Sorry for the resurrection guys but I still need a bit of help for this setup because I kinda got boned on the one I had in mind.

This setup was supposed to have a Super Flower SF610 in one of the 5.25" bays to display temps, RPM's and other system info...well, it turns out the SF610 doesn't like Ubuntu (or Ubuntu doesn't like the SF610 ). No big deal I thought, I'll just pick up something else that caught my eye a while ago. So I got one of these on Sat as it had everything I really needed, temps and RPM monitoring. Well, it seems the description isn't entirely accurate, if the fans dip below 1000 RPM's, the bloody thing starts screaming and shows "ERR" on the fan display and that's a serious problem as the S-Flex "F's" run ~630 RPM @ max under volt on the controllers mentioned earlier in this topic (btw, I tested them outside the system and they're awesome, very sensitive).

What I need is something simple (like in the link) that shows temps and fan RPM (but doesn't control the fans) and is cheap ($50 or less). Would prefer a red display but I'll accept anything that doesn't look like dog at this point. If nothing pops up, I guess I'll have to do without any monitoring at all as I'm 100% set on running these fan mounted controllers....at least for the time being. If they fail me in some manner, I'll probably look at other options at that point.