> There are, you can override your fan speed from the OS. But that leads to issues with a control software crash potentially leaving your fans stuck in a low-sp

> There are, you can override your fan speed from the OS. But that leads to issues with a control software crash potentially leaving your fans stuck in a low-speed state. That’s why I didn’t talk about user software and was focusing more on mobo (since it knows the current state of all usage and is not os-dependent) or low-level OS hooks which can have battle-tested processes to make sure that the fans are not left uncontrolled. I appreciate you bringing up the point though, it’s vital to make sure the chips don’t fry. > There's pretty much a 1:1 link between CPU load and CPU temperature Yes agreed, but there’s a lag time between the two