Fan speed confusion

[jon carter]

Hi I've downloaded asus 5 way optimization for my first build, i let it scan all my fans and it gave me 4 profiles to choose from, silent normal turbo and full power, I chose silent and the only fans running are on my front mounted cpu aio rads and I can hear the pump running, the silence is great but when gaming would I need to change the profile to full power or would the pc do that as necessary? I don't feel comfy gaming with almost no fans running, I've not oc'd anything yet

 

[jon carter]

My Specs are:
Corsair Spec 03 case
I7 7700K
Psu Corsair RMI 1000I
AIO Corsair H100I V2
Corsair Vengeange LPX 2X8GB 3200 HZ
ASUS STRIX Z270E Mobo
GTX 1080 Armor, thanks in advance

 

[mickyflinn]

The fans should ramp up as things heat up, go for it and play a game.

Monitor the temps.

 

[VKleita]

Silent mode basically allows higher temps to build before kicking the fans up, On a standard pc this might be Ok but be careful if your thinking of overclocking in future.


I no longer use this method but I used to set it to silent when browsing the web and then my own profile when going to game etc.

You can get the Asus utility to display a little menu that shows different profiles and just click the one you need.

These days I have a full Temp monitoring system that adjusts fans based on water temp which find more set it and forget it

 

[jon carter]

Thanks for the replies I played mortal kombat xl on max with a 1080 samsung tv for about 40 mins, fans were set to turbo which I found tolerable and the cpu was 30 degrees and Mobo 31 when I left the game, Vkleita I like the sound of set and forget, what is your temp monitoring system and is it easy enough for a newbie? I'm thinking of getting a fan controller with a screen to see live temps as i game

 

[EsaT]

Standard fan controllers can show only temperatures of their own sensors.
They can't show temperature of CPU or GPU.

Aquaero can use temperatures provided by software as base for its controls so likely can be configured to show for example CPU temperature.
Those just costs quite lot more than usual fan controllers.

 

[VKleita]

aquaero can use temperatures provided by software as base for its controls so likely can be configured to show for example cpu temperature.
those just costs quite lot more than usual fan controllers.

esat is indeed correct i own a:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua-computer-aquaero-6-xt-usb-fan-controller-bb-002-aq.html

With a : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua...-internal-external-thread-g1-4-wc-120-aq.html

Hooked in (As mine is a water cooled solution, you could have course use a temp sensor to monitor air temp)

This then controls the fans connected to the Aquaero.

Expensive but oh so lovely

 

[EsaT]

This then controls the fans connected to the Aquaero.

Expensive but oh so lovely

And running on its own dedicated hardware/microprosessor likely heck lot more reliable than just yet another checklist feature dropped onto mothetboard...
Or some software which can be broken any time by next update of Windows.

Couple weeks ago in Finnish forum one user met this kind problem IIRC in high end Asus motherboard:
Idea was to have speed of pump and radiator fans ramp up from set minimum after water temperature exceeds certain level.
Everything worked well when staying in Windows, but when in game speed is stuck to minimum.
Returning to Windows desktop and speeds ramp up correctly... back into game and they drop to minimum...


Should get myself Aquaero (+Seasonic Prime Titanium) in day or two to start studying it for having RELIABLE fan control for minimizing idle/low load noise.
Though not going to bother with softwares on background for CPU temperature.
Temperature sensor in base of heatsink should react fast enough to control CPU fan speed.
While case intake/exhaust fans can be controlled basing on air temperature at exhaust... or "virtual" sensor calculated from combination of multiple sensors...

 

[VKleita]

That has always been one of my concerns, At least with a third party monitoring I should at least get some clue when things are going wrong

 

[jon carter]

Ok so with a normal one i stick the sensors on or near hot spots in my case, its tells me the temps via its display and i can increase/decrease the speed of the case fans to control the temps in those areas?

The Aquaero is a standalone device which i plug all my case and aio fans into and via the temp of the liquid in the aio adjusts every single fan in unison to create a balanced and therefore quiet and accurate profile?

 

[mistersprinkles]

Thanks for the replies I played mortal kombat xl on max with a 1080 samsung tv for about 40 mins, fans were set to turbo which I found tolerable and the cpu was 30 degrees and Mobo 31 when I left the game, Vkleita I like the sound of set and forget, what is your temp monitoring system and is it easy enough for a newbie? I'm thinking of getting a fan controller with a screen to see live temps as i game

Or you can get HWMonitor for free and check the min/max after a gaming session. Or see live temps during.

 

[jon carter]

Thanks for the replies, hwmonitor looks good I'm using afterburner for temp readings right now, until I learn more about safe temps and fan curves I won't be doing much tinkering, as a new user I don't want to risk my rig until I know what I'm doing, choosing a fan profile that was set by software is a smidge loud but will do for now