[whalesalad]

What a coincidence, 4x of the 120mm Noctua Redux fans just arrived this morning and are sitting on my living room table waiting to go into my rig. I love in-depth analysis of stuff like this.

How do y'all like to manage (chassis) fan speeds? I have been out of the PC world for so long that I forget all pieces of hardware need to be managed.

[gregmac]

FWIW I used to use software (Speedfan, and later something else I don't remember), but after upgrading to Noctua fans, I found whatever is built-in to the motherboard works just fine and gave up on the complication of software. I'm on my second system like this, and I've found they've both been a good temperature and nearly silent most of the time. Even maxed out, it still seems to be quieter and cooler than it would be with most (cheap) fans.

[whalesalad]

nice, that was what I was hoping to achieve

[ChoGGi]

I use a Corsair commander with a copy of system information viewer

[whalesalad]

Dig the fact that this thing comes with little temperature probes - my current case is probably a little too small for the setup I have right now and I am debugging the temperature zones / airflow. It's a Fractal Define C, i7-12700K, Radeon RX 6750XT OC. Initially my CPU cooler fans (2x) were pointed in opposite directions, lol. Would love a thermal camera, but these probes would probably be just as helpful.

[MivLives]

4 way fan splitter to just let the mobo control it all. I run mini itx so not a lot of fan headers.