
Reception Īn extended review of version 4.46 in 2012 on the Silent PC Review website summarized, "The biggest drawback is it often takes a lot of work to properly configure", but continued, "Its highly customizable and incredibly powerful nature is unmatched by the competition and as a bonus, it's also free, lightweight and regularly updated with more features and better motherboard support." Messages inform the user of specific situations and problems, which Almico says is “as if a human expert had looked at the data”. data to a database with statistical models of hard disks allowing early detection of potentially degraded hard disks. SpeedFan offers a feature named "in-depth online analysis" that compares the hard disk's S.M.A.R.T. Version 4.38 added full support for AMCC/3ware SATA and RAID controllers. Starting with version 4.35, SpeedFan fully supports Areca RAID controllers. readings for EIDE, SATA and SCSI hard disks.
