tuggernuts
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- Jul 14, 2016
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What is the best way to take control of my fans?
My motherboard - an Asrock z97 Extreme6 that is otherwise great - has serious issues with fan control. I can't seem to get any board-powered fans to run at anything less than 100%, and even if that worked the Asrock software is difficult to live with and I have more fans than headers. The mobo limitation hasn't been an issue in the past as I just had case fans hooked up to my Define R5's fan hub, but I have since added some radiators to the system and I'd like to pursue silence as best I can.
I'd like to know what my options might be - hardware or software - for taking control of the fans. I want to maximize the control I have over each fan curve, so hardware-based solutions with simple positional switches or dials aren't of use. My first thought would be to just head to Microcenter and buy an Asus board, but I'd rather avoid the hassle and there are some things I would miss about the Asrock.
My motherboard - an Asrock z97 Extreme6 that is otherwise great - has serious issues with fan control. I can't seem to get any board-powered fans to run at anything less than 100%, and even if that worked the Asrock software is difficult to live with and I have more fans than headers. The mobo limitation hasn't been an issue in the past as I just had case fans hooked up to my Define R5's fan hub, but I have since added some radiators to the system and I'd like to pursue silence as best I can.
I'd like to know what my options might be - hardware or software - for taking control of the fans. I want to maximize the control I have over each fan curve, so hardware-based solutions with simple positional switches or dials aren't of use. My first thought would be to just head to Microcenter and buy an Asus board, but I'd rather avoid the hassle and there are some things I would miss about the Asrock.