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ChickenPotatoGod
By ChickenPotatoGod
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I recently built my first pc and I dont know if I should put my fans on DC or PWM, so any advice on what I shouls do?

By the way the cooler is the Asus rog strix LC 360 aio cooler white and the case is the Cooler Master masterbox 520 mesh white, if that helps.

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PWM gives you finer control and is recommended if your fans support it (i.e. have 4 pins as supposed to 3).
DC is a bit more vague, but still perfectly fine unless you want to tune your fan speed to perfection for some reason.

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If your fan cable has 4 pin holes then that means they support PWM which I always recommend over DC. PWM allows a great customization where you can set the fan curve yourself (slower speeds and slow ramp up for sound, faster speeds and fast fan ramp up for thermals, etc).

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