SpeedFan 4.28

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Editor's Rating:
4.0 stars
Average User Rating:
3.5 stars (out of 149 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
715,190
Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 server
Limitations:
No limitations
Date Added:
March 21, 2006
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Publisher's description of SpeedFan 4.28

From Almico Software:

SpeedFan monitors voltages, fan speeds, and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. It can even access SMART information for hard disks that support this feature, and show hard-disk temperatures if that's supported. SpeedFan fully supports SCSI disks and can even change the FSB on some hardware (but this should be considered a bonus feature). At the lowest level, SpeedFan is a hardware monitor software that can access temperature sensors, but mainly it can control fan speeds (depending on the capabilities of your sensor chip and your hardware) according to the temperatures inside your PC, thus reducing noise and power consumption.

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Editor's review of SpeedFan 4.28

4.0 stars

This free program offers some useful system details to those savvy enough to understand its results. SpeedFan's tabbed interface isn't hard to navigate, but most run-of-the-mill users won't be able to make head or tail of the data this utility provides. The program's system-tray icon tells you the temperature of your PC's hard drive, and you can receive information on voltage and fan speeds. The utility can display SMART data and includes a tool for resetting motherboard clocks. Basically, if this review makes no sense to you, SpeedFan is above your head and won't be worth downloading. However, PC technicians and those who like to do their own system maintenance might as well take a look at this application, particularly since it costs nothing.

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Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 149 votes
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4 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: SpeedFan 4.28

"Excellent Utility"

by palingenesis on April 28, 2006

Pros: Does what it say well plus it is free. What more do you want?

Cons: I wish it monitered other temps like my video card temp also

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4 stars

9 out of 11 people found this review helpful

Version: SpeedFan 4.28

"pretty cool"

by MACarter on April 11, 2006

Pros: lots of options and features, very light on resources, customzable.

Cons: doesnt do much for fan speed that most mobos wont, doesnt have always-on-top temp display for monitoring during gaming, many mobos not included as customizable, i still strongly recommend

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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: SpeedFan 4.28

"Great idea...though unstable and unresponsive when loaded"

by lethal57 on April 22, 2006

Pros: Idea really good, and would be useful addition.

Cons: Hang when first loaded, no troubleshooting in help guide. Dont' bother.

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4 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: SpeedFan 4.28

"Easy to handle and install.Works perfect."

by aaltinalmazis on April 23, 2006

Pros: Always wanted to find a program which can show my PC's fan speed and drive temperature.It does both.

Cons: More than the above ,it is I guess too risky to tweak with changing speeds and other elements.This you can leave it to be done by the savvy ones,for you.

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3 stars

Version: SpeedFan 4.28

"Handy little program"

by Almoace on May 13, 2006

Pros: Tells you fan speed and temps. Puts a icon on the task bar so you can keep check of your temps. Lots of different tweaks, but I just used it to check temps to see if I needed a new fan. Worth downloading.

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