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Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a good, simple, black, clean, no LED fan controller. I don't want lights.. I just want some knobs/switches/etc that I can plug a few extra fans into. I just want it to be not a piece of junk, and simple as can be. I have an Obsidian 550D and it will be behind a closed door anyway.
 
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cmaxvt said:
Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a good, simple, black, clean, no LED fan controller. I don't want lights.. I just want some knobs/switches/etc that I can plug a few extra fans into. I just want it to be not a piece of junk, and simple as can be. I have an Obsidian 550D and it will be behind a closed door anyway.
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I use one of these on one of my rigs:

NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller w/ Five 30 watts C...

Works great, not too expensive, and all black fan cables too! :toast:

*** EDIT- one drawback though (maybe)... you can't shut the fans off (slider goes from 40% to 100% speed to prevent frying your fans on low voltage) ***
 
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+1 to Norton's recommendation, I had one before I sold it. Very solid fan controller (barring the cheap plastic construction).
 
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Yeah that was one of the models I was checking out. Doesn't it have some annoying white LED supposedly?
 
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cmaxvt said:
Yeah that was one of the models I was checking out. Doesn't it have some annoying white LED supposedly?
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One small LED on the right side no brighter than the power and HDD led lights on my NZXT Source 210 case. If you don't like it you can color it in with a sharpie or a dab of black nail polish (or snip one of the leads)
 
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