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Re: smart fans




On 2021-08-22 4:39 a.m., Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> 
>> The significant difference in practice is that 4-pin fans
>> allow for RPM to change based on the need for cooling
>> temperature, this reduces noise and power consumption.
>> While 3-pin can control the voltage, but the voltage can't
>> turn to change the fan RPM at all and accurate as much as 4
>> pin fans.
> 
> OK, but since there are temperature readings from the GPU and
> the CPU _and_ 3-pin fans doesn't that mean it should be able
> to control (the voltage) them based on the temperature?
> 
Like I already wrote, modifying voltage doesn't change speed of a motor
(fan).
> 4-pin fans wouldn't be possible because of the motherboard
> sockets, I think, which are also 3-pin.
> 

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