Hi,
I wanted to get a Asus Maximus Hero motherboard for my new gaming/work PC, but I got in doubt if I should get a Sabertooth Z87 instead.
The reason why I got in doubt is that it seems like the BIOS fan control is better on the Sabertooth Z87? I read in the manual that the minimum speed for both the PWM controlled CPU fan header and the chassis fan headers is 0%, whereas on the Hero it is 40% for the CPU header and 60% on the chassis fan headers.
Does this mean I will be able to have a significantly better fan control through the BIOS with the Sabertooth?
It seems I could get around this 40/60% limit with Fan Xpert 2, but I don't like installing the whole AI Suite package since I won't use a lot of it's functions - I like to keep my system simple and just set up the fans in BIOS once and then just leave it 🙂
However, I really dislike the thought of having 2 small 35 mm assist fans on the Sabertooth - as I think I would find them noisy.
I won't be doing any hardcore overclocking - at least not to begin with, but later down the road I may want to experiment with it to get a little more performance 🙂
What would you go for? The potential fan control issue got me a bit worried about the Maximus Hero - and I'm worried if I'm doing a mistake ruling out the Sabertooth because of the small 35 mm assist fans? On the other hand I am not sure if the fan control on the Maximus Hero is going to be a real problem.. 🙂
I hope someone can help me, thanks in advance 🙂