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Phanteks PWM Fan Hub Controller (PH-PWHUB_01)

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Phanteks PWM Fan Hub Controller (PH-PWHUB_01)

Description:
The Phanteks PWM Fan Hub is capable of powering up to 11x fans (3-pin) through PWM modulation, while occupying only 1x 4-pin header of your motherboard per Fan Hub. At the same time this Fan Hub also keeps your chassis interior clean and tidy by centralizing all your fan cables. The PWM hub comes with pre-drilled mounting holes for easy installation to your Enthoo cases and also Velcro strips for use with other chassis. Power LED illuminates the Phanteks Logo when the PWM hub is powered on.

Details:
DetailValue
BindingPersonal Computers
BrandPhanteks
EAN0886523300045
Feature6 channel
2x PH-CB-Y3P fan splitter
11 fan max (additional splitters required)
Universal Mounting strips
LabelPhanteks
ManufacturerPhanteks
ModelPH-PWHUB_01
MPNPH-PWHUB_01
PublisherPhanteks
StudioPhanteks
TitlePhanteks PWM Fan Hub Controller (PH-PWHUB_01)
UPC886523300045
CatalogNumberList - CatalogNumberListElementPH-PWHUB_01
Item Height1 inches
Item Length3.9 inches
Item Width5.5 inches
Package Height1.1 inches
Package Length5.4 inches
Package Weight0.02 pounds
Package Width3.9 inches
PackageQuantity1
PartNumberPH-PWHUB_01
ProductGroupPersonal Computer
ProductTypeNameCOMPUTER
UPCList - UPCListElement886523300045
 

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I am not sure what to say about it other than it is cheap but it barely worked for me.

review by davelt

Picked this up 1-2 months back from Hydra and have been waiting on something else to get it going.
Well, the reason I picked this up is because the PWM hub on my enthoo pro sample didn't control fans and whined a lot
Had to replace it anyway and I had been looking for a more "low-profile" way to control multiple fans.
The NZXT Sentry 3 was intended as a replacement for the PWM hub on my enthoo pro but as that wasn't exactly brilliant I waited for Phanteks for the PWM Hub to be on sale

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Quite a nice box but sadly it came rather damaged but that's not a issue here.

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Apparently so, the Phanteks PWM Hub is capable of supporting up to 11 3-pin fans but of course you will have to stick to the max 30W limit

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Their beautiful logo as ever.

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The PWM Hub and the accessories for the PWM Hub. I have never bought an items with bigger accessories packaging than there is for the main item itself!

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Included in the box of course is the manual. For more info phanteks has the PDF up but right now their site is unaccessible.

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The logo seems to be pad-printed but looks like it's laser engraved while you're looking at it here

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3 fan connectors per side. How does it do 11 fans then? With the use of splitters, that is.

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It's made to be either velcro'd to your case or screwed to the case which I will get to later on.

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The 4-pin input from your motherboard

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This connector on the opposite end is the SATA 12V input ( with the SATA cable in the box ) for the PWM fan hub

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Remove a screw on the power input end and the case pops off.
You can either screw the entire assembly in as is or if you are short on cable management space you can pop the circuit board off with a SMALL screwdriver

Time for testing and enough with the impressions.

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Motherboard used : Gigabyte EX58-UD5 with SpeedFan installed
Fans tested with : Silverstone AP123 and Delta AFB1212H

Results?

Not very encouraging. After fiddling around in SpeedFan I discovered the lowest voltage you can get the pwm fan hub to at 5% is about 9V and 20% is about 10.6V.
I must note that using either fan does not cause voltage to go up or down or change it's control characteristics

It is somewhat recommendable if all the fans are the same and there is nothing else plugged into the PWM control port on the motherboard, in my case (Pun not intended) there was a CM Jetflo 140 plugged in and a CM Jetflo 120 as well
Not very well designed or thought out and just to confirm my fears it is the same on every board (Cross blade ranger etc etc) but otherwise a good product.
The addition of LEDs is weird since you never get to see it but mainly because it is rather pointless in my opinion but still nice touch nevertheless.

Just to note : My opinion is that it's a so-so product not a ground breaking or on the end of the scale an abomination like the aforementioned NZXT Sentry 3 is.

Is it worth it? Probably so, if only it was just a PWM splitter and not controlling fans in this manner but it's still worth it for those who aren't buying PWM fans.
Seriously, why don't we have more PWM splitters which aren't massive? (Swiftech 8-way splitter)
Some of us have 1 million amp fans or have so many PWM fans that using splitters is a bit ... unsightly and a pain for cable management

I can say I liked the product but there's nothing to like in a fan controller it's just a fan controller.
It does do it's job but not very well, I would love if they could revise it could to be something like 5V @ 20% and not 9V @ 5%

My final verdict : Could do with improvement but otherwise good product.

ProsCons
Small packaging, Cheap, Good design and ACTUAL support for 4pin fans (Mechanically of course unlike the NZXT Gr) but of course it isn't a PWM splitterLimited control range for me.

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