Fans in PCs can be objectionably loud. In many cases, the amount of noise produced by the fan can be considerably reduced by lowering its speed. Although this will decrease the amount of cooling, this ...

Fan Control is a great tool for doing exactly what its name suggests, giving you complete control over your system's fans, including your CPU and GPU fans, plus any water cooling pumps that you may ...

The point of this guide is to show the latest and greatest in fan control technology on Intel Z270 motherboards and to help you understand what each brand has to offer in their high-end products. I ...

The CPU_FAN header is the main control point for your processor’s cooling, while CPU_OPT simply supports extra airflow. Your PC won’t start safely without a fan on CPU_FAN, but it won’t complain if ...

This post is a quick sequel of my previous article jam-packed with my personal experiences and observations while I was fiddling with standard 4-wire PC cooling fans. Today I will be talking about the ...

A1ctl is a small Windows utility that gives Acer Aspire One users more control over their hardware. It’s inspired by eeectl for the Eee PC. So what can it do? Once installed, you’ll notice a small ...

CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT are entirely different and serve distinct purposes in the context of a computer cooling system. CPU_FAN or CPU Fan Header is the primary 4-pin fan header on a motherboard, and it ...

This repository contains a C++ program designed to control a CPU cooling fan on an Orange Pi Zero 3 based on its temperature. It uses the libgpiod library to interact ...

There can be many reasons why your CPU might have sudden temperature spikes and dips. This will explain the reasons, and then share how you can fix it: If your CPU temperature increases and decreases ...