super flower

[Fred Bear]

with my fUNc pad I will be adding one of these fan controllers. I have the stock one that came in my thermaltake Xaser III case but it has no back light. I found it at Directron for $25. It looks sweet :thumbs:

[DiTomasso]

NICE :w00t:

[Phobos]

looks great fred bear

maybe I will buy almost the same pannel :thumbs:

[FUS1ON]

Looks really nice and at $25 looks to be a good deal Fred. I believe Grimmy has the same case as you and the lack of backlighting was also his main complaint.

[<<Hybrid>>]

is it for car?

[FUS1ON]

It&#39;s used to control the fan speeds on the fans in his computer.

BTW This is the computer hardware section. I would have moved the thread if it was for a car. :D

[Grimmy]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS SHOGUN@Mar 9 2004, 12:50 PM
Looks really nice and at &#036;25 looks to be a good deal Fred. I believe Grimmy has the same case as you and the lack of backlighting was also his main complaint.
Yup I have that case, and the new ones have a backlite lcd screen that looks pretty kewl. They also have different things you can put on the front of the case, and I think they just the HDD working lights to switch some things on the front. Wish I could get the new stuff and put in my case, but I think in order to still have my temp probe that is under my proc, I&#39;d have to remove the old one and put the new one in (meaning remove the proc and such :wacko: )

As for the fan controller that came with my case, well :down: I had it all hooked up and I couldn&#39;t get it to work, or if it did, I couldn&#39;t tell the difference in speed. So I said screw it, just hooked em up to the PS directly and let em run wide open. Noisey, but hey, that is what 5.1 surround sound is for :jammin:

Prices for the case have come way down too. I paid nearly &#036;200 smackers for mine, and I believe it&#39;s under &#036;150 now. Still worth it IMO, no screws and everything can be removed or added in a snap. They just need to work on that fan controller.

[ME BIGGD01]

i really never went for that gimmick stuff adjusting the fans and all. i always did like the led light though. i just never felt safe adjusting any voltage on any part attached to the motherboard and power supply. i feel it can give some sort of power surge effect to system. what i mean is something that can start reducing and producing power is a danger to ones expensive unit. i think they look nice but as far as it not having a seperate plug that actualy plugs in to a seperate wall socket just makes me nervous.

[Fred Bear]

I had the stock fan controller all hooked up to the stock fans and never could tell a difference either. But I replaced my fans with ones that flow alot more air and the fan controller comes in very handy. Now I can tell a big difference in noise. For 80% of the time I have the fans turned way down. But when i am gaming I turn them up to keep things cool.
The super flower should be here this afternoon. Via UPS. I&#39;ll let you know how I like it.
I am adding a Jet 7 heat sink and fan to my proc so I dont mind repacing the thermal sensor under it. Plus the super flower has 4 thermal sensors to put where ever you want. The stock thermaltake one only has one.
I&#39;m gunna lap the jet 7 and use artic silver 5 on it, plus the super flower connected to 7 case fans (2 front, 2 side, 2 rear, 1 top) It should cool the AMD 2400 real nice.

[ME BIGGD01]

isnt the jet pre lapped? be carefull with the xp cores because they are abit fragile and if you are a little off it will mess you up.

[ME BIGGD01]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS SHOGUN@Mar 9 2004, 07:35 PM
It&#39;s used to control the fan speeds on the fans in his computer.

BTW This is the computer hardware section. I would have moved the thread if it was for a car. :D
ofcourse it was for a computer system inside a car :thumbs:
does anyone have something like that set up? i would love to see it if they do or a design they may be thinking of. ofcourse starting a new thread woulp be suggested :wootrock:

[Fred Bear]

In Maximum PC a couple of years ago I saw a PC inside of a car. It was a sweet set up. I wish I had the pic.


I got the super flower today&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; It came while I was at work. I got home and opened it but i wont have time to install it untill tomarrow. So far it it sweet&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
got 4 colored face plates, and 2 different clear ones to go over the colored ones. They have either white or black writing on them. I quickly plugged it into my ps and it lights up great. the knobs on it are nice firm and smooth. knobs are back lit blue and the screen is 7 colors or you can have them rotate on there own every 3 seconds. It has 4 temp sensors and a fan rpm sensor for all 4 fans. Adjustable alarms for the 4 sensors and the fan rpms. I cant belive it was only &#036;25&#33;
I&#39;ll put it in tomarrow and let you all know what I think.

