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fordmayhem · Post by **fordmayhem** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:22 am

Hey.. couldnt find any where to put this, so here i go.

I have one very bad Mobo, ( no fan slots ATALL apart from CPU)

I have a spare pci x1 and two pci card slots left, and i am wondering, if there is any cards that will fit in these slots, and they have on these cards, FAN SPACES! such as your 3-pin, and 4-pin fans..

Ive looked all over the places.... all i can find is networks card..... printer....firewire...usb....

So if they are REAL! please send me a link! it would be very very much appreciated...

Also, if they arent, i think we need to make a petition to some component manufacturer to get these made! ill buy one.. lol

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:31 am

Thats actually not a bad idea

never seen one before though

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:34 am

try looking for something that plugs into your power supply rather than your motherboard. I know they have those4 I just cant supply a link as im at work and shouldn't be on here to begin with :D

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:14 am

If you're wanting to add a boat load of fans look at getting a power distribution block like this

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... s_id=21287
or
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... ts_id=4420

If you're only adding a couple fans then look for a 4 pin molex to 3 pin fan connector like this

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... cts_id=603

fordmayhem · Post by **fordmayhem** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:27 am

thats great, like the last one, but the fact is that i can not control the fan speeds via software as its just connected to the PSU. thats why i was thinking thata pci controller fan thing majig would be awesome ( if it was real or not )

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:44 am

Well what do you know there is such a critter
Sunbeam Theta TP-101
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/revie ... eta&file=1
On Sunbeam's site
http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/The ... _tp101.htm

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:46 pm

lol, nice pull Bubba

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:57 pm

Google is your friend LOL, I searched for "pci fan controller board" scrolled through the links, about 5th one down went from there..

fordmayhem · Post by **fordmayhem** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:31 pm

Omg.... i hail you friend.

You may have put everybody's worrys out of their heads by saying this.... everyone with a crappy dell foxconn mobo ( old versions lol) are now freed of their emensally hot cases >.<

Thank you so much.

Sporg · Post by **Sporg** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:37 pm

Another one that's a bit pricier.

Zalman ZM-MFC2 Fan Controller
http://legitreviews.pgpartner.com/searc ... r/st=query

fordmayhem · Post by **fordmayhem** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:53 pm

LOL shame, that Sunbeam is actually discontinued along time ago. Ill have a look at Zalman now

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:13 pm

There are some places with them still in stock.

The hard part to your need is the software control, found one other called mCube T Balancer bigNG, but its almost $100.

I think you would be fine with 4 to 3 pin adapter and a couple quiet fans running 100% all the time. Definitely the cheapest route.

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