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Fans connected to the motherboard respond to the motherboard fan settings which are usually curves that rely on cpu/system temps.

The Fan Mate 2 provides all the control in the speed control knob. The fan speed is dependent on how far the knob is turned and does not respond to temps. There is a cable from it that connects to the motherboard but that is only for reading rpm. 

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So my fans are extremely annoying to hear during startup (they obviously go to 100% for about 5 seconds) and I figured I found a good solution to this. I found this fan controller which should control the speed of the fan even at startups so that it could never reach 100% if I wanted it. I was told a while ago that this is risky because the system will not have control to ramp up fan speed as the CPU heats up and that I have to manage that myself. 

 

So a few questions, would this fan controller work for what I plan on doing, and second, about the system control for fan speeds, is that true? I feel like it would still be able to have control, but it would just be bottlenecked/at a limit of what the fan controller allows. 

 

My CPU fan and heatsink - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608041

Fan controller - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118217&cm_re=zalman_fanmate_2-_-35-118-217-_-Product

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Fans connected to the motherboard respond to the motherboard fan settings which are usually curves that rely on cpu/system temps.

The Fan Mate 2 provides all the control in the speed control knob. The fan speed is dependent on how far the knob is turned and does not respond to temps. There is a cable from it that connects to the motherboard but that is only for reading rpm. 

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1 minute ago, WoodenMarker said:

Fans connected to the motherboard respond to the motherboard fan settings which are usually curves that rely on cpu/system temps.

The Fan Mate 2 provides all the control in the speed control knob. The fan speed is dependent on how far the knob is turned and does not respond to temps. There is a cable from it that connects to the motherboard but that is only for reading rpm. 

Okay so that means that once the fan is connected to that fan controller, that's what the fan will be running at 100% of the time according to the fan control knob? 

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1 minute ago, IAmLamp said:

Okay so that means that once the fan is connected to that fan controller, that's what the fan will be running at 100% of the time according to the fan control knob? 

Yep.

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