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12 minutes ago, AncientPistol said:

I'm building a PC with Ryzen 7 3700X processor on MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi motherboard. For CPU cooling I have bought a Kraken X63 AIO. The manual says to connect the fans to the motherboard or a fan hub, the problem is that the two included fans are PWM, and the motherboard only has two PWM headers - CPU_FAN1 and PUMP_FAN1, one of which I need for the AIO pump. There are 6 other fan headers - SYS_FAN1-6 that are all DC.

 

Where do I install the fan connectors? Do I need to buy a fan hub?

Correct - these two:

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Try this:

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I'm building a PC with Ryzen 7 3700X processor on MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi motherboard. For CPU cooling I have bought a Kraken X63 AIO. The manual says to connect the fans to the motherboard or a fan hub, the problem is that the two included fans are PWM, and the motherboard only has two PWM headers - CPU_FAN1 and PUMP_FAN1, one of which I need for the AIO pump. There are 6 other fan headers - SYS_FAN1-6 that are all DC.

 

Where do I install the fan connectors? Do I need to buy a fan hub?

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12 minutes ago, AncientPistol said:

I'm building a PC with Ryzen 7 3700X processor on MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi motherboard. For CPU cooling I have bought a Kraken X63 AIO. The manual says to connect the fans to the motherboard or a fan hub, the problem is that the two included fans are PWM, and the motherboard only has two PWM headers - CPU_FAN1 and PUMP_FAN1, one of which I need for the AIO pump. There are 6 other fan headers - SYS_FAN1-6 that are all DC.

 

Where do I install the fan connectors? Do I need to buy a fan hub?

Correct - these two:

image.png.949ed9628e6d883918d2cef7cf25eed5.png

 

EDIT:

Try this:

image.png.1345f55501dc7e69016aef77ce1d8199.png

Edited by Eighjan

I frequently edit any posts you may quote; please check for anything I 'may' have added.

 

Did you test boot it, before you built in into the case?

WHY NOT...?!

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1 minute ago, Eighjan said:

Correct - these two:

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I'm sorry but I dont understand. I have 1 pump and two fans making total 3 PWM headers required on motherboard, but it only has two.

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35 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

EDIT:

Try this:

But I can only do that to CPU_FAN1, all the SYS_FANs can only work with DC regulator.

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4 minutes ago, AncientPistol said:

But I can only do that to CPU_FAN1, all the SYS_FANs can only work with DC regulator.

No; SYS_FAN is set to DC, by default - you override it in the BIOS.

I frequently edit any posts you may quote; please check for anything I 'may' have added.

 

Did you test boot it, before you built in into the case?

WHY NOT...?!

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Just now, Eighjan said:

No; SYS_FAN is set to DC, by default - you override it in the BIOS.

Oh okay I understand now. I'm so sorry for wasting your time and thanks a lot for your help 🙂

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Just now, AncientPistol said:

Oh okay I understand now. I'm so sorry for wasting your time and thanks a lot for your help 🙂

Not wasted, at all... :)

I frequently edit any posts you may quote; please check for anything I 'may' have added.

 

Did you test boot it, before you built in into the case?

WHY NOT...?!

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