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    Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Hello all.

    I have a Thermalright Ultra 120 with a Scythe S-Flex fan.
    Unfortunately the S-Flex fan is only 3-pin so the motherboard can't control it's speed.
    Since it can't control it's speed it runs at 100% the WHOLE time
    I know I could get an expensive fan controller with thermistors to detect the CPU temp and control it that way but that seems like a lot when it's only the one fan that I can use it for.
    All my case fans are 4 pin molex... why do most fan controllers only do 3 pin fans?

    Can you get something which takes temp from mobo and adjusts fan voltage for the single fan?

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Wont something like speedfan let you change the speed of it? If not, plug it into another fan header, and controll it from that one.

    Or do the 7v fan trick...google for it
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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    could just get a zalman fan-mate..they cost about 3 quid and you can adjust it as and when you like manually.

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=321731

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Which S-Flex have you got there are 3 speeds, 1600rpm, 1200rpm and 800rpm the faster the fan the more noise it makes and the more air it puts out.
    The other option would be to get a lower rpm fan, although it would be cheaper and more felxable to get a fan controller than a new S-Flex

    So I'd argee with a fan controller as overall best option, something like the AKASA AK-FC-06-BK while slightly more expensive than a basic Zalman controller has the advantage of easy access fan controller knobs which makes adjusting the speed & noise eaiser to do.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    What you want is an Arctic Cooling AF12025 PWM fan..... http://www.arctic-cooling.com/fans2.php?idx=108 and if you can find one available un UK (or an international vendor who will post one) ... let me know as I have been trying to get one for my Tuniq Tower 120 for 3 months now.

    The Arctic Fan 12 PWM http://www.arctic-cooling.com/fans2.php?idx=111 is available from Yoyo and others, but this is too deep to fit inside the TT 120 - but may suit your cooler if the fan is on the outside rather than in the centre core like the TT 120.
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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Your motherboard can't adjust the cpu fan speed from a 3 pin connector? My shuttle, asus mob and foxconn mobo could all do this from bios...

    Temperature controlled cooling is all well and good, but with such a large heatsink you should be able to set the fan with a cheap fan contoller quiet enough not to bother you and fast enough to keep the CPU cool and just ignore it.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Quote Originally Posted by jimbouk View Post
    Your motherboard can't adjust the cpu fan speed from a 3 pin connector? My shuttle, asus mob and foxconn mobo could all do this from bios...

    Temperature controlled cooling is all well and good, but with such a large heatsink you should be able to set the fan with a cheap fan contoller quiet enough not to bother you and fast enough to keep the CPU cool and just ignore it.
    Do your shuttle, asus mob and foxconn mobo have 3 pin connectors or 4 pin for the HSF fan (the mobo connector, not the fan connector itself which will be 3 pin)?
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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Quote Originally Posted by EtheAv8r View Post
    Do your shuttle, asus mob and foxconn mobo have 3 pin connectors or 4 pin for the HSF fan (the mobo connector, not the fan connector itself which will be 3 pin)?
    many mobos have "legacy" support for 3-pin fan control on 4-pin PWM header.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    As stated here 3-Pin and 4-Pin Fan Connectors 3 pin on 4pin header = No fan control.

    Options are :-
    1) as EtheAv8r says get a PWM based fan which has the 4pin connections, that will then work under fan control.
    2) connect std fan to fan controller. Some fans come with controller. I've used Silverstone SST-FM121B with great effect on thermalright coolers, the fan cobtroller works a treat.
    Zalman Fan mate will also work, but i didn't find it as good as silverstone's solution.

    luck

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Quote Originally Posted by Supershanks View Post
    As stated here 3-Pin and 4-Pin Fan Connectors 3 pin on 4pin header = No fan control.
    not true though - as I said many mobos have legacy support e.g the Gigabyte 965-DS4 that I had did & I believe the abit IP35-E & IP35 (the Pro won't due to uGuru) do.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Hi Buff not got experience of those boards, but both commando & p5k work precisely as stated on Intel link - 3 pin = 100% power continual, in the same mannner as n00dey describes fotr his Evga 680i Sli

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    of course the other option that may be available to the OP is to run the CPU fan from another (3-pin) header & control that if the board allows it.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Quote Originally Posted by EtheAv8r View Post
    Do your shuttle, asus mob and foxconn mobo have 3 pin connectors or 4 pin for the HSF fan (the mobo connector, not the fan connector itself which will be 3 pin)?
    Just the 3 pin ones. It seems they've taken a leap forward by adding another pin, but actually done nothing more except make incompatabilities with the majority of fans...

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    Alright, I have to start somewhere, I am thinking of becoming the first to design something of a nutbag idea. Thinking about the Liquid Nitrogen, I am told and have read that anyone who is using the liquid nitrogen is just trying to set a new speed record. It is not ment for long term use, because the liquid nitorgen will put extreem stress on the processor, and eventually burn it out.

    1) Does anyone know, or can anyone find out where those statistics are , at what point the processor fails in these attempts to work with the extreem overclocking?

    2) I need to find a way a making a small, closed system for LN2, so that there is no vat of LN2 just sitting there in the middle of the mainboard. I have seen advertisments for overclocking , they sell aluminum toobs that fit over the processor, I think to myself how barbaric! They will pour in LN2 like alcohol into a glass. Wouldn't it be much better to have a closed enviornment, something that pumps the LN2 around inside of a metal box or something say? Continuisly circulating.

    3) Now we get into the problems, what are the extreem stresses, I need the data for this. I am thinking of a new way of trying to cool the processor, somehow moving the processor itself off the motherboard and having it cooled, and leads or a electronic pad with leads going back to the mainboard to connect up wit the PGA, or LGA platform. (Just because I really don't want to have the LN2 pump by the mother board components)

    4) I am a dreamer, but I am also solid in a background in sience and computer science, so I know something like this is possible. The end result that I want is a safe LN2 closed pump system that cools the processor and makes it possible to get the rediculecly high rates of overclocking, but not just for a few minutes, and hour, but a stable and long term solution for cooling.

    Please share your imput with me.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    hi Crpetersena, maybe get more replies posting in your own thread, as your subject doesn't seem to relate to n00dey's topic.

    yep buff that's the other alternative to use another 3pin mobo header. The silverstone & i think the zalman fan mate both have rpm sensors that plug into a 3 pin mobo header. That's how i ran my silverstone fan on my ultra 120 before going to water.

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    Re: Cooling the Thermalright Ultra is noisy :S

    I would get a fan controller myself or buy a different fan!

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