NZXT GRID+ V2 Digital Fan Controller
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Fox2232
fantaskarsef
Somehow I'm not that impressed... first of all I share Fox's concerns about the temperatures and how they obtain them, and secondly I don't fancy the montage of this thing... zip ties to some place inside my rig? Doesn't make me fuzzy at all.
rl66
rl66
fantaskarsef
Mineria
Don't most of today's motherboards ship with this on-board?
I can't see a reason to use a fan controller when everything can be done via BIOS, unless you have loads of fans ofc.
EKRboi
CPC_RedDawn
Why do we need this?
Fans these days are already pretty quiet.
I have 3 x 120mm Corsair AF LED fan in the front of my case just hooked up to a 4pin molex so they run full speed 12v all the time.
My rear 140mm Corsair AF LED fan is hooked up to the motherboard's fan header and is controller by the BIOS which runs it at full 12v speed all the time.
My last 2 140mm Corsair SP LED fans on my NZXT Kraken X61 are run through the motherboard CPU fan header via a fan splitter. The BIOS controls these fans running them also at 12v full speed.
Even with all these fan running full speed 24/7 I barely hear them as they are only running at 1500rpm for the 3 120's and 1440rpm for the 140's.
They barely make any noise at all. If I had Noctua's they would be even quieter. Also I have not run my PC without a pair of headphones now for almost 8 years so even if they were loud I would never hear them.
gUNN1993
Energy efficiency maybe? I can't imagine fans use too much power but being able to control them down to low level when they're not really being used could be a simple way to cut usage.
Mineria