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Yes, a fan will work just fine on there. All that means is that Pin header can supply up to 3A iirc for a pump to get sufficient power if it draws its power from the 4pin header and not external. 

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I need 2 140mm and 3 120mm fans for airflow in my new case that I am getting (Define C) . It would cost me $117 AUD for the 5 ML fans and $180 AUD for the 5 Noctua fans. Would the Noctua fans perform significantly better or would it be pretty similar? Another question I have is would a 4 pin pump header be able to power one of the fans as I have 6, 4 pin connectors on my motherboard but one of them needs to power my cpu fan? Thanks for any help.

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They are close enough. The ML fans are amazing and I have 6 in total in my case, 3 140mm and 3 120mm for my setup. You wont notice any performance difference between them. 

 

For controlling the fans, I would recommend you get a PWM splitter if you can like the one from Swiftech or Silverstone so you can control them all from one box and keep them all at the same RPM levels consistently. 

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On my B350-F motherboard, there are 6, 4 pin connectors. I have 1 fan for the CPU and I am thinking of getting 5, new, case fans. Problem is, one of the 4 pin connectors is labelled AIO_PUMP. Would my fans work on that one?

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Yes, a fan will work just fine on there. All that means is that Pin header can supply up to 3A iirc for a pump to get sufficient power if it draws its power from the 4pin header and not external. 

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Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

Yes, a fan will work just fine on there. All that means is that Pin header can supply up to 3A iirc for a pump to get sufficient power if it draws its power from the 4pin header and not external. 

On another forum, someone said that if you plug a fan into a pump header, you would not be able to control its speed. Do you know if this is true?

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1 minute ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

On another forum, someone said that if you plug a fan into a pump header, you would not be able to control its speed. Do you know if this is true?

Its still a normal PWM header, yes it will be able to control the fan. 

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34 minutes ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

On another forum, someone said that if you plug a fan into a pump header, you would not be able to control its speed. Do you know if this is true?

You can control a pump with that, both are essentially an electric motor. Though that fan will be labeled as 'AIO pump' in the BIOS.

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8 hours ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

On another forum, someone said that if you plug a fan into a pump header, you would not be able to control its speed. Do you know if this is true?

It would depend on mobo can you control or not. Such info can be found in mobo manual. Same place you find info if headers are true PWM headers or just DC headers with 4 pins. Most of the time they are just labelled to be AIO_PUMP and such. Sometimes some headers receive extra amps to power more than 3 fans.

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ML's perform better and Noctuas are quieter. Which is your biggest priority?

What are your specs? 

The pump header is just a standard fan header that can provide more power for a pump. Fan headers on modern motherboards should have no problem powering at least one these fans if not multiple with a splitter.

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