A question about DFI motherboards and fans...

Xylo

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Short version:
What sort of fan control capabilities do DFI boards have (in software, I guess)?

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Long version:
I'm going to be buying a new case, and I'm considering the Silvestone TJ05. It has the option for a built in "fan controller". Before I make the decision on whether or not to get it with the extra option, I want to know what capabilities fan-wise the DFI LANPARTY nF4 Ultra-D I've ordered is going to have.

I know there's 5 fan ports on the board...but only 3 have speed monitoring capabilities?

Also, what heat monitoring capabilities does the board of (of the crappy internal sensor variety)?

Accordingly, does the DFI have any software to adjust fan speed based off of any sort of temperature settings or similar? If not, how do programs such as SpeedFan (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) fare?


One final question: does anyone know the voltage limits on the fan ports on the board? (If I wanted to splice two fans into one of the adapters, would it be able to handle that, or no?)



Thanks for any help!...
Xylo

(P.S., I did look at the "manual" but very little information is offered.)
 
it seems to me that only 3 show up in the hardware monitoring software: CPU fan, PWMIC fan, Chipset fan.

It has 3 temperature sensors seemingly for those 3 locations.

you can adjust the fan speed of those 3 listed fans depending their respective temperature reading using the default motherboard software.

I dont know the voltage limits (you mean current, i assume?), but i know that you could safely run 2 fans. (5 ports => 10 fans... more than enough)
 
speedfan in my experience works VERY well for adjusting fan speeds, different mobo albeit but it works VERY nicely
 
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