Aside from your BIOS, there's a nice program called FanControl that allows setting different types of fan curves based on different temp sensors, including GPU. Answer from Djinnerator on reddit.com
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reddit.com โ€บ r/buildapc โ€บ what are some suggestions for fan curve software?
r/buildapc on Reddit: What are some suggestions for fan curve software?
July 8, 2024 -

I just bought a PC and it came with Armoury Crate but I am reading it isnt so helpful and its considered bloatware. But at the same time all the posts about it are quite old so I am not sure, is it still a bad software and I should get rid of it?

If so, what are some good alternatives?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/pcmasterrace โ€บ software that lets me adjust my cpu fan curve with gpu temp?
r/pcmasterrace on Reddit: Software that lets me adjust my CPU fan curve with GPU temp?
December 30, 2022 -

My entire intake is through a 280mm radiator, my CPU doesn't really heat up during games and my airflow suffers because of this.

I understand that I could set my min. fan speed higher and get better airflow, but I would really prefer if I could set the fans to speed up above (lets say) 40c CPU temp or 60c GPU temp, and have them chill at a low rpm when I'm below those temps.

Is there some software available that lets me set up a curve for the CPU fans based on more conditions than just the CPU temp itself?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/fancontrol โ€บ how do i create a good fancurve
r/FanControl on Reddit: How do i create a good fancurve
March 13, 2025 -

So i want to create a fancurve for my cpu. My cpu cooler and case fans are too loud and it annoys me. I have a ryzen 7 5700x3d and a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB cooler.

First off, i don''t know what speeds i should put at what temperatures. I want my cpu to be cool but not that the fans are so hot. Also, what do case fans use as the temperature source? Should i just use my cpu temps as a reference? Lastly, what do these two features in the picture do and what is the best settings for therm? Thank you in advance!

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My 9800x3d doesn't really ever drop below 40C, so I set the minimum fan speed at 35% for 40C. 35% on my fan is around 550rpm, which is mostly silent. Here's what my fan curve looks like ( https://imgur.com/a/lcLlt4t ). I like to keep the fan spinning slowly as long as possible and ramp up as needed if it's getting hot, which I consider to be above 60C. 40C = 35% 50C = 40% 60C = 50% 70C = 75% 80C = 100% Start with something similar to what I have above, and adjust it from there to your preferences. Keep in mind my CPU fan spins at 1500 rpm when at 100%. If your fan is faster or slower, you may need to adjust.
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I'll point you to a previous post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanControl/comments/1iqjjxr/comment/mdsa9ww/?context=3 How you configure your fans is going to entirely depend on your hardware, your coolers and fans, your case, your ambient temperature, and what noise:performance you are comfortable with. What speeds to use at what temperatures really relies on all of the above info, but there's a few things to keep in mind that might get you started: Set the 100% speed of your fan curve to the highest temperature that you are comfortable with your CPU hitting. Set the 0% speed of your fan curve to a few degrees below whatever your normal idle is. Understand that, in most cases, you'll want to induce positive air pressure in your case to prevent dust buildup. After that, it's just a matter of testing under typical loads that you'll experience. While testing and watching your temperatures, if you feel like your CPU is running cool enough and you'd instead prefer your fans to be quieter, adjust the curves down for that given temperature. If you feel your temperatures are too high for a given noise level, adjust the curves up. Rinse and repeat. And since nobody answered your question about the two settings you circled... they have to deal with hysteresis, which is the delay in which an output is realized from a given input. When it comes to fans, hysteresis is all about avoiding sudden changes in fan speed (which cause more noticeable and unpleasant fan noise) due to transient temperature spikes which are not uncommon. The Hysteresis setting determines the degree (temp) change required before your fan curve will take effect and change your fan speed. The Response Time setting determines the time over which the Hysteresis degree change must exceed before your fan curve will take effect and change your fan speed. For example, assuming you're monitoring your CPU temperature, with the default of 2H and 2RT, your fan curve will not change at all if your CPU temperature goes from 40-41. Nor will it change it your CPU temperature goes from 40-45 for 1 second, then goes back down to 40 afterwards. If you change your settings to 5H and 1RT, your fan curve will not change at all if your CPU temperature goes from 40-44. However, if your CPU temperature goes from 40-45 for 1 second, it will change (to whatever your curve is set to). If your change your settings to 1H and 10RT, your fan curve will not change until your CPU temperature exceeds 1 degree change for over 10 seconds. Most of my curves are set to the default 2H and 2RT, but my rear and bottom exhaust fans are set to 2H and 5RT in order to delay any fan changes as a result of transient temperature swings.
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reddit.com โ€บ r/linustechtips โ€บ fan control software
r/LinusTechTips on Reddit: fan control software
September 14, 2024 -

was looking for a software that would let me monitor all my fan speeds and change them if need be i saw a few posts from 2 to 3 years ago about hwinfo and fan control from gifthub and was wondering if they are still good programs and if so what one would be the better one.

also this is probably a dumb question but i also use afterburner to monitor my cpu temp and use it to auto my gpu fan speed if i had hwinfo or fan control would it cause issues with afterburner auto?

thanks for taking your time to answer my questions.

