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@comcom,
You should always use PWM Fans and, Asus is doing a great job by default at keeping thing cool without excessive ventilation.
Having the fans a full speed certainly keeps everything cool, but on the other hand makes them become dirty a lot faster.
If you have a second emplacement on your case you can also populate it with a second fan. Your MB has 2 (ChFn) Connector.
Having a good balance between temps and speed help having a cool and silent system.
Another factor to consider is CPU temp Swing, you are better having a CPU running at 60° non load up to 90° on load than a CPU running 20° non load swinging to 90° on load (the smaller the is temp range the better the CPU feels)
When I don't use my system all the chassis fans goes to a complete stop and CPU drops to 300rpm. It's perfectly silent and doesn't accumulate dirt for "nothing" while not in use.
Last edited by MaloK; 20 Nov 2021 at 15:22.
Q1. Can I unplug my Arctic F12 fan now, and plug in a new Arctic F12 PWM fan into the same connector on motherboard? Will the new Arctic F12 PWM fan connector slide into the motherboard by itself? (i think PWM and non PWM fan connector head has different amount of pins/pin slots)
Q2. I unplug my Arctic F12 fan now, and plug in a new Arctic F12 PWM fan into the same connector and switch on without changing anything (BIOS, settings, software...) in my PC does it mean new Arctic F12 PWM fan will rotate at maximum speed by default?
Thanks.