I've just installed two Cougar Vortex PWM fans to my AsRock FM2A85X-ITX motherboard. I switch on and my feet feel freezing but the fans are louder than my old ones. I went into my BIOS and tried to change the speed but the UEFI setup only gives me levels 1-9. The 'ASRock eXtreme Tuner' allows me to change the fan from level 1-10 (If someone can give me actual numbers to what AsRock's levels are it would be great!)
Is there any software that can change fan speeds by either voltage or rpm etc. automatically by CPU temp?
I've already tried FanSpeed and I found it awful..
Protip: Arduino micro or similar small controller with configurable I/O.
I like to use the Arduino Micro or very small AVR based generic boards if the Arduino micro is too large. You configure it to read the temp sensor of your mobo or for it's own temp sensor, and configure your own fan profiles with up to 7 PWM fan outputs, or or voltage-based outputs, or PWM/voltage-based outputs with an rpm sensor input, whatever you want, because there's 20 configurable channels. It's cheap, and doesn't rely on stupid bloatware, and does a really good job at keep your system cool and silent.
To be honest, nothing that actually works, the more features the software has, the more it sucks. The best option in my opinion would be to let the UEFI take care of it with an automatic profile. Software based cooling management is very unreliable and asking for trouble.