Sunbeamtech Rheosmart 6 Fan Controller Review

Installation

The installation of the Rheosmart 6 is easy. You just need to open a 5.25” bay on your case, put the panel in place, attach the screws, and make the connections.

You will need to connect a standard peripheral power connector from your power supply directly at the rear of the fan controller.

Your fans can be directly connected to the controller, too. If the cables don’t reach it, you can use the cables shown in Figure 6. There are two cables with two wires (i.e., no speed monitoring) for three-pin fans, two cables with three-pin connectors with speed monitoring, and two cables for connecting fans with four-pin standard peripheral power connectors (“Molex”).

The cable at the top left of the picture is the key for the “smartness” of this controller. It must be connected to the CPU fan connector of your motherboard, to your CPU cooler fan, and to the fan controller, so it can use the PWM signal from the motherboard to control any fan you want. We will explain this feature in more detail in the next page.

Figure 6: Cables