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you should run the 120mm fans on 1 splitter and the 140mm fans on one splitter

 

and dude do not plug the cpu fan to sys fan header, it will give you cpu fan error every time you boot

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I have 6 be quiet Silent wings 3

 

3x 120mm

3x 140mm

 

Should I run them with fan splitters or a fan hub? 

 

My cpu cooler fan will plug into the motherboard SYS_FAN.

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Why wouldn't you connect your CPU cooler fan to the header specifically meant for it?

 

You also haven't told us what your motherboard is so we know how many fan headers it has.

 

In general if you are content with all the fans running at the same speed, get a hub. If you want to try to run some of them faster than others to optimize your airflow pattern then you're better off running them off of splitters, 2 or 3 fans per header. 

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Fan hub is more expensive. The cost of the hub plus the more expensive 4-pin fans.

 

Splitters can play nice with either 3-pin or 4-pin. Also easier to use with built-in Motherboard fan control.

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28 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Why wouldn't you connect your CPU cooler fan to the header specifically meant for it?

 

You also haven't told us what your motherboard is so we know how many fan headers it has.

 

In general if you are content with all the fans running at the same speed, get a hub. If you want to try to run some of them faster than others to optimize your airflow pattern then you're better off running them off of splitters, 2 or 3 fans per header. 

I have a z490 aorus elite. It have 5 fans header only. 

 

Yes, I connect the cpu cooler into the cpu fan header that specified on the motherboard 

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you should run the 120mm fans on 1 splitter and the 140mm fans on one splitter

 

and dude do not plug the cpu fan to sys fan header, it will give you cpu fan error every time you boot

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