Asrock - no ‘step up / down’ function?

[Nitefly]

Hi there - toying with getting a new motherboard and also tempted with one of those big fat Noctua cpu fans to just mix it up.

I currently use an AIO cooler which ramps based on liquid temps. So, slowly!

When using the motherboard and setting the Noctua heatsink fans for temps, I’d be conscious of it ramping up all the time in line with the CPU temps spiking, which would be really annoying.

I’m pretty sure you can get around this in the BIOS with a ‘step up / step down’ function, giving the fan some tolerance before it reacts to a change in CPU temps.

… but the Asrock motherboard I have doesn’t seem to have this function (B550) which seems ridiculous. In fact, not even the 670 series motherboards seem to have it from a look at their manuals.

That can’t be right, surely? Google just gives a total load of crap when searching for this answer so sorry for the potentially silly question.

Thanks.

 

[Tetras]

How much can you do to customise the fan curve in the BIOS?

You could make it so that the realistic temperature under single core boost is underneath the ramp up (just a slow curve, up to say... 60 degrees), then when the temperature reflects gaming or multithreaded load (e.g. 70-80?) have a more dramatic curve.

 

[Nitefly]

How much can you do to customise the fan curve in the BIOS?

You could make it so that the realistic temperature under single core boost is underneath the ramp up (just a slow curve, up to say... 60 degrees), then when the temperature reflects gaming or multithreaded load (e.g. 70-80?) have a more dramatic curve.

Thanks for the reply. You can set I think 5 different speeds for temps so yes, setting a more dramatic curve as things get toasty is possibly a good idea.

I’m just surprised that it doesn’t have this function…! Maybe you can do it in SpeedFan…

 

[Tetras]

Thanks for the reply. You can set I think 5 different speeds for temps so yes, setting a more dramatic curve as things get toasty is possibly a good idea.

I’m just surprised that it doesn’t have this function…! Maybe you can do it in SpeedFan…

Yeah, it would be nice to see, I had a look in the manual for a B550 board and I couldn't see it mentioned either. Though, realistically, if you got a large air cooler like a peerless assassin (or Noctua equivalent) I suspect most CPUs wouldn't trouble them enough to cause a dramatic increase in noise/temperature when you're just on the desktop, though perhaps someone who owns one with e.g. a 7900/7950 can verify that.

 

[Firegod]

Hi there - toying with getting a new motherboard and also tempted with one of those big fat Noctua cpu fans to just mix it up.

I currently use an AIO cooler which ramps based on liquid temps. So, slowly!

When using the motherboard and setting the Noctua heatsink fans for temps, I’d be conscious of it ramping up all the time in line with the CPU temps spiking, which would be really annoying.

I’m pretty sure you can get around this in the BIOS with a ‘step up / step down’ function, giving the fan some tolerance before it reacts to a change in CPU temps.

… but the Asrock motherboard I have doesn’t seem to have this function (B550) which seems ridiculous. In fact, not even the 670 series motherboards seem to have it from a look at their manuals.

That can’t be right, surely? Google just gives a total load of crap when searching for this answer so sorry for the potentially silly question.

Thanks.

I have the options in the bios. But I use fan control in windows - after seeing jayztwocents video on it. The fan software overrides bios settings and it's really good.