SLK800A with a Thermaltake smartfan ii sufficient for OCing??

[Anonemous]

then what do you use to monitor the fan? (if connecting to the PSU doesn't allow the mobo to monitor the fan)

 

[Corporate Thug]

i dont monitor the fan, i just crank it to max and let it do its thing

 

[Anonemous]

how loud is it with the fan cranked to the max?

 

[Corporate Thug]

quite honestly, i can only hear a small difference from min and max settings, and this is coming from a guy that switched from an ultra quite p4 system

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: shady06
quite honestly, i can only hear a small difference from min and max settings, and this is coming from a guy that switched from an ultra quite p4 system

Are you talking about the Smartfan 2 ? I do notice a considerable noise difference between min and max.. a very big difference in fact! :Q

 

[pelikan]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
then what do you use to monitor the fan? (if connecting to the PSU doesn't allow the mobo to monitor the fan)

I used to use a TT SmartFan2. It comes with a single yellow wire that goes on the mb cpu fan header to monitor rpm. So you hook the fan to your psu and put the yellow wire on the mb header. I used the variable resistor so I could set the rpm where I needed it. To my ears the fan is very loud at high speed. So I hung the resistor out the back of my case so I adjust the fan on the fly.

 

[Anonemous]

i know pelikan, but some others suggested not to use mobo to power the fan since it draws too much current... I guess I'll see how noisy it is for my tastes before i decide what to do.

edit: didn't see that you separated the yellow wire from the red and black on the power, how'd u do that? are you talking about the yellow wire that is part of the red/black/yellow power of the fan?


double edit: THANKS, OMG I'm so blind, I didn't see how there was an EXTRA INCLUDED extension cable that separated the POWER from the MONITORING of the fan. I wish someone would've told me that but I guess I'm just blind...

 

[pelikan]

Yeah, that's a cool little gizmo eh? This fan comes with all the options.