Asus Software or Fan Control Module

Nuluvius

Nuluvius

Nuluvius

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Hey,

Going to be using the Coolermaster HAF X v2, the Asus Sabertooth X79 motherboard and the H100 in push/pull. The fans are going to be maxed out:

HAF X
Top: x2 200mm Cooler Master Mega-Flow
Rear: x1 140mm Stock
Side: x1 200mm Stock
Front: x1 230mm Stock
Vga Funnel: x1 120mm - Cougar Vortex CF-V12HP
Vga Bracket: x1 80mm - Noctua NF-R8-PWM (maybe)

H100 (CPU_FAN header driven)
Top & Bottom of Rad: x4 120mm - Cougar Vortex CF-V12HP (H100 pump driven)

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Maybe some: Antec spot coolers.

Wondering if I should go with a fan control module or use the ASUS headers as there are some impressive reviews on their software (Fan Xpert 2). What do you think?
 
trickynickyuk said:
run your cpu fans from the board and i would get a fan controler
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Interesting, thanks for the reply.

I had thought about doing just that in the initial plan. There is quite a lot of fans in the build however and I could quite easily allow most of the internal fans to be driven by the board headers and still have 5 large fans running to the controller.

By internal fans I am referring to spot cooling fans such as the vga mounts and such.
 
I'd go for the software approach. The sabertooth apparently gives access to multiple temperature sensors, making automatic fan control far better than a manual solution.
 
sadbuttrue said:
I'd go for the software approach. The sabertooth apparently gives access to multiple temperature sensors, making automatic fan control far better than a manual solution.
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Thats just it, some of the reviews I have watched/read state that the Asus software implementation is superior to modules.

One draw back I can see immediately is temperature detection for things such as drives.

I guess that adds weight to a hybrid approach?
 
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