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FanControl download link: https://dl.orangedox.com/FanControl
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Story:
As you guys may know, speedfan is sadly not updated anymore since a few year. Last year, I bought a brand new motherboard / RAM / CPU combo.
My motherboard is an MSI Z390 Edge AC, which is not detected by speedfan properly.
The main feature I was using speedfan for was the custom fan curves with custom temperature sources.
I used it to bind my case fans speed to the hottest component of my PC, my GPU.
My new sexy UEFI BIOS only supports CPU temperature as a temperature source for the PWM fans, so the built-in solution by my motherboard manufacturer didn't cut it for me.
I searched around for an alternative software with this particular feature and only found a paid option (Angus Monitor).
However, I also came arround this:
https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor
https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor
The first link is an original project which could be downloaded here https://openhardwaremonitor.org/, but just like SpeedFan, the project is not updated anymore.
However, thanks to the code base being open sourced, there are a couple of active branches, LibreHardwareMonitor being the best one I found, supporting my MSI Z390 Edge AC board and being updated regularly.
OpenHardwareMonitor is divided into two parts, an API to interact with your hardware ( CPU, RAM, Fans... ) and a UI.
The existing UI is a HWMonitor clone that allows to set a manual fan speed to any fan, but no temperature/speed fan curve here....
( sigh )
The frustrated programmer within me finally decided to take matters into its own hands by making my own lightweight application with the OpenHardwareMonitorLib as a base API!
Here are the features I got into the app so far...
( Other forum thread: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1099996-openfancontrol-my-take-on-a-speedfan-replacement/ )
Please note that this is a small personal project. It works great for my needs but I didn't test it on a hundred different motherboards.
Take it as it is. If it works with your current setup, well you got your fan control situation sorted at least until you change your motherboard!
If you want to help me out a bit or give me feedback, I included some links/button in the left hamburger menu out of the way to send me an email...
Enjoy!
FanControl download link: https://dl.orangedox.com/FanControl
______________________________
Story:
As you guys may know, speedfan is sadly not updated anymore since a few year. Last year, I bought a brand new motherboard / RAM / CPU combo.
My motherboard is an MSI Z390 Edge AC, which is not detected by speedfan properly.
The main feature I was using speedfan for was the custom fan curves with custom temperature sources.
I used it to bind my case fans speed to the hottest component of my PC, my GPU.
My new sexy UEFI BIOS only supports CPU temperature as a temperature source for the PWM fans, so the built-in solution by my motherboard manufacturer didn't cut it for me.
I searched around for an alternative software with this particular feature and only found a paid option (Angus Monitor).
However, I also came arround this:
https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor
https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor
The first link is an original project which could be downloaded here https://openhardwaremonitor.org/, but just like SpeedFan, the project is not updated anymore.
However, thanks to the code base being open sourced, there are a couple of active branches, LibreHardwareMonitor being the best one I found, supporting my MSI Z390 Edge AC board and being updated regularly.
OpenHardwareMonitor is divided into two parts, an API to interact with your hardware ( CPU, RAM, Fans... ) and a UI.
The existing UI is a HWMonitor clone that allows to set a manual fan speed to any fan, but no temperature/speed fan curve here....
( sigh )
The frustrated programmer within me finally decided to take matters into its own hands by making my own lightweight application with the OpenHardwareMonitorLib as a base API!
Here are the features I got into the app so far...
- Linear fan curves
- Flat fan curves
- Mixed fan curves
- Custom name for each fan / curve / control
- Material UI ( thanks to http://materialdesigninxaml.net/ )
- Smooth fan speed transitions
- Custom temperature source
- Have a custom temperature as the application tray icon
- Saves your current configuration and reload it on startup
- Hardware support can be updated whenever the API gets an update!
( Other forum thread: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1099996-openfancontrol-my-take-on-a-speedfan-replacement/ )
Please note that this is a small personal project. It works great for my needs but I didn't test it on a hundred different motherboards.
Take it as it is. If it works with your current setup, well you got your fan control situation sorted at least until you change your motherboard!
If you want to help me out a bit or give me feedback, I included some links/button in the left hamburger menu out of the way to send me an email...
Enjoy!
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