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Hi!

So my mini itx mobo only has 1 fan header. Right now i have one connected to the mobo and the other plugged in to the psu. It's kind of a weird setup in my opinion.

I would like to control both of the fans somehow. Is there a way to connect all of them by any means? I saw some fan controller from phanteks, thermaltake and corsair. Will they work well?

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Just now, Imaginary Friend said:

Hi!

So my mini itx mobo only has 1 fan header. Right now i have one connected to the mobo and the other plugged in to the psu. It's kind of a weird setup in my opinion.

I would like to control both of the fans somehow. Is there a way to connect all of them by any means? I saw some fan controller from phanteks, thermaltake and corsair. Will they work well?

You could also use a fan splitter. Would be a lot easier.

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1 minute ago, minibois said:

You could also use a fan splitter. Would be a lot easier.

Will i be able to control the fans? and see them in bios?

 

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Just now, Imaginary Friend said:

Will i be able to control the fans? and see them in bios?

If you have multiple fans on one header via a splitter, you would still be able to control them; just all at once.

So either both fans run at 50%.. Or at 100%.. etc.

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3 minutes ago, minibois said:

If you have multiple fans on one header via a splitter, you would still be able to control them; just all at once.

So either both fans run at 50%.. Or at 100%.. etc.

AIght sounds good... again is this what you mean?

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 nothing to add except @Imaginary Friend i freakin love your avatar

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1 minute ago, Imaginary Friend said:

AIght sounds good... again is this what you mean?

Yep, that's exactly what I mean.

I think I have used that exact one in a build in the past.

 

That's an EK cable, right? :P  

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1 minute ago, minibois said:

Yep, that's exactly what I mean.

I think I have used that exact one in a build in the past.

 

That's an EK cable, right? :P  

Yup, mine is a noctua one.

Anyway thanks for the info fellow gimp user(?).

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Use a fan splitter. You can get a 1 to 3 splitter. Then, you can use that 1 port to power 3 different fans using  a splitter

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11 minutes ago, Imaginary Friend said:

Yup, mine is a noctua one.

Oh, haha. The cable in the picture just looked a lot like one I used a bit ago

11 minutes ago, Imaginary Friend said:

Anyway thanks for the info fellow gimp user(?).

Yep, for sure! This is obviously what.. Uhm... Inspired my profile picture!

It's still my go to for photo editing of any kind. Complimenting Gimp, I also use Krita, Inkscape and Davinc Resolve to do all my 'creative stuff'.

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26 minutes ago, Imaginary Friend said:

Will i be able to control the fans? and see them in bios?

 

Yes, but mind two things:

 

1. If im not mistaken It makes a difference if both fans are pwm or not, or if its a mix. Only works if both are pwm or both dc otherwise you can control only the pwm and dc will go full blast, or dc will be controlled but pwm wont spin due to lack of pwm signal.

 

2. You dont mention if 1 of the 2 fans is a cpu fan. If it is, only 1 connection off the splitter will have the rpm return signal wire, so make sure thats the cpu fan so mobo can properly alarm when it dies or wont spin up on power-on, potentionally saving the cpu.

 

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2 hours ago, Bartholomew said:

Yes, but mind two things:

 

1. If im not mistaken It makes a difference if both fans are pwm or not, or if its a mix. Only works if both are pwm or both dc otherwise you can control only the pwm and dc will go full blast, or dc will be controlled but pwm wont spin due to lack of pwm signal.

 

2. You dont mention if 1 of the 2 fans is a cpu fan. If it is, only 1 connection off the splitter will have the rpm return signal wire, so make sure thats the cpu fan so mobo can properly alarm when it dies or wont spin up on power-on, potentionally saving the cpu.

 

one cpu fan header at the top corner and one normal fan header down somewhere. 

So you would recommend pwm fans? i never really understood the fan name schemes so i don't really know what they do or mean. Only get fans based off what people recommend.

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