One problem with these may be that making good thermal contact with the mobo components can be tricky and hard to maintain - sensors may work loose from their intended contact points.

There are a few such Controllers that include temperature sensors of their own to connect to the Controller, and you must decide where to place those to display what you decide are temperature points relevant to your decisions on fan speed. HOW do you decide? You can use whatever software tools your mobo has to display the temperatures measured at a sensor on the motherboard and the one inside the CPU chip, and use them to guide how fast to run the fans. That is, YOU decide how fast each fan (or group) should run and set that with its controls, and those speeds are kept constant until you change them. Almost ALL use MANUAL control for every channel. Many have several separate output channels so you can control different fan groups separately. Many are designed to fit into a 3½' or 5¼' front panel slot so you can see their displays and use their manual controls. It’s priced at about 180 USD, and checks all boxes to give you a stable and durable system.Virtually ALL third-party Fan Controllers are stand-alone devices that do NOT need any connection to the mobo. This is a 30.5 x 24.4 cm ATX factor product (there’s also an mATX version available) equipped with a B550 chipset, and it offers such features as 14 -phase power design, 2.5 gigabit ethernet (Dragon RTL8125BG), and a very sleek design. This series from ASRock is meant to give users great stability, a boatload of features, and an attractive design, all while keeping the price quite low. Meet the Asrock B550 Steel Legend motherboard.

Priced at just over 200 bucks, meet one of the smaller B550 Chipset based motherboards we review, the Mini-ITX based B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax review, at 17x17cm AROCK loaded this B550 motherboard wi. Built around powerful gaming-related features, the Riptide has given a powerful smash and immerse users in the sense of stability.

According to Asrock - Riptide is named after a specific kind of water current with strong waves in the ocean, representing the philosophy of the sea’s double-side, calm and unlimited strength. It’s a rather mid-tier ATX product from the Phantom Gaming series. Meet the Asrock B550 PG RIPTIDE motherboard.

Motherboard fan controller