I just built a new rig and was surprised by a few things (last homebuilt rig was 8 years ago).
Installed one of the now aging, but still great air cooling solutions: Noctua NH-D14 onto a 4770k mounted to an ASUS Z-87 Pro Edition V MoBo. The MoBo includes a 4 pin connector to monitor the fan speed but the Noctua fans both had a 3 pin connector. Of course I could still plug in the qty 2, 3-pin PWM connectors into the 4 pin (PWM) connections on the MoBo but it made me wonder
How could such a high end CPU cooler not already include a 4 pin connector? Certainly 99% of the people that invest in a NH-d14 would also want it to be smartly monitored by the MoBo by default. Now I have to go out and buy some 3 pin to 4 pin adapters which was a first surprise.
The second surprise is that this will even work Maybe I misread something, but Im baffled about how the smart pin thats missing on the 3 pin fan connector can somehow mate to a 4 pin that plugs into the MoBo and then magically give me the ability to sense/control it???
That seems counterintuitive.
At any rate, Id like to control all my fans as a function of temperature.
Sneaking in another question: Ive installed the MoBos SATA drivers. Do I need to install drivers for my Blue Ray or DVD drives? Im assuming no, dumb question.
One last comment In general, Ill say that after sitting out of the System building game for 8 years, Im in complete awe of how the technology has changed, especially with respect to the MoBo and the Bios capabilities to reflash easily and the general flexibility and ease of use that the new graphical bios interfaces provides A huge difference from what it was 16 years ago when I built my first PC I fell like a kid in a candy store.
Installed one of the now aging, but still great air cooling solutions: Noctua NH-D14 onto a 4770k mounted to an ASUS Z-87 Pro Edition V MoBo. The MoBo includes a 4 pin connector to monitor the fan speed but the Noctua fans both had a 3 pin connector. Of course I could still plug in the qty 2, 3-pin PWM connectors into the 4 pin (PWM) connections on the MoBo but it made me wonder
How could such a high end CPU cooler not already include a 4 pin connector? Certainly 99% of the people that invest in a NH-d14 would also want it to be smartly monitored by the MoBo by default. Now I have to go out and buy some 3 pin to 4 pin adapters which was a first surprise.
The second surprise is that this will even work Maybe I misread something, but Im baffled about how the smart pin thats missing on the 3 pin fan connector can somehow mate to a 4 pin that plugs into the MoBo and then magically give me the ability to sense/control it???
That seems counterintuitive.
At any rate, Id like to control all my fans as a function of temperature.
Sneaking in another question: Ive installed the MoBos SATA drivers. Do I need to install drivers for my Blue Ray or DVD drives? Im assuming no, dumb question.
One last comment In general, Ill say that after sitting out of the System building game for 8 years, Im in complete awe of how the technology has changed, especially with respect to the MoBo and the Bios capabilities to reflash easily and the general flexibility and ease of use that the new graphical bios interfaces provides A huge difference from what it was 16 years ago when I built my first PC I fell like a kid in a candy store.
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