Fan Control 175

” No third-party software, at all, as much as they might want to tout that they do, do not have this level of control. This is what happens when someone that sees a problem, is an enthusiast, and is a programmer, gets involved and says I’m gonna do something that nobody has been doing a way I feel they should do it, and they did it right in my opinion. “

Now I was curious, because with speedfan you can non-PWM fans can control PWM, but Fan Control doesn’t seem to support this (but if they do, I’d love to hear about it).

Why is that important? It’s not a deal breaker, but it is useful. PWM simply means that a fan can be controlled with pulses instead of a continuous signal. The advantage of this is that a normal fan only starts running when there is about 5 volts or more (so say at 40% of the maximum) and when controlling pulses you may be able to reduce this to <20%.

In practice, you would normally start a 2,500rpm fan at around 1,000rpm and with PWM already at 500rpm.
And 500rpm with 120mm fans is often the point where they are practically inaudible.
Then, if your 120mm fans are 2,500 or 3,000rpm, but are not PWM (4-pin) suitable, you can still control them with PWM and still get them really quiet.

And in that light, I find the quote a bit of a chest-thumping…

[Reactie gewijzigd door Nas T op 11 december 2023 16:49]