Fractal Design Torrent (compact) fan control

[L.o.D.]

Is it better to use the hub when controlling speeds or better to have each fan directly on the motherboard?

[nullable]

This is the sort of thing where better is subjective and a matter of preference. It's six of one, half dozen of the other. Because ultimately we're talking about fans and airflow and there's not too much magic there.

So for me the question is this, is either solution going to do a bad job at spinning fans? If ever the settings you choose are slightly less than optimal, what impact is that going to have on your system? Is it zero? Then it doesn't matter which.

That being said do you want to micromanage fans? Then plug them into the hub. If you're happy with the system controlling the fans (I am) then plug them into the motherboard. In times past when I've had case controlled fans I might have adjusted them once or twice over the life of the machine. Controlling fans might sound interesting or worthwhile, but once the novelty is over in most cases it's just fluff to get in the way.

[L.o.D.]

I like to be able to see fan speeds of each fan. I am using the Compacts 2 180mm front fans and have added 2 140mm Thermaltakes top the bottom.

[_I_]

imho, let the mobo control fan speeds
bios knows the temps of cpu/gpu/vrm/chipset that need cooling

on system lockup or other severe errors that can crash the os, whatever software is controlling the fans will not tell them to change speeds when temps go too high after the crash

on newer boards, in bios fan control pages, you can set profiles for each fan header
based on cpu/gpu/system temps, no matter what happens in the os
when the pc is on it ill control the speeds, even during crash or hard lockups