I'm confused. I mean I get what PWM is, but the Asus Z87-Plus mobo I'm using is handling the CPU cooler I put in it just fine and its just a 3 Pin.. Its twin fans are quiet unless it revs up when it needs to. So I was about to find out where to get a pack of the fans I decided I liked... when I noticed all the fan ports are PWM four pin. Do I need PWM fans for my case if I decide to plug them into my mobo?
Recently I've had this problem where the room this computer is in will get really really hot. It has to do with the crappy way this house is designed, and it happens when I'm not in the room to manually turn down the fans like I usually do with the controllers I've always used. So I thought, I have two choices.
1.) I can connect them all individually and try to figure out the damn Asus fan controlling software. I really am having trouble figuring out how to use that. I may need help getting it to work. I connected a 3 pin fan to one of the standard mobo fan connectors, and tried to get it to work through the software but I couldn't get it to work right.
2.) The other option is to connect the fan controller I'm using to a PWM controller, since it allows the user to individually switch over any and all channels to the motherboard's PWM controller. But even then would I have to figure out how to figure out that stupid fan software? Or can I just tell it to work without the software in the bios... or what ever Asus is calling it these days.
Recently I've had this problem where the room this computer is in will get really really hot. It has to do with the crappy way this house is designed, and it happens when I'm not in the room to manually turn down the fans like I usually do with the controllers I've always used. So I thought, I have two choices.
1.) I can connect them all individually and try to figure out the damn Asus fan controlling software. I really am having trouble figuring out how to use that. I may need help getting it to work. I connected a 3 pin fan to one of the standard mobo fan connectors, and tried to get it to work through the software but I couldn't get it to work right.
2.) The other option is to connect the fan controller I'm using to a PWM controller, since it allows the user to individually switch over any and all channels to the motherboard's PWM controller. But even then would I have to figure out how to figure out that stupid fan software? Or can I just tell it to work without the software in the bios... or what ever Asus is calling it these days.