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Update 21st March 2022 : Special First Day of Spring : "Fan Control" software
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Today's I would like to share my positive experience while using "Fan Control" from Remi Mercier (another French guy!).
As you may have noticed I'm very concerned with fan speed management, putting a lot of efforts/trials in it.
I've tested Motherboard, dedicated internal usb boxes (Corsair Commander, NZXT)...and I must admit : most solutions were plagued by bad software (crown of worst software to NZXT CAM..
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Honorable mention for "Speedfan", pretty efficient, but very limited on current hardware compatibility. (works great on my Z97 ITX board)
Recently, thanks to Asus latest bios releases, I went back to 100% bios solution.
I must admit that Bios fan control with thermal sensor put on GPU backplate remains the pinnacle solution for me : works everytime, reactive, effective semi fanless, software bug free..
However on latest Z690 Motherboard, those thermal sensor pins were removed from ITX MB but also on most bigger motherboards (all brands!).
That's such a pity!
Hopefully, "Fan Control" represents a new hope!
https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases
You can setup an important diversity of fan curves, merged some of them for fan with mix CPU/GPU loads.
It took me 10min to setup fan curve...pretty intuitive.
One major point is that you can leave free some fans that could be better handled by other software (ie RTX 3090 FE Fans by MSI afterburner)
At the end here is result :
- "Fan Control" is managing all fans connected to my motherboard :
- CPU fan speed is following CPU/GPU temperature (dual purpose fan : cool CPU & exhaust GPU hot air)
- Keep bottom intake fans (mostly used for GPU) at 0% in case GPU load remains low
- MSI Afterburner is managing RTX 3090 FE using "firmware mode", to make 0 rpm mode possible
Final result is impressive as in low load, only 3 fans are spinning at low speed (CPU, top, rear), while 5 fans are stopped (2 bottoms, 2 GPU, PSU).
"Fan control" remains fast to load & well optimised...very good software I would say. (way faster than speedfan for example)
Let's see how "Fan Control" will be maintained by community, but in current state, it is a "must try"!