Practical and well-made
Useful for motherboards with few fan connectors.
Good workmanship, connectors a bit loose at the case exit to the 3 fans.
General information |
Product name |
Noctua NA-FC1 |
Brand |
Noctua | |
Model |
NA-FC1 | |
Technical specifications |
Accessory type |
Ventilation accessory |
Color |
Black | |
Warranties |
Commercial warranty |
Seller 3 years |
Legal warranty |
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Product referenced on 5 Jul 2018
Useful for motherboards with few fan connectors.
Good workmanship, connectors a bit loose at the case exit to the 3 fans.
On my mini itx motherboard I only have 3 pwm connectors, with this toy I can now connect 3 fans on one connector. The bundle is also complete. Good job noctua and good job ldlc.com.
Excellent tames two noctua F12 pwm 3000rpm. which are uncontrollable on a rehobus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a case with 2 fans installed on the front, and one on the back. I had also added 3 more fans on top. In the end, the number of sockets on the motherboard was a bit tight. The little hub that came with the case was not very satisfactory either.
So I had taken 2 NA-FC1 to regulate all this, more easily, and with less necessary plugs.
Bad surprise, it didn't regulate anything at all for the fans delivered with the case. But after analysis, mea culpa: the product is sold as a 4-pin fan controller (PWM), and the ones in my case were only 3-pin.
So I bought 3 4-pin fans to replace the ones in my case, and when I connected them to the NA-FC1, another detail bothered me: the cable that runs from the NA-FC1 and splits into 3 to control the 3 fans, had only 1 plug with 4 pins, and the other 2 with only 2 pins. That said, everything worked normally. And after thinking about it, this is certainly normal: the one and only 4-pin socket should be used to indicate to the motherboard the speed of the fan connected to this socket.
So anyway, after my setbacks, which are not the fault of the product, everything works perfectly.
Personally, I chose to connect the 2 Noctua controllers to the power supply, but not to the sockets on the motherboard. This way, I am sure that the fans will never change speed, and therefore will not make more noise (solution validated by CPU and GPU benchmarks).
In summary: I highly recommend this NA-FC1 controller (as long as you only have PWM fans to connect to it). The 3 fans can be powered by a simple Sata socket of the power supply (recommended), and you have the choice to put the NA-FC1 as the only speed controller, or in addition to the motherboard socket (in which case it acts as a speed reducer sent by the motherboard).
Practical, simple, delivered with several cables. Delivery ok. Quality of the product seems fragile, ....