Cooler Settings

[Dojan5]

Hellou~!

So, I've decided to try my hands at building a computer, and I've run into a conundrum.

This is the first time I've ever tried building a computer, and I never figured that I'd get stuck at the fan settings.

 

My motherboard apparently has something called "Fan Xpert2" which seems to be a software based fan control, where I can set speeds and such manually, or let the motherboard tune the fans automatically.

 

On the other hand, my case has a fan controller built in as well. It's not software based, but is a simple voltage switch hidden by the front flap.

 

And then I (think) I have a third option, but this is the one I don't quite understand.

My PSU seems to have some kind of fan control built in, based on temperature or something, but I'm quite unsure how it operates.

 

Which would be the best alternative? How exactly does the PSU know what temperature my graphics card or my processor has?

I'm currently leaning towards connecting the fans straight to the motherboard and use the software based control, because I think the case voltage switch can be operated even without the software, for when I work in Linux and such.

 

Has anyone else had similar problems?

[WoodenMarker]

Motherboard is likely the best as you can set your own fan curves and such quite easily through some kind of mobo software.

[Dojan5]

Alright. I'll go with that.

Thank you! o(*⌒―⌒*)o

[WoodenMarker]

Alright. I'll go with that.

Thank you! o(*⌒―⌒*)o

Sure. Btw, you need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

[LogicalDrm]

Unless PSU has usb connection with mobo it won't get any really reliable information. What it most likely has is some thermal probes which aren't really best solution. If you have 2-3 fans only and want them to run all the time at same rpm, then use case controller. You won't be able to see their rpm but imo thats easiest solution. If you have several different fan doing different things and you want them to run different speed each or react on temp changes, then use mobo headers. Control can be done either with Asus software or Speedfan etc.

[mgsstar]

Fan Xpert 2 is a great program that allows you to set fan curves and you can run through "Fan Tuning" to get the software to recognize your fans' lowest rpm and adjust fan curves automatically according to profiles.