Independent temperature fan control

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After a long search for an independent fan controller, pwm and temp sensor based, maybe I should just make my own?

I am a little lost on where to start though. Probably a Raspberry or Arduino. I fashion a mount that would attach to a fan, reservoir or harddrive slot in my case. How then would I connect to it while the computer was running?

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I know this isn't the only one:

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I should mention that my case has no place to mount something like that. It is a Fractal Design Node 804. I do appreciate you effort though. :)

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Interesting. I will have to follow as i have been debating on what to do about my 804 also. That little three fan switch thing :( Powered fan splitter ?

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I actually like the fan controller Fractal included. But for my purposes it is not adequate. Which is something that is outside of the original design spec. Do you have an example of a powered fan splitter? I suspect it will also not be up to the task.

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Something like this?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?tag=linustechtips-21&keywords=Silverstone+1-to-8+PWM+Fan+Hub
Or do you want something that is not controled by the system itself?
Edit: Or the Phanteks as mentioned below me

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http://www.phanteks.com/PH-PWHUB.html first one that comes to mind

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Well I had originally given up hope but this is close to what I want.

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Did you guys just link to the same product? o_0

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close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades :)

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The Phantek PH-PWHUB is pretty damn good and a valid answer to what I was asking. However, I would like to find a product that allowed fan control that is based on temperature sensors and is also independent of the system itself.

And has the ability to be easily mounted inside a case.

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I haven't seen anything in fan hub wise. Fan controller yes. But not for the 804 form factor :(

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Hmm. So what are your thoughts on a solution?

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Use that phantek hub for power and a simple sensor to a arduino or pic processor sending the PWM signal to the hub.

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Build you own little temp sensor system. But.......I am more than a little against relying on digital for such a system. Unless it is the mb controlling it. You are just stacking more complicated points of failure on top of each other. Don't mind me just a personal opinion. Think the project concept is interesting and worth doing for science.