Fan Question

[COCOBYTES]

Do the fans will always run at their maximum speed when they are attached into the motherboard??

 

(Planning to install a high rpm fans on my rig, but I don't want to always run them on high speed, only when on high load work/gaming, I don't have a fan controller)

[Morpheus]

no if they're plugged into the motherboard you should be able to control their speed

[COCOBYTES]

no if they're plugged into the motherboard you should be able to control their speed

From where?

[Emkryan]

You can set fan curves in the bios if its supported

[LogicalDrm]

You can set mode from BIOS if they are supported and/or pwm. Other way is to use mobos software or 3rd party software such as speedfan.

[nightlitezzz]

From my experience, if you have an Asus motherboard. Plugging in a fan regardless if it's 3 pin or 4 pin, you can control the fan speed throw Asus AI Suite.

[LogicalDrm]

Every 3pin fan can be controlled. 2pins are for powering fan and 3rd is for rpm monitoring.

[nightlitezzz]

Every 3pin fan can be controlled. 2pins are for powering fan and 3rd is for rpm monitoring.

I thought you can only control 4 pin fans. Whatever.

[REDMAFIA]

It depends on the motherboard. Asus, and Gigabyte boards throttle very well.

[LogicalDrm]

I thought you can only control 4 pin fans. Whatever.

 

4th pin, or pwm, makes it easier and smoother. It allows fan to spin lower rpm than regular fans.

[Lays]

Every 3pin fan can be controlled. 2pins are for powering fan and 3rd is for rpm monitoring.

 

 

On ai suite 2 you can only control 4 pin, but via the bios you can control the 3 pin ones, makes no sense LOL

[The Syndicate]

You can control their fan speed with the BIOS or with software. Or maybe do it manually, by buying a fan controller.

[LogicalDrm]

On ai suite 2 you can only control 4 pin, but via the bios you can control the 3 pin ones, makes no sense LOL

 

didn't know that. Imo mobo manuals should have more information about controlling fans. My board has mode called silent which works only with 4pin fans but it isn't written anywhere.

[Lays]

didn't know that. Imo mobo manuals should have more information about controlling fans. My board has mode called silent which works only with 4pin fans but it isn't written anywhere.

 

 

confused the crap outta me coz it said fan xpert could control em etc, get into it, doesnt work for crap LOL. went into bios, minimum fan rpms, silent modes, user defined, everything LOL.. yet ai suite 2 doesnt makes no sense lol