module SB1506
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H Desktop Motherboard - Intel Z87 Express Chipset- LGA-1150
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
CORSAIR AX series AX860 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
IN WIN GRone Gray 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Noctua NH-U14S for Intel LGA 2011,1156,1155, 1150 and AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/3+,FM1/2 Sockets, U Type, 6 Heatpipe,140mm CPU Cooler Cooling

Here is the fan controller I am considering getting.

Lamptron FC-FC8-B Black Anodized 8Ch x 30W

http://www.platinummicro.com/Lamptron-FC-FC8-B-Black-Anodized-8Ch/dp/B004X2X6FM?field_availability=-1&field_browse=4926810011&field_keywords=Lamptron&id=Lamptron+FC-FC8-B+Black+Anodized+8Ch&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name%2Citem_type_keyword&searchKeywords=Lamptron&searchNodeID=4926810011&searchPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12



Here are my fans I have seven of these fans:

Noctua 140mm Premium Quiet Quality Case Cooling Fan NF-A14 FLX

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=52&lng=en




Also two 120mm fans


Noctua 120mm, Anti-Stall Knobs Design,SSO2 Bearing PWM Case Cooling Fan NF-S12A PWM

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=57


COUGAR CF-V12H Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Fluid) 300,000 Hours 12CM Silent Cooling Fan

 
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tiny voices

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First off 8 fans is way too many for your computer.

If you went down to three fans (front intake, rear exhaust, and top exhaust) you would likely see no cooling difference at all and much less noise. All any computer needs is 3-4 fans MAX to stay perfectly cool. It is about air circulation, not blowing air all over. Sometimes less fans actually cool BETTER than an absurd amount of them.

That fan controller is CRAZY expensive. If you had only 6 or less fans to control there are MUCH cheaper solutions that will work the same.
 
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While Lamptron makes the best fan controllers, you are better off with
A. Less fans like mentioned above and
B. a 4 Channel one with 2 on each channel being split, cheaper, less work, the uniformity in many cases will deliver better performance (example; 2 front intakes being controlled at same speed would be better than having one fast and one slow, you want to avoid that kind of choppiness)

Airflow should really be one directional, for the most part thats lower front ----> upper back exhaust
 
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i did not think of that when I built this computer I have 9 fans installed in my computer. It still runs pretty cool.

What should I do about a fan controller? Should I remove a couple fans or keep them in?
 
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