alternatives to speedfan?

NoNameNoNumber · 20 Feb 2010 at 17:03

is there any software that will allow me to control all of my fans other than speedfan? speed fan shows me what rpm they are doing but wont let me adjust them.
they are pwm fans btw
cheers

Crowort · 20 Feb 2010 at 17:16

For me to be able to use fan speed to control my pwm fans I have to;

configure > advanced > chip (select IT8720f at $290 on ISA, I think this depends on mobo) > set pwm mode too software controlled.

NoNameNoNumber · 20 Feb 2010 at 17:42

ooo it works now, thanks

Crowort · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:39

No problem, glad I could help.

IdleIda · 12 Aug 2010 at 23:51

Try Argus Monitor. I can control the fans on two of my three PCs with it just fine (one has a ITE8718 and one a ITE8720F SuperIO chip). It's also much more intuitive than SpeedFan (IMHO) -- and it looks MUCH better.

-=Vect0r=- · 13 Aug 2010 at 13:00

Looks nice, not free though. Welcome to the forums btw!

NoNameNoNumber · 6 Nov 2013 at 13:51

Can you only be able to control SYS_FAN or should I be able to control PWR_FAN too from Speedfan?

Tealc · 6 Nov 2013 at 15:16

NoNameNoNumber said:
Can you only be able to control SYS_FAN or should I be able to control PWR_FAN too from Speedfan?

That does depend on whether your motherboard has implemented any control on that particular header. PWM_FAN is normally a straight non controllable 12v header but can vary I suppose.

NoNameNoNumber · 6 Nov 2013 at 16:26

I'm pretty sure it's PWR_FAN, I guess that makes no difference.

Floppy · 9 Feb 2014 at 15:18

IdleIda said:
Try Argus Monitor. I can control the fans on two of my three PCs with it just fine (one has a ITE8718 and one a ITE8720F SuperIO chip). It's also much more intuitive than SpeedFan (IMHO) -- and it looks MUCH better.

From what I can see in the screenshots and text, it can adjust GPU fan automatically, monitor all system temps, and you can set CPU fan to a fixed value manually. But can it automatically adjust the CPU (and system) fan speed depending on temperature? Doesn't look like that. And that's what this thread is originally about right?

setter · 9 Feb 2014 at 16:55

I used to use ai suite 3 in my board in sig, but the fans wouldn't ramp up properly. Reverted to just using the profiles in bios, fan speed rises/falls according to temp much better now.

Floppy · 10 Feb 2014 at 22:03

Yes using BIOS is good provided the fan is silent enough then. But most BIOSes I know run the fans at unnecessarily high speed, and constantly varying the speed in a very annoying manner. That's where SpeedFan is better. If it works for your board and is stable. And it can also monitor disk drives and other things that the BIOS can't see.

I googled alternatives to SpeedFan and found several suggestions and lists, the best ones of which were these at techscout, alternativeto.net and raymond.cc, but AFAIKT most of them only do monitoring, no control. The only exception seems to be this called T1000TempReg which only works for Asrock MBs and isn't free but they have a trial version. Would have tried it if my MB was Asrock.