Gigabyte motherboard - fan control?

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hello,

I'm looking at puchasing the Gigabyte EX58 extreme motherboard. However, from what I've seen on the net, there is little or no fan control.

I'm currently using an abit IP-35 pro XE motherboard (with uGuru), and the fan control system is simply amazing. This, along with the temperature monitoring, allows me to very precisely control fan speeds, and they are automatically adjusted with drops/rises in temperatures. It's all hardware based too, from what I understand (a dedicated uGuru chip on the board?).

What kind of options do I have with this Gigabyte motherboard? I've used Easytune with a Gigabyte board in another system, but it was quite basic, and I had no control over the system fan RPM's. I also had to leave the application open (wasting resources?) to maintain control/alerts etc.

I've set all my case fans to maximum before using uGuru, and it is really quite loud. Will I be stuck with all 5 case fans set to 12v with this motherboard (assuming I don't use some hardware based fan controller, the type you stick into the drive bays)?

Thanks!

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Any ideas?

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Any ideas?

If you are looking for the ultimate Fan Controllers then check this out, I know plenty of people who have these and they swear blind by them, Zelman are a good solid manufacturer and have come out with some amazing gadgits over the years and this has to be one of them.



[1] Graphic Power Load Meter: Displays power between 30 to 800W in 4 stages.

[2] Numeric Power Load Display: Numerically displays power between 30 and 800W. (The Numeric Power Load Display will read “LLL”when an overflow occurs. “LLL”indicates power loads beyond the unit’s measurable range.)

[3] Fan Status Display: The Fan’s operation status is indicated with animated propeller images.

[4] Fan Channels

[5] RPM Display: During RPM Setting, RPM is displayed in units of 60RPM, and actual operational RPM is displayed in units of 10RPM.

[6] Temperature Display: Displays temperature readings between -9 °C and +99 °C

[7] Jog Wheel: Used for adjusting Fan RPM. RPM can be set from 1000 to 5940RPM in units of 60RPM.

[8] Mode Button: Used for selecting a Fan Channel and saving the Fan RPM setting.

Zalman's website http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Pr...ad.asp?idx=209

Also as an added bonus they are available on Scan http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Zalma...ay-Best-Seller £39.66 which is a great price.

It's a bit like having a car radio in the front of your PC...?

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Thanks for your advice mate.

I've had a look around for controllers, but if I can avoid it I will.

So is there definitely no fan control on any x58 boards like the abit Uguru system?