Ok, so I just fitted a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO to my machine.
I also bought a couple of extra fans for cooling.
My temperatures are now nice and cool, even at full load.
However, because I now have four fans in my case, things are a little more noisy than I'd like.
When I'm gaming, the noise isn't really an issue because I have my headset on, most of the time....but I'd like to be able to quieten things down when the cooling isn't really needed. Here is how I'm set up;
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Mainboard:- ASUS P8H61-M LE/USB3
The 'push' fan (120mm Coolermaster PWM fan that came with the cooler) on my heatsink is connected to the sole 4-pin CPU_FAN connection on my board. This is controlled by my ASUS FanXpert profile and responds to CPU temp. Currently idling at 600 RPM.
The 'pull' fan (120mm Gentle Typhoon 1850) on the heatsink is connected to the sole 3-pin CHA_FAN connection on my board, where my rear exhaust was plugged into previously. ASUS FanXpert can monitor this fan but doesn't allow me to set a profile for it and so it runs at a constant 1123 RPM.
A front intake fan (120mm Gentle Typhoon 1850) is connected via a Molex.
A rear exhaust fan (120mm 1300RPM Thermaltake that came with the Thermaltake Dokker case) which was previously plugged into the CHA_FAN connector, but is now connected via a Molex.
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Questions:
Do I have this set up in the most optimal way possible, given the current hardware?
If the answer is yes, is there a way I can control the CHA_FAN speed via software or BIOS? (I installed SpeedFan - it tells me that my CPU temp is 90c+, despite ASUS AI Suite II, FanXpert, CoreTemp and BIOS all telling me that it's ~26c - I uninstalled SpeedFan)
As a last resort, if I bought a manual fan controller;
A: Would I then be able to control all fans (excluding the CPU_FAN of course) with that?
B: Would the controller connect to the PSU using a single Molex and then the fans would connect to the controller via the 3-pin headers?
C: Which would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
I also bought a couple of extra fans for cooling.
My temperatures are now nice and cool, even at full load.
However, because I now have four fans in my case, things are a little more noisy than I'd like.
When I'm gaming, the noise isn't really an issue because I have my headset on, most of the time....but I'd like to be able to quieten things down when the cooling isn't really needed. Here is how I'm set up;
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Mainboard:- ASUS P8H61-M LE/USB3
The 'push' fan (120mm Coolermaster PWM fan that came with the cooler) on my heatsink is connected to the sole 4-pin CPU_FAN connection on my board. This is controlled by my ASUS FanXpert profile and responds to CPU temp. Currently idling at 600 RPM.
The 'pull' fan (120mm Gentle Typhoon 1850) on the heatsink is connected to the sole 3-pin CHA_FAN connection on my board, where my rear exhaust was plugged into previously. ASUS FanXpert can monitor this fan but doesn't allow me to set a profile for it and so it runs at a constant 1123 RPM.
A front intake fan (120mm Gentle Typhoon 1850) is connected via a Molex.
A rear exhaust fan (120mm 1300RPM Thermaltake that came with the Thermaltake Dokker case) which was previously plugged into the CHA_FAN connector, but is now connected via a Molex.
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Questions:
Do I have this set up in the most optimal way possible, given the current hardware?
If the answer is yes, is there a way I can control the CHA_FAN speed via software or BIOS? (I installed SpeedFan - it tells me that my CPU temp is 90c+, despite ASUS AI Suite II, FanXpert, CoreTemp and BIOS all telling me that it's ~26c - I uninstalled SpeedFan)
As a last resort, if I bought a manual fan controller;
A: Would I then be able to control all fans (excluding the CPU_FAN of course) with that?
B: Would the controller connect to the PSU using a single Molex and then the fans would connect to the controller via the 3-pin headers?
C: Which would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
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