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help reducing front fan speed

Beau

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help reducing front fan speed
« on: July 19, 2011, 12:35:49 pm »
Front fan is running at 1436 RPMs and the noise is bothersome. I'd like to turn it down a bit.
CPU= 1076 RPM, rear Fan 1=1019 RPM.
Thanks.
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 motherboard, rev.1, BIOS ver.8.
Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600.
WD SATA hard drive.
EVGA GTS 450 GPU.
ASUS CD/DVD DRW-24B1ST SATA 24.
Corsair PSU CX600.
Cooler Master Elite case.

Beau

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Re: help reducing front fan speed
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011, 07:55:30 pm »
Additional info.:
Front fan is 3 pin on SYS-FAN2. I was told here a 4 pin is needed to adjust speed in BIOS. I've download Speed Fan and set it to "Automatic Fan Speed" and it's running at 1406 RPMs. I can't figure out how to run this fan manually in Speed Fan.

Can this fan be turned down?
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 motherboard, rev.1, BIOS ver.8.
Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600.
WD SATA hard drive.
EVGA GTS 450 GPU.
ASUS CD/DVD DRW-24B1ST SATA 24.
Corsair PSU CX600.
Cooler Master Elite case.

Dark Mantis

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Re: help reducing front fan speed
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011, 10:55:32 pm »
Hi

SYS_FAN2 normally runs at half the speed of the other fans on the motherboard headers anyway. Even if you have a four pin plug on the fan unless it complies with the specs it won't be possible to control it.  You could always invest in a dedicated fan controller. These range from a few pounds to about fifty pounds. It is also the safer option too as the motherboard headers have been known to burn out if too much load is attached.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
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Beau

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Re: help reducing front fan speed
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2011, 03:00:55 pm »
Thank you. The fan is running over 400 RPMs faster than the CUP and the rear exhaust fans. I'll look into a fan controller or another 120mm fan.

Hi

SYS_FAN2 normally runs at half the speed of the other fans on the motherboard headers anyway. Even if you have a four pin plug on the fan unless it complies with the specs it won't be possible to control it.  You could always invest in a dedicated fan controller. These range from a few pounds to about fifty pounds. It is also the safer option too as the motherboard headers have been known to burn out if too much load is attached.
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 motherboard, rev.1, BIOS ver.8.
Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600.
WD SATA hard drive.
EVGA GTS 450 GPU.
ASUS CD/DVD DRW-24B1ST SATA 24.
Corsair PSU CX600.
Cooler Master Elite case.

Dark Mantis

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Re: help reducing front fan speed
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2011, 03:05:28 pm »
It might just be that it is a faster spinning fan than the others and even at a lesser power input it is still turning faster.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy