Alternatives to Speedfan

[ringmany]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for either:

A) An alternative to Speedfan for my new motherboard / CPU
B) A new motherboard that is compatible with Speedfan

My current PC specs are:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cDHnTB

I was previously using the following:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4BnNnH

I used Speedfan and it was brilliant. I had all my case fans turned off, then only at 10% speed when the CPU went above 50 degrees, then slowly increased. At the moment, all my fans feel like they're on 100% as my current hardware isn't compatible with Speedfan. It isnt' detect the fans or the CPU. Despite my CPU temps showing in the BIOS and software such as HWMonitor.

Spoiler

It looks like Speedfan hasn't been updated in a while:

http://www.almico.com/sfhistory.php

I have my fans configured in the BIOS to run silent and only increase when the CPU is over 50 degrees, but all the fans are still on at least 40% which is incredibly loud for 5 fans. Even on the lowest setting, there isn't a way to have the fans turned off completely. I want it to be silent like before.

Looking into CAM, HWMonitor, none of these all my to control my fan speed, especially with as much power as before. Checking on the forums, seems a lot of people with Ryzen CPU and motherboards aren't able to support list. List of compatible MB here:

http://www.almico.com/forummotherboards.php?man=254

I can't seem to find my old intel MB chipset on there, which is strange as it used to work:

CHIPSET
Intel Z97

I've found a new people on forums recommending this MB:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qMdFf7/asus-prime-x370-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-prime-x370-pro

But I can't see the Chipset on the official supported hardware page either.

Does anyone have any recommendations for either an alternative to speedfan to control my CPU fan speed depending on my hardware specs. Or a new motherboard that will support Speedfan that is fairly new and supports my hardware provided in my first link.

Cheers.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Why is your 960 listed as a SCSI drive in speedfan , what does it say in your Device manager?

 

[ringmany]

Why is your 960 listed as a SCSI drive in speedfan , what does it say in your Device manager?

Hi,

Cheers for the reply. Uncertain in all honesty. This is my first MK 2.0 SSD. I booted my PC with only the new SSD equiped, installed Windows, then configured it to be the primary boot device. My PC was set to use the 840 EV SSD previously.

Settings here:

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Let me know if you need any other details.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Looks fine , just seemed odd, must be speedfan issue picking the 960 up like that.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Did you install the Chipset for the new AMD board?

 

[ringmany]

Did you install the Chipset for the new AMD board?

I installed the latest Chipset drivers for the Asus MB here:

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/

I also downloaded the AMD CPU Chipset drivers here:

https://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064

No luck. Still won't pickup the CPU in Speedfan.

 

[geofelt]

I never liked constantly changing fan noises.
Let me offer another approach:
Your case allows three front 140mm front intakes.
140mm fans push more air at lower rpm(and noise) than 120mm fans.
If you replaced the front intakes with 140mm fans, you could run then at a constant low rpm that is all but inaudible.
You would need at most, a single 120mm exhaust fan at the rear to direct airflow.

 

[ringmany]

I never liked constantly changing fan noises.
Let me offer another approach:
Your case allows three front 140mm front intakes.
140mm fans push more air at lower rpm(and noise) than 120mm fans.
If you replaced the front intakes with 140mm fans, you could run then at a constant low rpm that is all but inaudible.
You would need at most, a single 120mm exhaust fan at the rear to direct airflow.

Hi,

Cheers for the suggestion. At the moment, my PC currently have 3 fans installed. 2 120mm at the front, and a 140mm at the back. Normally there's an extra 2 120mm on the top for my radiator, but my CPU cooler is being replaced so I'm using the stock CPU fan until.

The PC is pretty noisy right now, even with 3 fans. So having 5 in total is going to be worse once my new cooler is installed. Even the 140mm by itself generators a fair amount of noise. I've configured the BIOS to use the lowest level possible and it's still too loud. So ideally, I'd much prefer to get Speedfan working or an alternative software to allow me to manually configure the speeds for certain temps, (I don't mind the extra work) instead of trying to configure the hardware and having all fans turned on constantly.

 

[geofelt]

If you are interested in quiet computing, go to
www.silentpcreview.com for good info.
140mm fans should be all but inaudible at 900 rpm.

 

[ringmany]

If you are interested in quiet computing, go to
www.silentpcreview.com for good info.
140mm fans should be all but inaudible at 900 rpm.

I've had a quick browse through the site linked. Doesn't seem to be a whole lot to help my situation. A large majority of those articles are fairly old, ranging between 2008-2013 too.

The website seems to be leaning towards PC builds for quieter PC's via hardware. But again, a lot of the articles for CPU and motherboards are kinda old.

Going back to my initial question, I want all my PC fans to be turned off unless my CPU reaches a certain temp. Therefore, I either need a new, modern motherboard that supports Speedfan, or an alternative software which supports this feature.

Using a sound meter, my PC is currently 50 dB, which is kinda loud and that's only with 3 fans with the Corsair quiet edition and using the quiet setting in my BIOS.

 

[Sedivy]

You have an asus board. In bios you should be able to get into qfan and adjsut rpm/temp curves for each fan, set source and dc vs pwm. You don't need software for any of this but asus also gives AI Suite on some boards, and yours is pretty new and high end. And checking...yeah here it is, AI Suite 3 under Utilities:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/
so you can also fiddle with the profiles from within windows, just like with speedfan.
Keep in mind that I don't think any of these utilities for any boards have quite the range speedfan used to have in terms of versatility, but they'll do the basic temp curves just fine.

 

[ringmany]

You have an asus board. In bios you should be able to get into qfan and adjsut rpm/temp curves for each fan, set source and dc vs pwm. You don't need software for any of this but asus also gives AI Suite on some boards, and yours is pretty new and high end. And checking...yeah here it is, AI Suite 3 under Utilities:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/
so you can also fiddle with the profiles from within windows, just like with speedfan.
Keep in mind that I don't think any of these utilities for any boards have quite the range speedfan used to have in terms of versatility, but they'll do the basic temp curves just fine.

I'll have a look into the software. I tried installing it yesterday but didn't have much luck. I'll investigate further. Thanks.

Photos showing my BIOS settings if it helps:

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[Sedivy]

Yeah you have it in bios. I see you already selected manual in Q-Fan. You click on each fan on that q fan control view that you posted last, select whether it's dc or pwm and adjust the temp/rpm curve. Currently selected is cpu which is always by defualt pwm. Chassis fans are usually by default dc, but check what fans you have for that and select accordingly (if it's this one http://www.corsair.com/en-us/air-series-sp120-quiet-edition-high-static-pressure-120mm-fan looks like dc). Then drag manually the circles in that rpm/temp curve (in yellow) that you see shown. Hit apply, repeat for each fan. On the bottom of the graph is the cpu temp and the vertical is % fan speed. If you want them off at certain temps, just drag the points all the way down to 0% speed. Although...this shouldn't be necessary. Below 600, you shouldn't be hearing them really, other than the whoosh of air that you can't really get rid of.