Recent content by hwc1954

The Noctua NH-U9S will fit. It's the same thing as the U12S. but with a 92mm PWM fan instead of a 120mm fan. Same size fan as the Arctic 7 but a better cooler. The NH-U9S only requires 125mm of height. So, it will fit with 25mm+ to spare.

Yes, running two conventional case fans from one fan channel of a fan controller should be OK as long as you don't exceed the rated amperage/wattage of the fan controller.

There aren't many case fans that will even spin at 2800 rpm. Some very high speed 80 mm or 92 mm fans, but those are mostly used for CPU coolers. Where is this 2800 rpm fan?

I would say the best perceived performance boost for the buck is an SSD boot drive. Windows and apps load so much faster.

It's the custom page I set up in the AquaSuite software that comes with the ridiculously powerful Aquaero fan controller. You can display anything from temps to fan speeds to fan control curves to pumps, etc. Anything that can be display in HW Monitor or collected by the sensors connected to the...

Thanks for the tip. I am, apparently, too stupid to follow a one-page Phantek manual. :) Why would I waste $20 on a Phantek hub to use use it as a passive splitter on a 3-pin header? I bought it because Phanteks adverstises it as controlling 3-pin fans from a PWM signal. Since it does not...

You keep trying, but I already know all that. I studied the phantek extensively before I bought it and even more extensively trying to get the damn thing to work. Nope. The Noctua 2-way 4-pin splitters are properly wired. They only return a RPM/TACH lead from one side. The 3rd pin is missing...

BTW, the review you linked is a review of the disconintued Phantek Fan Hub, not the current model, the Phantek Fan Hub 2. Note that the reviewer doesn't not say how fast his fans turned or the voltage at any setting above 10% PWM signal. I'm not sure why he would even test at 10% since the Intel...

It's pretty easy to test for a true PWM header. Hook up a 4-pin PWM fan, adjust the fan temp speed profile to run the fan at low speed. Remove the PWM wire. If it's a true PWM header, the fan will speed up to 100%, just as the Intel PWM spec mandates. Both of the motherboards I used have true...

I would say that fan noise is still an issue. The most effective solution is automatic temperature speed control that slows down all the fans in the system is under light load and increases the fan speeds under heavy load/heat conditions. Trying to run fans at a fixed speed is at best a...

So you aren't using the Phantek hub as intended? You are hooking it up to voltage controlled headers and using it as a dumb splitter? With Fan Xpert you don't even need something like the Phantek. I did hook it up to a true PWM CPU header, on two different MBs. Did not control fan speeds of...

I tried two Phantek hubs. Neither worked as advertised. As reviews have shown, the range of control over the fans connected to them is miniscule. For all intents and purposes, the Phantek hub is just a 3-pin splitter. Piece of junk, IMO...

2-pin and 3-pin fans can only be speed controlled by varying the voltage to the fan. 4-pin PWM fans are speed controlled by a special PWM control wire (the 4th pin) that tells circuitry in the fan how fast to turn.

One of four possibilities come to mind: 1) Didn't get good application of the thermal paste when you installed the cooler. 2) CPU voltage and/or overclock settings are resulting in very high heat. 3) Poor airflow out of the case, insufficient exhaust 4) Did not get the fan speed/temperature...