My chosen motherboard spec stats that it can control fan speeds. Do I need to buy a program and thermometer to be able to see and control this aspect? Does this only control the fan speeds of the PSU, or does it extend to the case fans?
PSU - Enermax Modu87+ 500W
Motherboad - Gigabyte P55-UD6
Thankyou
Joe
Motherboard controlling fan speed?
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It won't affect the PSU fan speed.
I know it can affect the CPU fan speed; you can do this with Easytune 6.
Dunno if this extends to case fan headers.
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/pro ... l=1#manual (second from bottom for english version)
I know it can affect the CPU fan speed; you can do this with Easytune 6.
Dunno if this extends to case fan headers.
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/products/pro ... l=1#manual (second from bottom for english version)
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Re: Motherboard controlling fan speed?
Joe23002 wrote:My chosen motherboard spec stats that it can control fan speeds. Do I need to buy a program and thermometer to be able to see and control this aspect? Does this only control the fan speeds of the PSU, or does it extend to the case fans?
As already said, usually the PSU control its fan by its own on board controller. Seldomly some PSUs may offer external cables/headers to control even some case fans.
Well, you may control your own case fans using either the motherboard own BIOS control (read the manual), or you may use some software (as the already quoted Easytune, or SPCR's favorite SpeedFan) which relies on motherboard's temps sensors. Eventually you may also use an external hardware fan controller with its own thermal probes.
Maybe, for Windows users, the most flexible solution might be using SpeedFan (if it works, some times it does not).