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There is already a 2 deg C hysterisis ( though not time bounded) implemented in the background, I just did not made it configurable yet. Tested LibreHardwareMonitor and OpenHardwareMonitor, and both indeed don't read my VRM sensor temperature. Would love to see it on github, it has a lot of potential for growing into a great solution. Thanks again for developing this, I've been looking for a modern alternative to speedfan for a long time. Is it related to the HardwareMonitor library used? HWiNFO64 and SpeedFan are able to read the VRM temperature on my Asus Z97-PRO Gamer, but it's not available in Open Fan Control.

so it won't increase the speed for a quick transient load that wouldn't affect the loop temperature, but it would work perfectly for long tasks like renders or gaming and such. if it's over 60☌ for more than 30 seconds, ramp up the fans. In example my radiator does not have a water temperature sensor, so I'm stuck using CPU temp for the fans. I'm finding a couple points I'd like to bring up, to further improve the software.Īn option for hysteresis (don't change speed unless temperature changes more than X for longer than Y seconds), to prevent continous ramping up and down of fan noise when a value jitters on the boundary of a degree, and also saving the position and size of the window when you save the configuration would be great. I've tested it with my setup and trying to replace SpeedFan seems a realistic possibility with how good it already is. Hello, and a HUGE thanks for working on this! I will also keep an eye on this thread to see how it goes.Ĭonfirmed compatibility list from members If you want to help me out a bit or give me feedback, I included some links/button in the left hamburger menu out of the way to send me an email If it works on your current setup, well you got your fan control situation sorted at least until you change your motherboard! It works great for my needs but I didn't test it on a hundred different motherboards.

Please note that this is a small personal project. Saves your current configuration and reload it on startupīoard support is updated whenever the API gets an update!

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Multi-config support with quick-switch from tray iconĬustom name for each fan / curve / controlĪutomatic or manual matching between your controls and fan speeds So I decided to make my own lightweight application with the OpenHardwareMonitorLib API, and here is what I got so far. The existing UI is a HWMonitor clone that allows to set a manual fan speed to any fan, but no temperature/speed fan curve here. OpenHardwareMonitor is divided into two parts, an API to interact with your hardware ( CPU, RAM, Fans.

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However, thanks to the code base being open sourced, there are a couple of active branches, LibreHardwareMonitor being the best one I found, supporting my MSI Z390 Edge AC board and being updated regularly. The first link is an original project which could be downloaded here , but just like SpeedFan, the project is not updated anymore.

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I searched around for an alternative software with this particular feature and only found a paid option (Angus Monitor).

(My BIOS only supports CPU temperature as a temperature source for the PWM fans). I used it to bind my case fans speed to the hottest component of my PC, my GPU. The main feature I used was the custom fan curves with custom temperature sources. I built a new custom UI on top of OpenHardwareMonitor with additional features, mainly linear fan curves with custom temperature sources.Īs you guys may know, SpeedFan is sadly not updated anymore, so newer boards are not detected properly.

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