NesteQ NFS-2108B

Zitat: With no temperature probes, it´s only a good choice for those with lots of fans

Zitat: At this point we´d normally break out the benchmarks, discussing noise levels temperatures and the like, but with so many different 120mm fans on the market all with varying properties it seems a little disingenuous to label the FanMax with results that are down to a particular fan type rather than unit itself. With that in mind, we´ll stick to simply discussing the NesteQ FanMax in isolation, and in its most basic terms all we can really say is - It works. Hook up some fans to the unit and you´ll be able to control their speed via voltage changes quickly and simply provided you have a free 5.25" drive bay to slot the controller into. Where the FanMax stands out from the crowd to some extend is in its ability to "group" up to four fans together so that they can be switched off completely - A real boon if you´re looking to balance periods of maximum chassis cooling capability with other periods where you want to reduce noise as much as possible. As one of those flexible types personally, being able to turn off all or some of your chassis fans with a single button push is excellent news, and coupled with the tidy and slick look of the FanMax I´m definitely a fan (with every pun intended) of the way it goes about its business. That said, my one real gripe with the FanMax is also with regard to its aesthetic - I know that hardware manufacturers love their blue LEDs these days, and I´m sure a lot of hardware enthusiasts do too, but do we really have to have quite so many on every single product? This is more of a general complaint on my part rather than one specifically levelled as NesteQ explicitly, but with a fully laden FanMax with both fan groups enabled leading to an additional ten LEDs lighting up on the front of your case, I seriously start to worry about planes trying to land inside my house during the night. I won´t deny that the FanMax needs a front panel that shows you exactly what fan channels and groups are active and in use (and I´ll be damned if I can think of a better way of visually showing that information to the user without sending the cost skyrocketing), but all those blue LEDs get on my nerves. If you can don´t mind (or perhaps even like) having your system lit up like a Christmas tree, or you´re happy to go crazy with the masking tape perhaps, then NesteQ´s FanMax is one of those little products that you can´t help but admire. We can´t pretend that it´s breaking new ground or anything, but it´s a well-built piece of hardware that does its job very well indeed and in a well thought-out fashion, and for under £30 in the UK it doesn´t cost a ridiculous amount of money either. Assuming that you´re looking to control a large number of fans (let´s face it, the FanMax would be overkill if you only have a couple of case fans running), then the FanMax is most certainly worthy of consideration.

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