BonzaiDuck
Lifer
I'm building a server from available parts: a Z77 motherboard, an i5 IB CPU, 16GB of Corsair XMS DDR3 -- and . . . AND! -- an old CoolerMaster Stacker aluminum mid-tower.
I've come to despise building computers with more than a minimum of fans. Four seems to work for me; I'd use three if it they were more than adequate. The CM Stacker was built for ventilation and many fans, including a proprietary ATX-length barrel fan I have with this case.
I only have about two 3-pin "system fan" ports on the motherboard, and I don't want to wire fan in parallel to run off one port. I plan to use as many PWM fans as I can find or purchase, but the barrel fan and a 200mm side-panel fan will take up those two 3-pin ports. I'll use a Swiftech 8-way splitter for the PWMs on the CPU_FAN port.
I have an old Silverstone ESA drive-bay fan-controller in my parts locker. These didn't have "knobs and readouts," but just a black face-plate. Fan-control is provided via USB 5-pin port through NVidia legacy software known as "System Tools."
System Tools is legacy NVidia ESA software originally created with the Silverstone primarily in mind. It is guaranteed compatibility with Win XP, Vista and Win7.
I was planning to use Win Svr 2012 R2 in this box. Given the release year for the server version, I'd maybe bet on my guess that System Tools will work with the server OS: It's purpose, after all, is merely to control hardware that sets fan curves or fan speeds.
Any thoughts about this? I suppose if I can do as well by not using the Commander, I will. But I need to consider it as an option.
I've come to despise building computers with more than a minimum of fans. Four seems to work for me; I'd use three if it they were more than adequate. The CM Stacker was built for ventilation and many fans, including a proprietary ATX-length barrel fan I have with this case.
I only have about two 3-pin "system fan" ports on the motherboard, and I don't want to wire fan in parallel to run off one port. I plan to use as many PWM fans as I can find or purchase, but the barrel fan and a 200mm side-panel fan will take up those two 3-pin ports. I'll use a Swiftech 8-way splitter for the PWMs on the CPU_FAN port.
I have an old Silverstone ESA drive-bay fan-controller in my parts locker. These didn't have "knobs and readouts," but just a black face-plate. Fan-control is provided via USB 5-pin port through NVidia legacy software known as "System Tools."
System Tools is legacy NVidia ESA software originally created with the Silverstone primarily in mind. It is guaranteed compatibility with Win XP, Vista and Win7.
I was planning to use Win Svr 2012 R2 in this box. Given the release year for the server version, I'd maybe bet on my guess that System Tools will work with the server OS: It's purpose, after all, is merely to control hardware that sets fan curves or fan speeds.
Any thoughts about this? I suppose if I can do as well by not using the Commander, I will. But I need to consider it as an option.
