Fan controller options?

[fizzy]

Hi All,

Over the weekend I've installed a water cooling setup, with gpu and cpu waterblocks and a 360 rad. Got a fan splitter cable for the rad fans, with pwm lead plugged into cpu fan connector. Pump pwm lead I've put into a chassis fan connector.

I'm able to change the pwm port in bios (X570 Taichi board) to pump mode, which then gives me either the option of full speed or based off cpu or motherboard temp.

What I'm aiming for is something allows me to have pump and fans running low on general desktop use, but sped up for gaming. Problem is setting pump to work off cpu temp causes it to ramp up and down a lot as the 3700x seems to fluctuate a lot by design. What I've done for now set all temp points to the same rpm % so pump stays constant.

For the fans, I've got them running off cpu temp - which obviously doesn't take any notice of GPU temps. Monitor shows GPU temps are pretty good/low anyway, but want something to speed up fans/pump when gpu gets hot.

Unfortunately when trying Speedfan and Argusmonitor, they don't seem to pick up the fan controllers on the x570 taichi. Been adjusting manually in the asrock software but it's pretty basic.

Is there anything around that allows :-

Support for the X570 chipset/Taichi board.
Fan/pump speed control off both gpu and cpu temp readings.
Dual or multiple profiles with easy selection.
Not a 5.25" bay device (obstructed by tall res in my 540 air case).
And as bonus, as I've connected up the RGB for the blocks, changing light colours on waterblocks based on temp?

Thanks.

 

[Bugbait]

Depends on your budget but an Aquaero 6 LT (PCB controller only, no LCD display) is about £90 on OCUK. Not the cheapest but very stable and doesn't rely on software always running on your OS to work and it's motherboard agnostic (re-use for future upgrades). Software is used to configure it and if you want a pretty dashboard but all the functions are handled directly from the unit itself. Most people with one of these base their pump and fan curves on the water temperature which is arguably better and certainly smoother than using CPU or GPU temps. However, it can read most/all the sensor settings from AIDA or HW Info if needed. With an add on board like the Farbwerk you can link your LEDs to any of the sensors as well.

My case LEDs change colour gradually from blue to red depending on the average case temperature (based on 4 sensors). I have separate pump and fan curves based on the average water temperature (2 sensors). The Reservoir LEDs are linked to pump speed so I get an instant visual indicator of the pump setting based on colour.

So based on your requirements:

• Support for the X570 chipset/Taichi board: CHECK - Hardware agnostic
• Fan/pump speed control off both gpu and cpu temp readings: CHECK - From AIDA or HW Info (others possibly supported but I've not tried personally). However, I recommend basing it off water temperature.
• Dual or multiple profiles with easy selection: CHECK - Supports 4 profiles and they can be imported and exported from XML.
• Not a 5.25" bay device (obstructed by tall res in my 540 air case): CHECK - LT or Lite version is a PCB board that can be mounted, taped, suspended somewhere as needed.
• And as bonus, as I've connected up the RGB for the blocks, changing light colours on waterblocks based on temp?: CHECK - Only if you get a Farbwerk add on. The one listed on OCUK seems to be the older model though.

The Farbwerk can run standalone via USB or slaved to the Aquaero 6 LT. I slaved mine to reduce internal USB ports needed.

 

[fizzy]

Thanks, I'll look into that. I take it for water temp I'll need to install a sensor somewhere? Hopefully without having to drain my system already. I could probably do with fitting a convenient drain point.

I have spotted that EKWB do an internal controller too - although that seems to have D-RGB connections for lights, not plain RGB. Think it runs mostly off software though.

 

[Bugbait]

Thanks, I'll look into that. I take it for water temp I'll need to install a sensor somewhere? Hopefully without having to drain my system already. I could probably do with fitting a convenient drain point.

Yeah, need a water temperature sensor but they're pretty cheap and lots of places you can fit them.

I have spotted that EKWB do an internal controller too - although that seems to have D-RGB connections for lights, not plain RGB. Think it runs mostly off software though.

It's software based and from what I've read on these forums, can be somewhat buggy.