Phanteks T30's help

[Resperekt]

Greetings everyone,

I got myself 2 of Phanteks T30 because of the raving reviews and I can't for the life of me get them to run faster, they are basically running silent.

I got a Lenovo Legion Tower 5 using a Lenovo MoBo model "3753" running this horrible Bios "O5LKT22A" version, it has no fan curve options.

I have tried FanControl, SpeedFan and HWInfo and none of those detect the T30s

HEELPP PLEASE!

 

[Zando_]

Nice fans are pretty silent, a lot cap out at or below 2000rpm so they'll never get very audible even at max rpm. T30s specifically only reach 2000rpm, rated at 27.3 dB (A), which seems to be around or slightly below the average volume of whispering. Unless you stick your ear inside your PC, they should be basically inaudible. 

[ThousandBlade]

Running them directly off of the power supply or aftermarket fan hub is always a option 

[GuiltySpark_]

If the motherboard doesn't offer PWM fan control, you can get an external PWM controller with hardware buttons for RPM control. Or something software related like from Corsair. 

[PDifolco]

20 minutes ago, Resperekt said:

Greetings everyone,

I got myself 2 of Phanteks T30 because of the raving reviews and I can't for the life of me get them to run faster, they are basically running silent.

I got a Lenovo Legion Tower 5 using a Lenovo MoBo model "3753" running this horrible Bios "O5LKT22A" version, it has no fan curve options.

I have tried FanControl, SpeedFan and HWInfo and none of those detect the T30s

HEELPP PLEASE!

 

Don't the fans have a selector switch to set speed anyway ??

[GuiltySpark_]

4 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Don't the fans have a selector switch to set speed anyway ??

Not for speed but PWM range, IIRC. Setting the max RPM of 1200, 2000 or 3000. 

 

 

[Resperekt]

10 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

If the motherboard doesn't offer PWM fan control, you can get an external PWM controller with hardware buttons for RPM control. Or something software related like from Corsair. 

Thanks! guess I'll go with the external controller..cause ICUE doesn't see fans either.

[NorKris]

8 minutes ago, Resperekt said:

Thanks! guess I'll go with the external controller..cause ICUE doesn't see fans either.

what icue controller did u connect them to? 

 

 

10 hours ago, Zando_ said:

 T30s specifically only reach 2000rpm, rated at 27.3 dB (A). Unless you stick your ear inside your PC, they should be basically inaudible. 

T30's are 3k RPM. and at 2k they are VERY noticeable  

[TPCEA]

12 hours ago, Zando_ said:

Nice fans are pretty silent, a lot cap out at or below 2000rpm so they'll never get very audible even at max rpm. T30s specifically only reach 2000rpm, rated at 27.3 dB (A), which seems to be around or slightly below the average volume of whispering. Unless you stick your ear inside your PC, they should be basically inaudible. 

That would only be if the fans built-in switch is still set to the middle setting (performance), which is the default, as it maxes out at 2,000 RPM. Hybrid mode maxes at 1,200 and advanced mode at 3,000.

13 hours ago, Resperekt said:

got myself 2 of Phanteks T30 because of the raving reviews and I can't for the life of me get them to run faster, they are basically running silent.

I got a Lenovo Legion Tower 5 using a Lenovo MoBo model "3753" running this horrible Bios "O5LKT22A" version, it has no fan curve options.

I have tried FanControl, SpeedFan and HWInfo and none of those detect the T30s

HEELPP PLEASE!

Check the switch and make sure it is on performance or advanced. Otherwise, aside from the great advice from everyone, are you using a y-splitter?

[freeagent]

4 hours ago, NorKris said:

and at 2k they are VERY noticeable

I was pleased with how quiet they are at that speed lol. You got soft with your soft fans

[GuiltySpark_]

5 hours ago, Resperekt said:

Thanks! guess I'll go with the external controller..cause ICUE doesn't see fans either.

Icue will only see fans connected to a Corsair USB fan controller. 

[NorKris]

41 minutes ago, freeagent said:

I was pleased with how quiet they are at that speed lol. You got soft with your soft fans

pff   i got 17 fans on my system   (2  t30's)

[freeagent]

11 minutes ago, NorKris said:

pff   i got 17 fans on my system   (2  t30's)

So.. that doesn’t mean anything if they are only like 30cfm

[NorKris]

Just now, freeagent said:

So.. that doesn’t mean anything if they are only like 30cfm

ofc it does, what do u mean? lol 

[TPCEA]

14 minutes ago, NorKris said:

pff   i got 17 fans on my system   (2  t30's)

What? I only have 10+2.  

