I have a 680i and a Tuniq HSF. I dont remember what voltage is at for the HSF, but I cant change the voltage with any of the programs Ive downloaded. Am I doing something wrong? I know it comes with a controller, but Id like to keep misc stuff out of my case. Right now it is just hooked up to my mobo at the HSF port.
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Fan control 680i
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That tunic. Does that fan has 3 or 4 wires. I have the Asus Striker 680i and for the cpu I need a 4 wire fan with PWM. A 3 wire won't work as I have tested already because my Zalman has only 3 wires.
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That tunic. Does that fan has 3 or 4 wires. I have the Asus Striker 680i and for the cpu I need a 4 wire fan with PWM. A 3 wire won't work as I have tested already because my Zalman has only 3 wires.
you are correct you need a 4 wire fan you can only control the fan from the bios
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What HSFs come with 4-pin wires which allow you to control their fan speed from the BIOS?
The stock Intel HSF is 4 wire,the Articcooling Freezer 7 Pro is a 4 wire HSF. These allow Q Fan to be enabled in the bios, or what ever the MB manufacturer calls their version.
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Thank you, magoo! Do you know if the Scythe Infinity, Tuniq Tower 120 or Thermaltake Ultra 120 have the 4-pin wire?
I'm not sure about those others......you need to look for two things......if the fan is PMW capable (4 wire), and especially is Intel compatable (thats kind of a guess....but I've never seen this PMW on any of my AMD motherboards.)
Also you could contact FrozenCpu or PerformancePcs when considering a HSF combination and ask them.....both are very helpful.
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All of those can use any fan, several ( I think you mean thermalright not Thermaltake, but no matter) do not come with fans. If they do come with a fan I doubt (too lazy to look http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2943 ) they are pwm controlled as these are OCing heatsinks. The big Zalman CNPS9700 NT has a pwm fan, http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1165760
here is a source of pwm fans.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g36/c15/s69/list/p1/Fans-Case_Fans-PWM_Fans-Page1.html
good deal on a 92mm x 38 pwm fan
http://www.nexfan.com/92x92x32mm-ec9232m12bp.html
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Thank you! I had a feeling the Ultra wasn't made by Thermaltake..
So, when overclocking, is the general consensus that one should just set the fan speed at 100% (or whatever), instead of having it varied? Without the 4th wire, is it not possible to change the fan speed, does it just run at 100%?
well, some bios have the ability to control the CPU fan speed based on CPU heat production, not the pwm deal. But if you OC it would be a good idea to ask your HSF to run at 100% especially in heavy 3d applications.Thank you! I had a feeling the Ultra wasn't made by Thermaltake..
So, when overclocking, is the general consensus that one should just set the fan speed at 100% (or whatever), instead of having it varied? Without the 4th wire, is it not possible to change the fan speed, does it just run at 100%?