[Fred Bear]

Originally posted by ME BIGGD01@Mar 9 2004, 04:19 PM
isnt the jet pre lapped? be carefull with the xp cores because they are abit fragile and if you are a little off it will mess you up.
I got the Jet 7 with the super flower. I looked at it and by no means is it pre-laped. It is nice but no where near laped. I bet it would do fine just as it is but I am gunna lap it anyway. I wish that I could put it on and run some tests then lap it and see how it made a difference. But I&#39;m not going to. Once I get the super flower in I&#39;ll work on lapping the copper base of the Jet 7. Then add artic silver 5 :thumbs:

[Grimmy]

What fans did you use to replace the stock ones? I did some research and well I might have misslooked or something, but I believe the stock fans pull like 75 CFM and well I thought that was a lot, but if I could get more, I would. Like to move a lot of air through my rig, for it gets warm in here during the summer. Just have to move it on the floor so it doesn&#39;t get so smoke yucky :wacko:

[PJ'l_Master]

Originally posted by Fred Bear@Mar 9 2004, 07:26 AM
with my fUNc pad I will be adding one of these fan controllers. I have the stock one that came in my thermaltake Xaser III case but it has no back light. I found it at Directron for &#036;25. It looks sweet :thumbs:
ohhh tats purdy :P

[Fred Bear]

Grimmy, no way do the stock thermaltake fans flow 75 cfm. Maybe all 7 together flow 75 cfm&#33; They are sleve bearing and slow. I replaced the 2 side and one front with these coolmax (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-130-007&depa=1) fans. They flow 41.5 cfm. Then the top got this Antec fan (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-129-007&depa=1) flowing 34 cfm. The rear and other front got this Antec (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-129-028&depa=1) fan allso flowing 34 cfm. Let me tell you, with faster , better flowing fans the fan contoller really comes into play.
I allso cut the blow hole on top out and expanded the grill holes. I have done tons to keep the air flow going in this case. Let me know if you wanna know more. :jammin:

[Fred Bear]

here is the Jet 7 as it came out of the box

[Fred Bear]

here it is after I just "hit" it with some 400 grit to show the low and high spots. Notice how the outside got hit and the center area was not touched. :blink: Thats the cpu spot :blink:

[Fred Bear]

:cool: ahhhhh the finished product. It took tons of work but I was able to get the smoothness I wanted. Notice the Michigan quarter?

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Originally posted by Fred Bear@Mar 9 2004, 11:58 PM
In Maximum PC a couple of years ago I saw a PC inside of a car. It was a sweet set up. I wish I had the pic.


I got the super flower today&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; It came while I was at work. I got home and opened it but i wont have time to install it untill tomarrow. So far it it sweet&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
got 4 colored face plates, and 2 different clear ones to go over the colored ones. They have either white or black writing on them. I quickly plugged it into my ps and it lights up great. the knobs on it are nice firm and smooth. knobs are back lit blue and the screen is 7 colors or you can have them rotate on there own every 3 seconds. It has 4 temp sensors and a fan rpm sensor for all 4 fans. Adjustable alarms for the 4 sensors and the fan rpms. I cant belive it was only &#036;25&#33;
I&#39;ll put it in tomarrow and let you all know what I think.
Yep, it&#39;s pretty cool (no pun intended :oooo: ).

I got the same one you got about 1 or 2 months ago. It&#39;s in my new rig. I read your thread and thought, wow....I&#39;ve never adjusted my fan speeds...and the PC sounds like a refridgerator...duh&#33; Turned them down a hair, .......sounds alot better now. :cool:

One word of advice......I wouldn&#39;t hook it up to the CPU fan. I left mine hooked up to the mobo, just to be safe.:)

[Fred Bear]

the Jet 7 has its own fan speed controller. I&#39;ve kinda got the super flower in. I just need to run the wires. It is pro grade equipment for sure. here is a pic of the Jet 7

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

HOLY TURBO POWER BATMAN&#33;
That is an awsome looking fan. :thumbs:

[Fred Bear]

I got the new fan and heatsink installed along with the super flower and let me tell you. I give them both :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[Grimmy]

pics please :w00t: :thumbs:

[Fred Bear]

:cool: how&#39;s this?

[Fred Bear]

and this

[Grimmy]

:w00t: Looking saweeeet&#33;&#33;

Clost up of that jet fan in action? :jammin:

[Fred Bear]

:w00t: hows this?

[Fred Bear]

one more

[PJ'l_Master]

man...i was so close to gettin that too :dry:

[Fred Bear]

PJ how did you get your 2400 to 2.5? and what heatsink / fan are you using?

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Great Pic Fred....that fan looks great&#33; :thumbs:

[Grimmy]

Originally posted by Fred Bear@Mar 16 2004, 12:26 PM
:w00t: hows this?
:w00t: Might have to get me one of those saweet looking fans&#33;

Thanks Fred&#33; :thumbs:

[Fred Bear]

I would highly recomend it and the super flower. The jet 7 is real quiet turned all of the way down and it cools my xp2400 to 35c at idle and 40c at load. And thats OC&#39;ed a little (2.13ghz)

[Fred Bear]

I just played about 1/2 hour of SOF II and it never got above 36c. That is with all of the fans turned all of the way up.

[DiTomasso]

Great pics Fred, mean looking setup :wootrock: :wave:

[Grimmy]

Hey Fred, just noticed something. Does that fan have a built in heatsink? Can that fan be attacked to a slk-800 heatsink? :hmmm:

[Fred Bear]

no you can take the fan off from the heat sink. The heat sink that comes with it is top notch though. I dont see why it couldnt be attached to a slk-800