HW controller for GPU fan

erixal

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Oct 10, 2013
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Hello everyone,
I'd like to know if there's a device to manually control the fans of my new Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II. Being a complete idiot, I put the wrong fan cable into the graphics card slot (there were 2, three-pin and four-pin, I put the three-pin cable in the four-pin slot) and got a nice yellow flame.

Luckily enough, I harmed only a hard disk (don't know how) and the fan slot on the card, which apart from this is now working very fine.

So I now have attached the fans to the PSU with an adapter, the thing is: I connected them to the 7v output, because 12v was a little too noisy. With maximum load on my GPU I only get 79-78 degrees (which is still a little bit better than what I had with the stock cooler).

I would like to know if it's possible to dynamically control the fans speed, either manually with a knob or via some kind of software. I've looked around a bit but it seems that every fan regulator is designed for "case type" fans, while the GPU cooler has a different, smaller plug.

I hope that I was clear. TIA for all the help.
 

erixal

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Oct 10, 2013
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Sorry Dylzan, but you probably didn't read my post at all.
I cannot use just a software, since the fans are now directly connected to the PSU. Otherwise I wouldn't even be asking :)
 

erixal

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Oct 10, 2013
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I fixed it :D

Went on modDIY (after MUCH research!), bought a "Mini 4-Pin GPU to 4-Pin Fan Adapter", now the GPU fan is attached to the CASE_FAN.

With speedfan I set up an advanced fan control profile, linking CASE_FAN speed to GPU temperature. Now max temp never goes above 71 degrees C (without the fan even going at full speed) and the system is really silent!

Yay!