By: Gian-Carlo Pascutto (gcp.delete@this.sjeng.org), August 14, 2019 8:52 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Groo (charlie.delete@this.semiaccurate.com) on August 14, 2019 7:19 am wrote:
> Also depending on the size, liquid coolers can have loud fans too, the heat has to go somewhere. If you
> want a quiet system, there are (were?) companies making a 'dimmer' switch for fans that you could manually
> control the speed with. Haven't seen one for a while but I haven't been looking either, that might be an
> option for some. Another route is that most modern boards have an API to control the lights and fans, I
> think Corsair's is open and documented decently but that is just from talking to them, I haven't looked.
> It probably wouldn't take much to make a script to set the fans where you want with one of those.
The last time I got an AIO (original Corsair H60, IIRC), the pump just connected to a PWM fan header on the mainboard and could be controlled like that.
Did I misunderstand anything?
> Also depending on the size, liquid coolers can have loud fans too, the heat has to go somewhere. If you
> want a quiet system, there are (were?) companies making a 'dimmer' switch for fans that you could manually
> control the speed with. Haven't seen one for a while but I haven't been looking either, that might be an
> option for some. Another route is that most modern boards have an API to control the lights and fans, I
> think Corsair's is open and documented decently but that is just from talking to them, I haven't looked.
> It probably wouldn't take much to make a script to set the fans where you want with one of those.
The last time I got an AIO (original Corsair H60, IIRC), the pump just connected to a PWM fan header on the mainboard and could be controlled like that.
Did I misunderstand anything?