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Hey everyone, I am wanting to add 3 Corsair LL120 fans to my build. However, I am unsure about my motherboard & power supply supporting them and how to power them. (this is my first PC build)
I am running a Corsair CX450M PSU and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard.
The motherboard only has one fan header but I believe I will be able to get a fan hub to split the power for the now 5 fans in my case. (right?)
and I am unsure about the additional power for the RGB fan hub and the RGB controller that comes with the fans as it will require 2 SATA connections. 
I think that 3 of the ports on the PSU can be used for SATA but I am using one for a HDD, I will need one for the fan hub and I want to be able to add an additional HDD in the future. 
Is a SATA splitter cable all I need?  
Any help is much appreciated. 
Thanks! 

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Technically you have 2 headers. Using CPU just means that all fans will automatically follow CPU fan curve. You can power some 2-4 fans per header easily. I personally wouldn't go over 4 fans per header even if they technically would work.

 

As for RGB, if you buy 3-pack you get controller included.

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