[freeagent]

1 hour ago, NorKris said:

ofc it does, what do u mean? lol 

At only 30cfm that is a lot of noise for nothing.

[NorKris]

3 minutes ago, freeagent said:

At only 30cfm that is a lot of noise for nothing.

weeeeell,  30cfm is almost the definition of "u cannot hear anything " 

there is a reason Daniel from singularity computers  and Linus made their pcs in a certain way 

[freeagent]

24 minutes ago, NorKris said:

weeeeell,  30cfm is almost the definition of "u cannot hear anything " 

there is a reason Daniel from singularity computers  and Linus made their pcs in a certain way 

Right, so because you don’t use your pc for intensive tasks, you can get away with a bunch of slow breathers.

[Zando_]

7 hours ago, NorKris said:

T30's are 3k RPM. and at 2k they are VERY noticeable  

5 hours ago, RevGAM said:

That would only be if the fans built-in switch is still set to the middle setting (performance), which is the default, as it maxes out at 2,000 RPM. Hybrid mode maxes at 1,200 and advanced mode at 3,000.

Ahhhh. Thanks for the double check . Checked the page again, they don't put that on the spec sheet, you have to scroll down to the image marketing blurb stuff where they explain it. 

6 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Right, so because you don’t use your pc for intensive tasks, you can get away with a bunch of slow breathers.

Nah. Your cooling setup dictates your fan speed. If your hardware has overkill coolers - or you're on appropriate watercooling - you can run fans at a very low rpm while absolutely blasting your hardware with 0 issues. I run my decently OCed 6950X (4.0, it'll do 4.2 but then does get hotter than I would like) + 2060 Super loop on a single 360 slim rad and can keep fans almost inaudible without having any problems cooling. More surface area = can run fans slower and get the same cooling perf as a smaller cooling setup with a freak amount of airflow. Both good solutions to the same problem, depending on whether you care about noise or not. 

[freeagent]

6 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

Nah. Your cooling setup dictates your fan speed. If your hardware has overkill coolers - or you're on appropriate watercooling - you can run fans at a very low rpm while absolutely blasting your hardware with 0 issues. I run my decently OCed 6950X (4.0, it'll do 4.2 but then does get hotter than I would like) + 2060 Super loop on a single 360 slim rad and can keep fans almost inaudible without having any problems cooling. More surface area = can run fans slower and get the same cooling perf as a smaller cooling setup with a freak amount of airflow. Both good solutions to the same problem, depending on whether you care about noise or not. 

Games don’t blast hardware though. F@H, WCG, Rosetta are programs you can run that will test how good your cooling really is. I know my cooling is good, and I am not using insane fans.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, freeagent said:

F@H, WCG, Rosetta are programs 

That sort of testing is exactly what I mean by "blasting". With a proper cooling setup you can put your PC through the damn wringer and have it never make anything above a subtle whoosh (or slight coil buzz from the GPU, that's luck of the draw though). Loudness of the fans doesn't mean someone is or isn't using their PC for intensive tasks. 

[NorKris]

26 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Right, so because you don’t use your pc for intensive tasks, you can get away with a bunch of slow breathers.

 imean. my cooling setup blasts if im prime95 and furmarks at the same time at 30cfm   370w + 340w  easy   

 

dont know what ur onabout,, oor wait.. aaah ofc u need 70-100cfm  for ur .Ai...co.. know  XD 

[freeagent]

3 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

That sort of testing is exactly what I mean by "blasting". With a proper cooling setup you can put your PC through the damn wringer and have it never make anything above a subtle whoosh (or slight coil buzz from the GPU, that's luck of the draw though). Loudness of the fans doesn't mean someone is or isn't using their PC for intensive tasks. 

I don’t run at stock clocks, but it’s good that you do.

[freeagent]

1 minute ago, NorKris said:

 imean. my cooling setup blasts if im prime95 and furmarks at the same time at 30cfm   370w + 340w  easy   

 

dont know what ur onabout,, oor wait.. aaah ofc u need 70-100cfm  for ur .Ai...co.. know  XD 

My fans are in my sig lol.. pretty weak

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, freeagent said:

I don’t run at stock clocks, but it’s good that you do.

? 

 

I'd prefer to run stock clocks, but I have a penchant for old HEDT that needs to be clocked up to run modern games well, so I haven't had a main PC run stock clocks in years. I think the last time was when I had an i5 8400 as a short-term stopgap before I got my X99 kit.