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reddit.com โ€บ r/pcmasterrace โ€บ how do you manage your fans? bios? mobo utility? 3rd party app?
r/pcmasterrace on Reddit: How do you manage your fans? Bios? Mobo Utility? 3rd Party App?
January 26, 2024 - FanControl. Worth supporting, ignore MB vendor bloatware solutions ยท As an SFF user, Bios curve only screws me over. The temperature delta is around 20C between the sensor read out (placed within the AM4 Sockel) and the real important CPU temp (TDie) which cant be accessed by the bios.
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reddit.com โ€บ r/amd โ€บ custom cpu fan curve software and how to use it?
r/Amd on Reddit: Custom CPU Fan curve software and how to use it?
July 30, 2019 -

Ryzen 7 3700X with Scythe FUMA CPU Cooler (Model: Scfm 1100)

ASROCK Fatality AB350 Gaming K4 Motherboard (BIOS 5.80)

16GB G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2133-3200Mhz

GTX 1080 8GB DT (Driver: 430.86)

750W SuperNOVA G2 Gold Certified PSU

Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

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I've never used software that allows one to set a custom cpu fan curve before, so I would like to know what is the recommended software to do so and how do I go about using it?

With the new Ryzen 3000 CPU's, my idle temps are between 47 degrees and 55 degrees using the new AMD Ryzen Balanced Power plan from the new chipset drivers. Actually, it's been like that regardless of Power Plan. I've been avoiding gaming entirely since the cpu upgrade as I'm afraid that my temperature will go over 80 degrees or higher.

Not to mention, the CPU fan revving up from time to time from simple web browsing is starting to get annoying. So I'm hoping to fix the high temps by setting a custom fan curve for the CPU.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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reddit.com โ€บ r/linux_gaming โ€บ what program are you using for your custom fan curves?
r/linux_gaming on Reddit: What program are you using for your custom fan curves?
July 30, 2024 -

The GPU i have has really horrendous default fan curve so i tweak it with CoreCtrl. But that only works on the GPU and processor, not the case fans.

Any easy to use GUI program i can try to control all of them? I can kind of do it in BIOS, but i can't set them to monitor the GPU temperature for instance, which creates a rather unique problem.

See, when i had the stock cooler, which was horrible and regularly exceeded 85 degrees, the case fans would ramp up due to the CPU temperature, and consequently also help cool the GPU.

Now that i have a better CPU cooler which manages 60C under load, the case fans don't ramp up as much (if at all), and the GPU ends up more hot - but with the poor default curves, the hotspot regularly reaches above 90C, which is kinda scary to me, so i try to keep it under 90.

I know fancontrol exists as part of lm_sensors, but i find it weird to configure and i'm never quite sure it works. Also, idk what i should select during pwmconfig and sensors-detect, so i just leave it at default, idk if that's the correct thing to do.

So... What are y'all using to control the fan speeds while gaming? Any tips?

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August 7, 2022 - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/u9qfdr/fancontrol_software_extremely_useful_for/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share ... Give it to me straight doc. ... Took off my CPU fan cooler and see this black stuff on my CPU..
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Need some help with fan curve software. : r/buildapc
July 24, 2022 - If you were able to control the fans in CAM, then they must be connected to the AIO.
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reddit.com โ€บ r/msi_gaming โ€บ best fan curve for pc?
r/MSI_Gaming on Reddit: Best fan curve for pc?
June 25, 2024 -

Hello, I have a small question for you. Namely, does anyone perhaps know where to find some chart for setting the curve (fans speed) for gaming and video editing? Or maybe any of you have or could come up with some reasonable one so that the fans don't go at 80% when davinci resolve is on (I set them that way XD). Thank you very much in advance!

MB: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI

CPU: i7-13700K

GPU: rtx 4070ti

MEMORY: G.SKILL 32GB (2x16GB) 6400MHz CL32 Trident Z5

CASE: Lian Li Lancool III

Note:

I have 4 fans and a 360mm AIO (3 fans)

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reddit.com โ€บ r/buildapc โ€บ what software should i be using for fan control on my pc?
r/buildapc on Reddit: What software should I be using for fan control on my PC?
March 2, 2025 -

Hi all,

Having heard horror stories about motherboard manufacturers filling your PC up with bloatware (and having used a fair amount of it in the past), is MSI Center really my only solution to control the 4 case and 2 CPU fans I have in my "new" (read: resetted) build? If not, what should I be using? What I'd appreciate isn't too complex, really just being able to set a custom fan curve and leave that running in perpetuity? I'm not sure if there's BIOS control of fans the motherboard I have (B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC) but a single way to bring it all together would be fantastic. None of them are RGB, so I don't need to worry about controlling that at least.

Thanks.

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reddit.com โ€บ r/buildapc โ€บ any cpu fan curve software recommendations?
r/buildapc on Reddit: Any CPU fan curve software recommendations?
November 29, 2020 -

Just got a new AIO Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 Liquid Cooler and wondered what software would be best to make a fan curve with for it.

I have a Gigabyte GA- Z97P- D3 but I don't think any of the Gigabyte software supports fan curving.

Any software recommendations?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/buildapc โ€บ best fan curves to use?
r/buildapc on Reddit: Best fan curves to use?
April 25, 2023 -

Hi all,

I just completed building/testing my PC, but I am unsure about what the best fan curves are to use. I currently am using the standard curves given from the BIOS.

Case: MSI Vampiric 010
CPU: 15-13600k
GPU: MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB
MoBo: MSI Pro Z690-A WiFi DDR5
RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz C36
PSU: Corsair CX750F RGB
CPU Fan: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Case fans: 6x Thermalright TL-C12C-S

I have currently daisy chained 3 case fans (twice, so 2x3) PWM.My motherboard however does have 6 seperate fan connectors, so plugging each fan in on their own would be possible as well (if that would be any better instead of daisy chaining them).

Could anyone perhaps help me out in this case?

Thank you in advance.

Edit: Currently playing CS:GO and below are my current temps with the standard BIOS fan curves:

CPU Core temperature: around 44 degrees Celcius
CPU Socket temperature: around 33 degrees
System temp: 33

Fan speeds:
CPU Fan: 450 RPM
Sys fans: 1100 RPM
GPU Fan: 1400 RPM