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I've been using SpeedFan for a while now. I've used Asus fan expert before and I find that their is a lack of advanced options available.

 

You might ask why I've been using it if I think it sucks, well that's because I can't find a better alternative. However, I don't like to settle for "well that'll just have to do"! With my setup, I have a whole load of issues:

 

- Out of the CPU Temps only CPU core temps are shown in SpeedFan (which causes fans to increase and decrease due to the individual cores fluctuating naturally) The temperature that was listed as "CPU" actually turned out to be the chipset temperature.

- Can't control GPU fan.

- Lack of updates

- Crashes and other issues.

 

The first two points are my main issues!

 

If anyone can suggest an alternative to SpeedFan I would be very grateful :D

 

Below is the info SpeedFan gives out when it is opened up:

 

Win9x:NO  64Bit:YES  GiveIO:NO  SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked Intel Sunrise Point SMBUS at $F000
Found nVidia GeForce GTX 1080
Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3F
Linked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637
Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
SuperIO Chip=Nuvoton NCT6793D
WARNING: bad Winbond($5CA3,$C1) identify (NCT6793D,W83677HG-I)
NCT6793D (ID=$C1) found (using SuperIO) on ISA at $290
Nuvoton NCT6793D at $290 msg : Nuvoton NCT6793D uses base address $0A00 too
Nuvoton NCT6793D at $290 msg : Nuvoton NCT6793D uses base address $0A00 too
DUPLICATE --> Nuvoton NCT6793D from ISA at $0290 WAS ALREADY ADDED AS Nuvoton NCT6793D from ISA at $0290
Scanning Intel SMBus at $F000...
GT34TS04 (ID=$2201) found on SMBus at $19
GT34TS04 (ID=$2201) found on SMBus at $1B
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...
Found ST2000DL001-9VT156 on AdvSMART
Found Crucial_CT750MX300SSD1 on AdvSMART
INFO : SCSI DISABLED by user or because iaStorA.sys is installed
Found System manufacturer System Product Name
Found Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
End of detection
Loaded 1 events
 

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For mobo header based control there really is only two options. What ever mobo manufacturer has made and Speedfan. Neither usually controls GPU, though you can set Speedfan to use GPU temps as base for fan control. GPU fans are controlled with MSI Afterburner or GPU manufacturers version of it (all use RivaTuner as base). I don't know what you would want from updates, but can relate to "other" issues with Speedfan.

 

Now, there are 2 other software (that I know of) which both use same method. Hardware based USB controller/hub with software interface. Aka Corsair Commander Mini using Link, and NZXT Grid+ v2 using CAM.

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16 hours ago, Benb96 said:

I've been using SpeedFan for a while now. I've used Asus fan expert before and I find that their is a lack of advanced options available.

 

You might ask why I've been using it if I think it sucks, well that's because I can't find a better alternative. However, I don't like to settle for "well that'll just have to do"! With my setup, I have a whole load of issues:

 

- Out of the CPU Temps only CPU core temps are shown in SpeedFan (which causes fans to increase and decrease due to the individual cores fluctuating naturally) The temperature that was listed as "CPU" actually turned out to be the chipset temperature.

- Can't control GPU fan.

- Lack of updates

- Crashes and other issues.

 

The first two points are my main issues!

 

If anyone can suggest an alternative to SpeedFan I would be very grateful :D

 

Below is the info SpeedFan gives out when it is opened up:

 

Win9x:NO  64Bit:YES  GiveIO:NO  SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked Intel Sunrise Point SMBUS at $F000
Found nVidia GeForce GTX 1080
Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3F
Linked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637
Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
SuperIO Chip=Nuvoton NCT6793D
WARNING: bad Winbond($5CA3,$C1) identify (NCT6793D,W83677HG-I)
NCT6793D (ID=$C1) found (using SuperIO) on ISA at $290
Nuvoton NCT6793D at $290 msg : Nuvoton NCT6793D uses base address $0A00 too
Nuvoton NCT6793D at $290 msg : Nuvoton NCT6793D uses base address $0A00 too
DUPLICATE --> Nuvoton NCT6793D from ISA at $0290 WAS ALREADY ADDED AS Nuvoton NCT6793D from ISA at $0290
Scanning Intel SMBus at $F000...
GT34TS04 (ID=$2201) found on SMBus at $19
GT34TS04 (ID=$2201) found on SMBus at $1B
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...
Found ST2000DL001-9VT156 on AdvSMART
Found Crucial_CT750MX300SSD1 on AdvSMART
INFO : SCSI DISABLED by user or because iaStorA.sys is installed
Found System manufacturer System Product Name
Found Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
End of detection
Loaded 1 events
 

OpenHardwareMonitor - its free,. and does all that you need :P

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35 minutes ago, MLGMelon said:

OpenHardwareMonitor - its free,. and does all that you need :P

I have that as main monitor software, and unless there have been some major update, it can do less than options I mentioned. I can check when I get back home, though.

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Just now, LoGiCalDrm said:

I have that as main monitor software, and unless there have been some major update, it can do less than options I mentioned. I can check when I get back home, though.

- Out of the CPU Temps only CPU core temps are shown in SpeedFan (which causes fans to increase and decrease due to the individual cores fluctuating naturally) The temperature that was listed as "CPU" actually turned out to be the chipset temperature.

= All CPU core temps are shown, tested on z170, z97 and x99 by me

 

- Can't control GPU fan.

= Can control any PWM compatible fan - in my case, all my case fans, cpu cooler fan and GPU fan (just have to right click the fan and change it there) - might be wrong about being able to control based on temperature though

 

- Lack of updates

=it's free, updates come when they come

 

- Crashes and other issues.

= not had that with OHWM, but can help you if it does crash

 

Hope that helped :P

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1 minute ago, MLGMelon said:

- Out of the CPU Temps only CPU core temps are shown in SpeedFan (which causes fans to increase and decrease due to the individual cores fluctuating naturally) The temperature that was listed as "CPU" actually turned out to be the chipset temperature.

= All CPU core temps are shown, tested on z170, z97 and x99 by me

 

I think issue is not with temps not shown, but with temp based control using wrong sensor for it.

 

1 minute ago, MLGMelon said:

- Can't control GPU fan.

= Can control any PWM compatible fan - in my case, all my case fans, cpu cooler fan and GPU fan (just have to right click the fan and change it there) - might be wrong about being able to control based on temperature though

With curves? Last I used it, it was only percentage.

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1 minute ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

 

I think issue is not with temps not shown, but with temp based control using wrong sensor for it.

 

With curves? Last I used it, it was only percentage.

I believe it is still percentage, my mistake. I'll put in a feature request to the dev as i've emailed them a few times!

 

WIll get back to you on the other one i'm out atm and OSX is booted on my PC so i'll have to restart it when i'm back to check!

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On 3.3.2017 at 1:15 PM, MLGMelon said:

I believe it is still percentage, my mistake. I'll put in a feature request to the dev as i've emailed them a few times!

 

WIll get back to you on the other one i'm out atm and OSX is booted on my PC so i'll have to restart it when i'm back to check!

Checked mine, and i could control all fans. But not having temp based curve is big thing if this would be replacing Speedfan and GPUs own software. Like I have my GPU fan running at 30% speed while idle/low load. I don't hear it, but when it ramps for gaming load to 45%, I can hear it. Switching between the two would get annoying pretty quick. Same goes with CPU cooler and case fans. I did use OpenHardwareMonitor for a while with case fans. But since they are 3pin, options were full speed or half speed. Speedfan allows curve on 3pins too.

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