Fan controller?

[tigerboy1999]

I am building a computer myself with the basics and some added fans. I will have two front and one large top. My case has the power supply that is only hooked to the motherboard, right? Will i need a fan controller so the three fans hooked to the power supply dont always run? I dont want to unplug the computer from the back!

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you have a decent amount of fan headers on the mobo, I'd plug them in there. Motherboards do a decent job of moderating case fan speeds.

If you wanted to manually control the fan speed, then yes you would want a fan controller. It's easier to use one of those than a piece of software.

 

[cabinfever1977]

You can plug some fans to the motherboard and some to the power supply,when the computer is off evrything including the fans sohuld turn off,a fan controller is just a extra option for power and speed control.