New machine, help please!

[PieGuY]

So I just built a new machine, and it has been a while, a few things have changed since the last one...

Anyways, I purchased a Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000 case and a MSI K8N Neo mobo (not platnum, just the base one, nforce3 250). The two large fans on the case, one intake and one exhaust, have been cranking away the whole time I've had my new system on. I thought the speed of these fans would be adjusted or something... because this case is pretty loud. I plugged the fans into the motherboard as well. Is there any utility I need to install that will handle the fan speed, or should the motherboard be doing this? Is there any utility better than the annoying one that comes with the MSI board? Thanks!

 

[Mr5oh]

Generally only the CPU fan speed can be controlled by the motherboard. Case fans normally run at full speed all the time.

You have a couple of option to quiet down. First sometimes sound absorbtion mat can help a little. Also quieter fans would help a lot. And finally you can reduce the voltage to your fans. You can find a fan controller, or even a resistor on the positive fan wire, you reduce the voltage.

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[PieGuY]

cool, thanks for the info. but if the motherboard doesn't control the fan speeds, then why do they even plug into it in the first place? or are those plugs for jacking into a fan controller?

 

[Worf101]

So it can monitor their RPM's. My ASUS board has a utility called "Asusprobe" with it I monitor CPU heat, Voltage, fan RPM for everything plugged into the MoBo. It allows me to watch fan speed in realtime, it also have RPM thresholds. If fan RPM's drop below this set threshold, alarms go off and I know to shut her down lest she overheat. That's why your fans are plugged into the board. Also the Mobo provides power for at least one case fan and the CPU Fan.

My board monitors cpu fan rpms, one case fan and the PSU fan. Two of the three are MoBo ajustable and reduce in noise and speed as the CPU cools.

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[pickxx]

I thought that said "analprobe"

lol, just woke up...

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