Help with Fan controller

[spot516]

Hey All looking for some help . i recently installed a lamptron fc6 fan controller i hooked it up with 2 120mm sp120 corair fans for the liquid cooler's radiator i have the channels maxed out which is suppose to be 20V per channel running currently at 1240RPM which my idea was to try to cool down my cpu a little more which on idle is is at 40 degrees but has made no difference . the fans are running just as quick as they were on the motherboard . so am i just being silly in thinking it could perform better when really it cant ..

Any help will be much appreciated

 

[getochkn]

Thermal paste applied too thick? bad case air flow? heatsink not screwed in tight?

Don't laugh at the questions above, I just put a water cooler in my system, too much thermal paste the first time. Second time, the way the brackets are, I have to get all 4 screws loosely in first then tighter and forgot to tighten them, thing was barely on. lol.

Also, what header is your pump plugged into? That one should be running at full tilt all the time, not the fans. My fans barely run at idle for 30c and my core temp only gets up to like 45c under prime loads. And that's overclocked 1.1ghz too.

 

[C12Friedman]

...my idea was to try to cool down my cpu a little more which on idle is is at 40 degrees but has made no difference . the fans are running just as quick as they were on the motherboard . so am i just being silly in thinking it could perform better when really it cant ..

Yes, in that the fan has a limited RPM which won't be exceeded without increasing voltage (not easily done and adds much heat and wear to the fan motor - not suggested) regardless of what source of control used for it.

I hope you mean 12v at 20W per channel.

I'll suggest turning up your pump speed to lower your temps some if possible

 

[spot516]

Thanks for the replies . the thermal paste was on standard i have the Corsair Hydro H55 but replaced the fans to 2x120mm sp120 high pressure fans, currently sat on the browser typing this i'm on 57.1 degrees according to my lampton controller , if anything i think i may have to little paste on the cpu as i remember when hooking it up it didnt look like much on there

 

[getochkn]

how is the pump hooked up? is it running at a full 12v? the type of thermal paste doesn't matter as much as the application of it.

 

[spot516]

Its hooked up to the cpu 3pin on the motherboard

 

[getochkn]

and is the bios set to run that on full, with no slowing down?

 

[spot516]

i assume so i took a look and didnt have many options . and says its on 12v

 

[getochkn]

your motherboard fan connector that you are using can supply anywhere from 5v to 12v for a 3 pin connection to control the speed of a fan. the pump should run at 12v, or full speed all the time to keep liquid pumping the fastest through the rad.


You could look in your bios for the fan settings or hook the pump up to your fan controller and turn that channel on full.

those temps are two high, if you fans are good, liquid cooling, it's either pump not running at full speed or too much thermal paste.

 

[spot516]

your motherboard fan connector that you are using can supply anywhere from 5v to 12v for a 3 pin connection to control the speed of a fan. the pump should run at 12v, or full speed all the time to keep liquid pumping the fastest through the rad.


You could look in your bios for the fan settings or hook the pump up to your fan controller and turn that channel on full.

those temps are two high, if you fans are good, liquid cooling, it's either pump not running at full speed or too much thermal paste.

i have installed AI Suite and the Q-fan setting i have set to turbo , and the pump is running at 1500rmp give or take

 

[getochkn]

set it to disabled, so the pump runs at 100% all the time and maybe redo your thermal paste. Like I said, I've just went through this, and I've done thermal 1000 times on systems over my years, and still did too much on my own personal $1300 system. Dropped 10c just by redoing that.

 

[spot516]

Thanks buddy i will give it ago !!