I would suggest checking the manual of the boards you are interested in to verify this feature is included in the board's UEFI, to avoid any disappointments: The drop down menu type option settings for the fans is still included, but the new GUI type FAN-Tastic Tuning feature is very convenient. This can also be found on some of their X99 boards.įrom what I can find in the manual of boards like the H110M Combo-G, this new feature is included in the H/W Monitoring screen. Recently, ASRock has added a GUI type FAN-Tastic Tuning option in the UEFI of most if not all of their 100 series chipset boards. The fan speed control options are not simplified on most if not all of the more budget oriented Intel based boards. That has changed and evolved with the last two or three Intel processor/chipset generations. That meant that cheaper boards did not have all the fan headers controlled in the same manner.

In the past, the level of fan speed control sophistication on ASRock boards varied somewhat with the price of the board.

What i dislike in haswell is the rest of the headers are presets (silent, normal etc), but i can live with 2 good fully adjustable headers, just wondering if the micro atx skylake would give me that, or i need to go enter ATX for the mobo to have the CHA_FAN1 being full PWM and controllable in 1% increments.

THat said, i seen in the past the AsRock has very good PWM fan control on the CPU_FAN1, with multiple breakpoints and 1% increments, thus making it imo the best in the market, and i believe they also have the CHA_FAN1 as true PWM, same as the CPU, with full control with 1% increments, but this was on a Haswell ATX, not sure how it is on a micro atx and skylake. My case has 6 120mm fans in it and my CPU coolers are always overkill so it really hasn't been a concern for me as even the most basic 'silent' mode is usually silent enough for my needs.įor me presets are not enough, specially to the sound levels i want to reach, i need full control, specially on PWM fans, although full control on voltage is also welcome and would allow me a lot more options. I have not noted any differences between my 2 ASRock Skylake boards in fan control settings however I am not overly fussed with controlling my fans, I generally just set to the silent preset and be done with it.

Asrock motherboard fan control