yianni Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 i have 4 ek vardars 120er connected to my commander pro and trying to use icue to control them, but it doesnt seem right at all, when i set it at a curve by temperature the fans are always changing speeds , after 60 degrees i have the curve to 1500rpms, but the fans keep changing speeds when they shouldnt because my cpu during stress is greater than 60. even when i put a fixed rpm of 1500 theyre constantly changing am i missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiscogamerz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 i have 4 ek vardars 120er connected to my commander pro and trying to use icue to control them, but it doesnt seem right at all, when i set it at a curve by temperature the fans are always changing speeds , after 60 degrees i have the curve to 1500rpms, but the fans keep changing speeds when they shouldnt because my cpu during stress is greater than 60. even when i put a fixed rpm of 1500 theyre constantly changing am i missing something? The iciest software does not work with wk vardar fans I had same problem bought Corsair fans and problem disappeared. I guess from what I read there’s no real standard persay on how pwm is implemented so it could be that the fans use a slightly different method causing the issues but I had same problem til I switched to Corsair fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yianni Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 That's pretty crappy considering that all it does is control fans. I guess I don't understand the difficulty in it . There are no fans that corsair offers that appeal to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiscogamerz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 That's pretty crappy considering that all it does is control fans. I guess I don't understand the difficulty in it . There are no fans that corsair offers that appeal to me I can say that the ml series vs the ll would work fine on a radiator that have more static pressure and more cfm I may change a few of my ll over to those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yianni Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 I can say that the ml series vs the ll would work fine on a radiator that have more static pressure and more cfm I may change a few of my ll over to those. This is a brand-new build, I don't know if I want to spend another hundred dollars on fans unless newegg takes back the vardars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 That's pretty crappy considering that all it does is control fans. I guess I don't understand the difficulty in it . There are no fans that corsair offers that appeal to me TBH, I don't understand it either. But CoPro has difficulties with both the Noctua fans and now the Vardar fans. I've not had issues with other brands that I've used (personally ... Phanteks, CM, TT, and Rosewill) but many folks have reported issues with these. I don't know if its something with the fan motor or something with the Commander Pro. It does make me wonder if Noctua and EK are using the same OEM for the fans tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yianni Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 TBH, I don't understand it either. But CoPro has difficulties with both the Noctua fans and now the Vardar fans. I've not had issues with other brands that I've used (personally ... Phanteks, CM, TT, and Rosewill) but many folks have reported issues with these. I don't know if its something with the fan motor or something with the Commander Pro. It does make me wonder if Noctua and EK are using the same OEM for the fans tho. I'd get the MLs but i dont see any of them with sleeved cables, at least EK has them pre sleeved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiscogamerz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Yea I had the same problem I have 7 vardar fans but I will repurpose those for another build for my daughter if u want to use the software and have it work correctly best to stick with there stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarity Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Even though many like EK in the water cooling community, it seem that most stay away from their fans. They tend to be extremely unreliable. I spent way to much time looking at fans and after seeing to many complaints from various people regarding reliability, I decided not to buy any of their fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yianni Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 i would of bought the ML fans right now if they were sleeved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squinoogle Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I noticed the same issue when I first hooked up my Vardars to the CLCP to control them in iCUE. I believe the issue is down to how the fans are reporting their rpm, as it's showing completely irrational values at anything below 100% PWM signal. (I'm fairly sure they are not running at 23,000 rpm ;) or -4,000 rpm :o) I had to force the channel they're on into PWM mode, since the automatic sensing seems to be confused by these fans, to get any kind of control. They respond quite happily to a fixed PWM signal, however, so can just ignore the ridiculous rpm reading. I've always liked the direct rpm control that Corsair Link and iCUE offer when using the Commander Pro. I much prefer it to working with percentages when building a fan curve. Thankfully, the way my build is now, I have more than enough cooling performance with little enough noise that I don't need to bother with a curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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