Fan controlling - need advice!

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So, I want the ability to practically put all my fans to silent/off with just the PSU ticking over as I want to remove the Blu Ray player and put a Blu Ray drive in the PC. But, it's just too noisy for quite film watching. It's just air rush noise.

I didn't know where to put the thread as it's CPU fan, case fans and POSSIBLY PSU fan if I decide to 'mod' it.

Can this be done by software? Fan controller?

I want nothing more than a 'off switch which sets all my fans to a dead silent profile with a 'boost' if the temps get too high if that makes sense? Is something like this possible?
 
Heard of a fan controller? Probably the easiest option, turn a few knobs (depending on controller) and you're done :)

Which CPU cooler do you have a stock one?
 
If you have PWM fans hooked up to PWM headers on your motherboard then yes you can control it via software. If you’re using standard 3 pin fans you’re better off using a fan controller to control speeds and noise.
 
dacads said:
Heard of a fan controller? Probably the easiest option, turn a few knobs (depending on controller) and you're done :)

Which CPU cooler do you have a stock one?
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The problem with the knobs, will there be some form of failsafe? If temps get too high will the fans actually kick in? Can you put in a custom fan curve?

As for the CPU fan, it's a Zalman CNPS9900, really pleased with it!
 
agnes said:
The problem with the knobs, will there be some form of failsafe? If temps get too high will the fans actually kick in? Can you put in a custom fan curve?

As for the CPU fan, it's a Zalman CNPS9900, really pleased with it!
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If you don't have PWM fans hooked up to 4 pin motherboard fan headers then you will need something like the Gelid SpeedTouch which can be setup to work automatically (can't vouch for the user friendless of the software though).
 
I think with speedfan software you can set custom fan curves but if I am right it depends on whether you have a 4 pin fan.

As for fan controllers the better ones come with software where you should be able to set custom curves
 
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