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Originally Posted by Gr0ve 
I already own an NZXT Sentry Mix and had this issue with an AF120 I was trying out. Eventually I found out it was because I used it with a fan controller. I've since taken out the controller and just bought a few 3 pin y splitters.
So they're actually fixing the controllers if you RMA them?
Out of curiosity, is there any list of what PWM fans do and don't click?
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I don't need to search Originally Posted by superj1977
Dont get me wrong, i do like the NZXT Sentry 2, its screen works very very well and its exactly what i was looking for but....i run my fans low and i could clearly hear this "Noise" and when i recently moved my PC into bedroom so its a bit annoying at night when you can hear this "noise" from your fans.
Maybe some of their others are fine but i kid you not, take 30 mins on the internet searching about NZXT fan controller issues...you will see im not talking waffle
Anyway ive taken to just running them all off a 7v reducer cable i made and sleeved myself, just for the moment until i get my controller back from RMA, fans are near silent now
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Dont get me wrong, i do like the NZXT Sentry 2, its screen works very very well and its exactly what i was looking for but....i run my fans low and i could clearly hear this "Noise" and when i recently moved my PC into bedroom so its a bit annoying at night when you can hear this "noise" from your fans.
Maybe some of their others are fine but i kid you not, take 30 mins on the internet searching about NZXT fan controller issues...you will see im not talking waffle
Anyway ive taken to just running them all off a 7v reducer cable i made and sleeved myself, just for the moment until i get my controller back from RMA, fans are near silent now
*snip*
I already own an NZXT Sentry Mix and had this issue with an AF120 I was trying out. Eventually I found out it was because I used it with a fan controller. I've since taken out the controller and just bought a few 3 pin y splitters.So they're actually fixing the controllers if you RMA them?
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ehume! Originally Posted by ehume
This is why I swore off fan controllers long ago. You should measure the output of your fan controller. If it varies the Voltage, well and good. But some controllers pulse the 12v current, kind of a PWM control but not the official PWM control, which comes through the 5v fourth wire.
To test fans for clicking I run them at 12 Volts and at 5 Volts, both of which I can get directly from my PSU.
That said, most PWM fans click. This is why Noctua waited so long to release theirs: they had to overcome the PWM clicking.
This is why I swore off fan controllers long ago. You should measure the output of your fan controller. If it varies the Voltage, well and good. But some controllers pulse the 12v current, kind of a PWM control but not the official PWM control, which comes through the 5v fourth wire.
To test fans for clicking I run them at 12 Volts and at 5 Volts, both of which I can get directly from my PSU.
That said, most PWM fans click. This is why Noctua waited so long to release theirs: they had to overcome the PWM clicking.
Out of curiosity, is there any list of what PWM fans do and don't click?
Only Noctua fans don't click (review here).
List of PWM fans and their relative clicking is here, second post.
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