Antec 900 Stock Case Fans

[grantman77]

Hey, I'm new to these forums, and I am in need of an answer.

I am highly considering the Antec 900 case, and I have questions about the stock fans that are included with this case:

I know they have a 3 speed setting on them, but I want to know if they can work with a Fan Speed Controller, like the Sunbeam Rheobus.

And what does Antec provide to change the speeds of the fans, and if it is a 3 speed controller, does it fit in a 5.25" or 3.5" drive bay?

Also, I have heard that Antec provides an extra 3 fans because they found out that the original ones had problems, is this true?

Thanks so much,

Cody.

[sswilson]

I'm pretty sure it's just a switch attached to the fan.

[kruzn4evr]

It's a drawback to the 900 case, the fans are strickly a 4 pin molex and an attached switch about 4" long, I replaced the switches with 3 pin connectors so they could be plugged to mobo, a bit of a pain but it works. The CoolerMaster CM690 is another choice and less money too.

[ipaine]

I have that case and a Sunbeam Rheobus to control the fans. I currently have that controller set up to control the two front fans together, then the back, top and optional side fan are have their own control. And that set up works great.

So yes you can do it. As kruznevr said the fans have the 4 pin molex for power and the attached 3 speed switches are about 3-4" long connected right to the fans themselves.

If you do get it and attach the fans to a controller the key is just setting the fan switches to the highest setting and that will let the controller do the work.

[grantman77]

Thanks for the help guys.

I am so relieved that all I need to get now is a 4-3 pin adapter, I thought I was going to have to solder new wires and play around with it, but I guess not!

Thanks again.