[Decious]

Recently picked up an Aero Touch-1000 fan controller cheap to reduce fan noise.

I noticed that one of the fan inputs to the controller is for the CPU, which in turn has a 3-pin female that goes back to the mobo cpu fan plug. If I want to take advantage of the pwm capable mobo, I am I better off connecting the fan straight to the mobo? Or will the pwm capability be preserved through the fan controller?

I'm also wondering about the heat sensors; general consensus seems to be that they're not very useful. Anyone find a good use for them or should I just unplug them from the unit and avoid the extra cables?

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Originally Posted by Decious

Recently picked up an Aero Touch-1000 fan controller cheap to reduce fan noise.

I noticed that one of the fan inputs to the controller is for the CPU, which in turn has a 3-pin female that goes back to the mobo cpu fan plug. If I want to take advantage of the pwm capable mobo, I am I better off connecting the fan straight to the mobo? Or will the pwm capability be preserved through the fan controller?

3 pins only supply 12v, ground, and rpm sensor. You need 4 pins for PWM and some fan controller do not pass PWM control. You'd only get the RPM sense to CPU fan header on mobo and not have PWM control. You will need to plug the PWM fan directly to the mobo for proper PWM control.

I'm also wondering about the heat sensors; general consensus seems to be that they're not very useful. Anyone find a good use for them or should I just unplug them from the unit and avoid the extra cables?

Not too accurate since you usually can't mount sensor right where it counts. Generally the sensor are a tad too thick to be placed between CPU and heat sink and if you placed it at the side, it won't get the full reading but a slightly cooled reading. You can still use it to get a general idea but not accurate as mobo/CPU built in sensors.

[Decious]

Thanks for pointing out the pin discrepancy, had to recheck the plugs to make sure I didn't just assume it was a 3 pin.

The controller has a 4pin to plug into the mobo cpu fan header, but the fan to controller header only has 3 pins, so I'm pretty sure pwm wouldn't be passed on.

Thanks again for pointing it out.