Author: parsec
Subject: Asrock Extreme 6 Board Fan Speeds
Posted: 07 May 2016 at 11:51pm
A fan should be able to run at its highest speed constantly and not be damaged or wear out, at least within the specifications of its lifetime and warranty.
Whether or not that will actually happen will depend on the quality of the fan and other factors, like the environment it works in (higher temperatures, dusty conditions.)
Any fan should last longer if it is operated at a lower speed than its maximum, since that will cause less wear on its bearings.
If the lifespan of a fan is an important factor to you, then the length of its warranty should be one of the major considerations when you select it. Corsair is normally very good about honoring their product warranties.
Fan speed control depends upon the capabilities and features for controlling fan speeds provided by a mother board, and how the user uses and configures those capabilities. The features and capabilities varies depending upon the model of mother board you are using, they are not all the same on every board. This of course only applies to fans connected to the fan connectors on the board, and with the type of fans being used (three pin, four pin PWM), and if a fan has any kind of built in speed control.
We have no idea which ASRock board you have, since "Extreme6" is used in the name of many ASRock boards. ASRock has improved the fan speed control with each new generation of boards they sell, and older boards tend to have simpler capabilities.
In general, the fan speed control setting in the UEFI/BIOS will control the fan's speed when in Windows. They would be rather useless if they did not work in Windows, right?
The utility program for your board provided by ASRock has a fan speed control feature that can override the UEFI/BIOS settings, if you choose to use it.
Do you have all seven of those fans connected to your board? If you do, we would need to know how they are connected to the board, what fan models they are, and how you have the fan speed control configured in the UEFI/BIOS.
You've told us nothing about your CPU coolers fans, and what the main components you are using in that PC.
Differences in component temperatures (CPU, video card, mother board, drives) in different situations is the main thing that matters when adding fans and configuring their speed control. Without checking their temperatures, you have no idea whether or not what you have done is working or not.
Using more fans does not automatically mean the result will be cooler components. Trying and testing different configurations is the only way to know what works and what does not work.
Subject: Asrock Extreme 6 Board Fan Speeds
Posted: 07 May 2016 at 11:51pm
 MAkDADDy wrote:I had a very minor issue. It's about the fan speed of my Chassis. Where i am from normal room temperatures are high because of the weather and during summer it can go upto 35C easily inside the house. It has not affected my PC in anyway but i wanted to ask few things 1.If i set my Chassis Fan 1 speed which is the only one rear fan Corsair SP140 LED to full at all times will that harm the fan itself ? |
A fan should be able to run at its highest speed constantly and not be damaged or wear out, at least within the specifications of its lifetime and warranty.
Whether or not that will actually happen will depend on the quality of the fan and other factors, like the environment it works in (higher temperatures, dusty conditions.)
Any fan should last longer if it is operated at a lower speed than its maximum, since that will cause less wear on its bearings.
If the lifespan of a fan is an important factor to you, then the length of its warranty should be one of the major considerations when you select it. Corsair is normally very good about honoring their product warranties.
| MAkDADDy wrote: 2.If i choose a lesser speed let's say medium or less will the motherboard be able to regulate it within windows even then. Or will it keep the speed locked at what i chose ? |
Fan speed control depends upon the capabilities and features for controlling fan speeds provided by a mother board, and how the user uses and configures those capabilities. The features and capabilities varies depending upon the model of mother board you are using, they are not all the same on every board. This of course only applies to fans connected to the fan connectors on the board, and with the type of fans being used (three pin, four pin PWM), and if a fan has any kind of built in speed control.
We have no idea which ASRock board you have, since "Extreme6" is used in the name of many ASRock boards. ASRock has improved the fan speed control with each new generation of boards they sell, and older boards tend to have simpler capabilities.
In general, the fan speed control setting in the UEFI/BIOS will control the fan's speed when in Windows. They would be rather useless if they did not work in Windows, right?
The utility program for your board provided by ASRock has a fan speed control feature that can override the UEFI/BIOS settings, if you choose to use it.
| MAkDADDy wrote: right now i have 4 chassis fans 140mm rear which normally runs at 900+ speed and 3 front 120mm fans running normally at 1300+ speed. While gaming or heavy load i assumed that running the rear fan at full speed might help lower temperature as the front ones are running faster. So i chose to run the rear one at full speed while not changing the settings of the front one. I have not looked into the difference of the temperature yet. Thanks |
Do you have all seven of those fans connected to your board? If you do, we would need to know how they are connected to the board, what fan models they are, and how you have the fan speed control configured in the UEFI/BIOS.
You've told us nothing about your CPU coolers fans, and what the main components you are using in that PC.
Differences in component temperatures (CPU, video card, mother board, drives) in different situations is the main thing that matters when adding fans and configuring their speed control. Without checking their temperatures, you have no idea whether or not what you have done is working or not.
Using more fans does not automatically mean the result will be cooler components. Trying and testing different configurations is the only way to know what works and what does not work.