News Thermaltake's new case fan has built-in temperature sensor to help adjust its speed

[Admin]

The TS120 / TS140 fans start at $89 for a set of three magnetic fans.

Thermaltake's new case fan has built-in temperature sensor to help adjust its speed : Read more

 

[Notton]

In fact, this idea existed all the way back in 2003.
Antec had their SmartCool fans
Thermaltake had their A1357 Smart Case fan
There were a few other designs.
Despite their name, they didn't have complex circuitry, only a temperature sensor hooked up to a rheostat. It, take a guess, changed fan speed based on heat where the sensor was placed.
All of this was passive, so you didn't need to rely on software to change the speeds.
And then they faded away because changing fan speed based on CPU temp became a thing.

 

[thestryker]

Given the focus on airflow for cases currently I think a lot of people have set either static fan speeds or narrow RPM windows to minimize noise levels. I could see the benefit to a temperature sensor like this reading from exhaust which controlled all other case fan speeds based on those readings.

That being said I'd be much happier if it was a hardware solution rather than software. I'd certainly pay for a fan controller which could have profiles stored to it directly and pull temperature readings from one source and apply the fan profile to all if it meant setup with software and then self managed from there.

 

[closs.sebastien]

I don't understand the point of this product.. All fans are already managed by the mainboard, with many customizable profiles...
and the mainboard has already temp-sensors a bit everywhere....