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Will sata to molex and molex to fan works?

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By Pooherino ツ
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My pc is a mini itx. I got 3 fans and 1 pump that i need to power. And my mobo only have 1 cpu fan connector with a y splitter powering my liquid cooler fans. And another connector powering the pump atm. I want to power another fan as intake but i dont wanna use molex, cus my system is already cramped enough, another molex cable just for a fan is not optimal. so im thinking of using sata power to fan connector but couldnt find that in canada. So could I do sata to molex and then molex to fan connector? To power the fan? And that wont take up much space cus the adapter is like 2" long

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You could just have another y splitter plugged into your y splitter :P

I thought of that. But not a good idea cus 1 of them is a pump not a fan
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May sound like a stupid question, but you have used all system fans on your mobo right, so there is none free? And if your pump runs to your cpu you do have it connected to the CPU fan header too right? I know I often forget about them.

 

If not yeah, you can go from SATA power to molex I believe.

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May sound like a stupid question, but you have used all system fans on your mobo right, so there is none free? And if your pump runs to your cpu you do have it connected to the CPU fan header too right? I know I often forget about them.

If not yeah, you can go from SATA power to molex I believe.

Yeah theres only 2 fan connector on my mobo. 1 white cpu fan and 1 black sys fan and i doubled check the manual. So yeah no more fan connector for the fourth fan
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Yeah i found that at ncix but its a back order. And idk where to put it. My case is pretty small and cramped

This fan spliiter is very small, you could let it dangling in your case :D

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