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HaamYz
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Hey so im planning on building another pc soon and i might have a problem i have got 9 case fans 6 corsaie ll120s and 3 of the non rgb ones that come with a corsair h150i pro do i need a motherboard with alot of fan headers or can i use splitters or am i going to need to get a corsair commando pro and if anyone has any recommendations for a good x370 or x470 board id be interested in what the best boards are and is it better to get a goos b450 than an bad x370 thanks

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You will need either Commander Pro or RGB splitters for RGB anyway. Why 9 fans? Is you case able to fit them all anyway? Like does AIO fit if you are gonna have 6 on it or what are you planning?

 

If you wan individual control, getting controller is better. But good mobo with 3+ case fan headers is enough too. You can power 3-5 from single header or use powered hub.

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1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

You will need either Commander Pro or RGB splitters for RGB anyway. Why 9 fans? Is you case able to fit them all anyway? Like does AIO fit if you are gonna have 6 on it or what are you planning?

 

If you wan individual control, getting controller is better. But good mobo with 3+ case fan headers is enough too. You can power 3-5 from single header or use powered hub.

My case is a lian li dynamic 011 razor addition i was gonna put three on the bottom pulling air into the gpu towards the roof with another three exhuasting and then 3 on the aio pulling air into giving me a positive pressure to try and keep it clean i also did some research on what rpm to run all the fans to try and get the presure just over neutral to try and not put to much strain on the fans i bought thr 6 rgb fans in a bundle with the case and a table for a really good price and dont know if i can be assed selling them and three came with the aio the rgb fans come with a little controller type thing i dont know what it is or what it does it plugs into thr psu directly do you think they might help

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2 minutes ago, HaamYz said:

My case is a lian li dynamic 011 razor addition i was gonna put three on the bottom pulling air into the gpu towards the roof with another three exhuasting and then 3 on the aio pulling air into giving me a positive pressure to try and keep it clean i also did some research on what rpm to run all the fans to try and get the presure just over neutral to try and not put to much strain on the fans i bought thr 6 rgb fans in a bundle with the case and a table for a really good price and dont know if i can be assed selling them and three came with the aio the rgb fans come with a little controller type thing i dont know what it is or what it does it plugs into thr psu directly do you think they might help

`You could get 3x 3-ways splitters and use mobo. Then all 3 fan zones are controlled by one controller chip.

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24 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

`You could get 3x 3-ways splitters and use mobo. Then all 3 fan zones are controlled by one controller chip.

Yeh but the motherboard im most likely to get is a x370 pro which unless im mistaken only has 2 fan headers or do you hsve any recommendations or if possible could you link me to the am4 board roundup i saw it last nyt but cant find it now

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21 minutes ago, HaamYz said:

Yeh but the motherboard im most likely to get is a x370 pro which unless im mistaken only has 2 fan headers or do you hsve any recommendations or if possible could you link me to the am4 board roundup i saw it last nyt but cant find it now

It has CPU/CPU_OPT + 4 others. All PWM, all controllable, though CPU/CPU_OPT are probably sharing controller chip.

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11 minutes ago, HaamYz said:

So should i be good i think one isfor pump and one is for rgb tho

Pump header is just labelled on this mobo. Its still acting like normal fan header, controlling is disabled by default, but thats just option in BIOS.

 

It has only one RGB header, though.

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58 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

Pump header is just labelled on this mobo. Its still acting like normal fan header, controlling is disabled by default, but thats just option in BIOS.

 

It has only one RGB header, though.

Yeh but im gonna need the pump header for my aio right and is there a way for the one rgb fan header to do 6 fans

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3 minutes ago, HaamYz said:

 

Yeh but im gonna need the pump header for my aio right and is there a way for the one rgb fan header to do 6 fans

I don't know that much about RGB. But you have 6 headers total. You need one for AIO pump. It still leaves you with 5 headers, one of which needs to have fan connected to. 3x 3-way splitters is still option.

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2 hours ago, HaamYz said:

I have a 1 to 5 way splitter is that ok or will it blow up my. Mobo

Unless the motherboard header supports more than 1A of the splitter gets external power from the psu, I wouldn't recommend it. You can find info regarding the headers in the motherboard manual

Most motherboard fan headers support up to 1A unless otherwise specified and the fans you're referring to pull ~0.3A each. 

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