fan reducer/case fans

Joe02a · May 17, 2017

I have 3 case fans, (1) side case fan 140mm/1300rpm and (2) 1front/1rear 120mm/2200rpm. To get the 120's quiet enough it slows the 140 too much. But to be effective for the 140 the 120's are WAY too high and loud.
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Would the SPEED REDUCERS that come with the ID-COOLING PL-12025-B fans work, slow them too much, or damage PSU or fans?
Or just get either slower fans or faster 140?
FX-4350
Cryorig H5 Universal
VIVO CASE-03B
CRYORIG XT140 X 3 (2) ON COOLER (1) ON CASE SIDE.
(2) X ID-COOLING PL-12025-B
READOUT: ASUS FAN XPERT
CPU_FAN 1340 RPM
CHA_FAN1 833 RPM (SIDE FAN)
CHA_FAN2 1450 RPM (REAR FAN)
CHA_FAN3 1350 RPM (FRONT FAN)
CPU_OPT 1403 RPM

VIVO-US · May 17, 2017

CASE-V03B has a 3.5" bay on the front, so maybe this will work: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZH3TU3851

Joe02a · May 17, 2017

VIVO-US :

I've looked at Controllers. So many, but my concerns are the varying reviews, but many of them complain about max fan speeds. WIll this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9ZH3TU3851 or https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA85V3N90376&cm_re=fan_controller-_-11-992-007-_-Product - https://www.amazon.com/Sentry-Controller-Watts-Channels-SEN-MESH/dp/B005C31G30/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1495075156&sr=1-1&keywords=NZXT+Sentry+Mesh
All I see are 3-pin controllers. All I need is to get the two 2200rpm fans down to like 1500 rpm or something to allow my side fan to reach full speed as my cpu fans.

I was really going to go with a Fan Controller. Might still, but for now. HAHAHA This is what I did, for the mean time... I put the primary CPU fan (Closest to the Ram). Of course plugged to the cpu header, then took the AUX fan, (rear CPU Fan) and took a (Y-Splitter !HAHAHA!) and plugged side fan (CHA_FAN1 140mm) on the 3 pin side of the Y-Splitter and placed the AUX Fan onto the main 4 pin side of the splitter. Plugged into "cpu opt" header....
HAHAHAHA
CPU_FAN 1430 RPM
CHA_FAN1 0 RPM (SIDE FAN) In Yellow Print
CHA_FAN2 1450 RPM (REAR FAN)
CHA_FAN3 1400 RPM (FRONT FAN)
CPU_OPT 2500 - 675000 RPM

VIVO-US · May 18, 2017

Joe02a :

There is usually a small drop in max speed with fan controllers since the electronics absorb some voltage, but any of those controllers should work fine to bring a 2200RPM fan down to 1500RPM. This is just a guess, but the maximum speed should still be around 1900RPM, which will still move a lot of air if needed.

Based on your system specs, you could probably even turn the fans down to 800RPM when the system is in an idle state or simply browsing. The excellent CPU cooler combined with the number of fans will keep things running cool at near silence until the system is under load.

Joe02a · May 21, 2017

I was really going to go with a Fan Controller. Might still, but for now. HAHAHA This is what I did, for the mean time... I put the primary CPU fan (Closest to the Ram). Of course plugged to the cpu header, then took the AUX fan, (rear CPU Fan) and took a (Y-Splitter !HAHAHA!) and plugged side fan (CHA_FAN1 140mm) on the 3 pin side of the Y-Splitter and placed the AUX Fan onto the main 4 pin side of the splitter. Plugged into "cpu opt" header....
HAHAHAHA
CPU_FAN 1430 RPM
CHA_FAN1 0 RPM (SIDE FAN) In Yellow Print
CHA_FAN2 1450 RPM (REAR FAN)
CHA_FAN3 1400 RPM (FRONT FAN)
CPU_OPT 2500 - 675000 RPM

VIVO-US · May 22, 2017

Joe02a :

Glad you figured something out that works for you! I'd like to hear that one that's supposedly running at 675,000RPM.

Joe02a · Jun 5, 2017

I went with https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992012. I'm hooking it up later with just the (2) 2200rpm PL-12025. I got that one because I might later get https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146114&ignorebbr=1.
Putting in the controller when I get my (2) extra 2TB WD Caviar Blacks. It's Kinda a PITA getting into the case sometimes because I have it inside a desk cubby. So. when the HDDs arrive tomorrow, I'll do it all at once.
And what is the best thread. (RESEARCHED ALOT... ALOT) On how best to implement (3) 2TB HDDs.

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