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thegatekeeper   03-14-2008 at 12:24:53 PM

Ok, so yesterday my http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/produc [...] sp?Idx=164 broke off while i was at school. The bracket snapped in 2 for some odd reason and it killed my sound card on impact. The good part is that the local shop i had got the card from agreed to change it (it didn't look like it got hit), but i still had to buy a new cpu cooler, so i got a http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/produc [...] sp?Idx=165 , which i believe is exactly the same but more silent.

So anyway, this new cooler has something called PWM (pulse width modulation). I seem to understand how this thing works, but what exactly are its benefits? My old cpu fan had something which was called Fan Mate (I didn't use it as i like keeping my fans on 100%), but i never fiddled with PWM before.

Im running an Asus Crosshair mobo, so im not sure it has support for it.

Thanks for any answers.

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jay_l_a   03-17-2008 at 09:41:25 PM
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Benefits:
Fan not running at full speed when not require.
No user intervention required. (aside from maybe initial setup)

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