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- Jul 14, 2003
Hi all. So ive got my AIO cooler set up, a Deepcool Captain 240ex. Im unsure of how to run the fans, however. They are Deepcool TF120 fans like these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835856050
The setup came with a PWM hub that has spots for 4 fans off 1 pwm header. I was only planning on running two fans but even then, i had some people advise me against running more than one fan off of one header so did not use it. Instead, i plugged one of the fans into the pwm header next to the CPU PWM header on my board, and the fan into the "rear fan" PWM header. I downloaded speedfan and configured both fans to crank up automatically (controlled by speedfan) based on a fan curve i made. Problem i have is that i can be sitting idle, or web browsing, or doing rather non-intensive stuff but quick spikes in CPU usage causes temps to jump slightly which tells speedfans to pulse the fans up....at which point they quickly slow back down. Then pulse back up. Then slow back down....you get the point. I dont like this behavior. If i run my games without speedfan running, the CPU gets too hot. It isn't telling the fans to spin fast enough, so i sorta need something like speedfan to ensure i get everything out of these. The AIO pump is plugged into the CPU pwm header fyi.
This is the deepcool fan hub: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6J32WP1382
Here is my fan curve setup. I have it like this for both fans so they match.
Does anyone have any advice on how to configure this better? Or if using the non-powered fan hub is safe and a better route to go? I tried using the built in powered fanhub/controller on my dukase v2 case, but its some sort of voltage control and the fans simply turn off at medium and low. Only run at max power on the high setting (all other fans connected to it work fine on this controller, just not the tf120s).
Thanks in advance!
The setup came with a PWM hub that has spots for 4 fans off 1 pwm header. I was only planning on running two fans but even then, i had some people advise me against running more than one fan off of one header so did not use it. Instead, i plugged one of the fans into the pwm header next to the CPU PWM header on my board, and the fan into the "rear fan" PWM header. I downloaded speedfan and configured both fans to crank up automatically (controlled by speedfan) based on a fan curve i made. Problem i have is that i can be sitting idle, or web browsing, or doing rather non-intensive stuff but quick spikes in CPU usage causes temps to jump slightly which tells speedfans to pulse the fans up....at which point they quickly slow back down. Then pulse back up. Then slow back down....you get the point. I dont like this behavior. If i run my games without speedfan running, the CPU gets too hot. It isn't telling the fans to spin fast enough, so i sorta need something like speedfan to ensure i get everything out of these. The AIO pump is plugged into the CPU pwm header fyi.
This is the deepcool fan hub: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6J32WP1382
Here is my fan curve setup. I have it like this for both fans so they match.
Does anyone have any advice on how to configure this better? Or if using the non-powered fan hub is safe and a better route to go? I tried using the built in powered fanhub/controller on my dukase v2 case, but its some sort of voltage control and the fans simply turn off at medium and low. Only run at max power on the high setting (all other fans connected to it work fine on this controller, just not the tf120s).
Thanks in advance!