CF633 looks awesome! I am gonna get me on these!


"Floyd L. Davidson" <floyd@apaflo.com> wrote in message
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> "stormrider" <oceanwind42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>http://silentgamingreview.com/components.htm
>
>>This is a listing by component - there are full model names
>>etc. No product sheets but you could google it
>
> Turns out that it isn't easy to find information on anything from
> Vantec Nexus. Here's the best review that I could find, as far
> as giving at least a few specs. But it is still very unclear as
> to what it can actually do.
>
> http://silentgamingreview.com/components.htm
>
>>I would do the software, but I could not find anything that can
>>turn the fans completely off.
>
> The Crystalfontz CF633 can turn the fans off. It can also
> measure their speed while not running at full throttle too,
> which is tricky when they are controlled with PWM.
>
> The CF633 is far more versatile, but it is *totally* under
> software control. Hence it can either be used with available
> software, to whatever degree that happens to fit needs, or
> custom software has to be written. I use Linux and custom
> software, so I'm not at all sure what the various Windows
> software packages will do.
>
> The NXP-301 and NXP-305 are totally manual, which is perfect
> non-programmers who shut their computers off when they aren't
> sitting at the console. They also include a lot of purely
> snazzy stuff for eye appeal (light controllers!).
>
> Hence a CF633 is much more likely to end up in a server or an
> engineering model, while the NXP-305 is more appealing for a
> "consumer" system.
>
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