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Not nessessarily. All mobos support some kind of adjusting for CPU fan. With PWM its more accurate. Which mobo are you planning to get? Some have worse support for fan control than others.

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Hello, and thanks for reading this already!

 

A stupid question: I'm getting a motherboard with software to control the CPU cooler's cooling.

Does this cooler need to be PWM?

 

Thanks in advance!

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In short, if you want to control the speed of the fan your safest bet would be to get a PWM fan. One work of advice though, many motherboards with 4-pin PWM headers do not offer true PWM control. They are instead voltage controlers with a forth pin. Why they forth pin is there I have no idea. Typically though, the CPU fan header is a true PWM controller.

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Not nessessarily. All mobos support some kind of adjusting for CPU fan. With PWM its more accurate. Which mobo are you planning to get? Some have worse support for fan control than others.

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Not nessessarily. All mobos support some kind of adjusting for CPU fan. With PWM its more accurate. Which mobo are you planning to get? Some have worse support for fan control than others.

@LoGiCalDrm I'm planning on getting the MSI Z97 Gaming 7. Thoughts?

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@LoGiCalDrm I'm planning on getting the MSI Z97 Gaming 7. Thoughts?

 

That is good board (I've built with Gaming 5) and allows both PWM and 3pin control on all headers.

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Thanks a lot!

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