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Review on πŸ”Œ Electop 10-Port 12V 4-Pin PWM Fan Hub for PC Chassis, CPU Cooling, Molex Controller by Paul Milonas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Amazing adapter, very cool design

This fan hub does exactly what it says, it takes the PWM fan control signal and distributes it to 10 fans while offloading the motherboard/graphics card/whatever and getting the main fan RPM correct reports. Absolutely amazing for an old motherboard that can have power issues, not enough fan headers, limited options for timing signals to headers in BIOS, etc. I'm currently using two of these: One pulls the signal from my Z87 motherboard's CPU. fan header and split it between 2 fans on my CPU cooler and 4 case fans which are coupled to the CPU temperature and the second one takes the signal from my graphics card and drives two 90mm fans on the card and one 5 .Case fan coupled to GPU fan profile. . If the product description is a bit confusing, you get the hub itself with 10 fan outputs, a fan signal input and a power input (SATA or 4-pin MOLEX depending on the model), as well as a 4-pin fan cable for PC. Your fan header to the hub. The cable has only 2 wires instead of 4 - only PWM and tachometer, no power. You connect your main fan to the red output and it becomes the master - your board only sees the tachometer of that fan, and all other fans connected to the slave hub are turned off by that PWM signal. Literally my only complaint is that the double sided tape wasn't strong enough to hold it in my case - it's 3M branded adhesive but can still be let go. However, this hub is too useful to dock a star to.

Pros
  • For 4pin and 3pin fans. Please note that the 4Pin fan speed can be adjusted by temperature control. It is also possible to use a 3-pin fan, however as the 3-pin has no PWM function it will run at a fixed speed once installed.
Cons
  • Ratio Set