Use Speedfan to control temperatures

Speedfan has been released in a new version yesterday which added support for many new technologies such as full Vista 64 bit support. The basic functionality could be described the following way. Speedfan monitors temperature levels of core system units such as cpu and hard drives and puts out warnings if they do reach a critical level.

It is also possible to control fans that are connected to a supported motherboard which means that you could reduce the noise of your computer by reducing the speed the fans rotate in your system. The temperature levels will eventually rise if you reduce it to much but it is relatively easy to find a level that reduces the noise and keeps the temperatures at a good level.

I’m mainly using Speedfan to reduce the noise in my computer but it can also be used to monitor temperatures and find out detailed information about your hard drives, if they support S.M.A.R.T. Speedfan also reports voltages such as Vcore, 12v and 3.3V.