

MS Office like tasks, and not CPU-intensive nor gaming tasks). Let's say if the normal usage environment is generally pretty light (eg. This is using the stock Intel CPU cooler. With lower fan CPU fan speed, the CPU stays a bit warmer than when the CPU fan is always at full fan speed.Īlso, does having the fan full fan speed shorten the life of the fan (but can possibly slightly prolong the life of the CPU since it stays a bit cooler). Just be sure your system is completely powered down before you start yanking cables out of their connectors. Just wondering, what setting do you usually use for your CPU fans - do you have this "Smart Fan" control enabled? (Asus Q-Fan can be set to Optimal / Silent / Performance, depending on which revision of Q-Fan).

Some are also controllable via SpeedFan (or similar utility). Gigabyte and MSI motherboards also have has that feature (named differently). Asus Q-Fan control (BIOS or via utility). Many motherboards feature some form of fan-speed control, eg.
