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Splitter for push pull on aio headers

Hey guys, I have a Corsair H100i 240mm (pwm and USB plugged in) and I'm going from a push config to a push and pull, the thing is, I'm a bit ocd about how cables should go and about power distribution so I was thinking, is it okay to use 2 splitters on the pwm headers that comes out of the pump? one for the top fans and one for the bottom ones? (my radiator is mounted vertical). I'm worried about power limits on this headers being different than normal Mobo headers.

 

Edit: I have a 1 to 5 pwm splitter that uses molex for power, should I just use that to all 4 fans and leave the other header of the pump unplugged? will it freak out?

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Just now, NF-A12x25 said:

except v thick rads like the Liquid Freezer II where it could sometimes help

Those are only 37mm thick still not thick enough to be worth it.Push pull is worth it at 60mm rad but even today with high static fans the return on that is small.

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Thanks for all the responses! Let me explain a little better, I have a Corsair Spec-04 and the airflow is terrible, I'm not doing push and pull for better temps on the CPU, just for better airflow to the GPU. I had a 1060 running at 83°c that died (I think because of high temps all the time) so I bought a 3070 and don't want to make the same mistake. With just pull I put my hand behind the rad and there's almost no air.

 

Something else I forgot to mention, I wanted to plug all 4 fans in the pump headers so they can be controled equally in iCue

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Here's the current setup:

Ryzen 7 5800x

32Gb Hyperx Fury 3600 Mt's CL16

RTX 3070

 

The 2 fans in the back of the rad is the ones that comes with it and it's connected to the pump like normal, the 3 front ones is connected directly in the Mobo with a splitter (that doesn't have auxiliary power, the 1 to 5 with molex had its delivery delayed), I did check and the front fans are spinning in different speeds than the back ones and I'm worried about fan degradation. I could use this splitter to connect 3 fans to one pump, then the other to the other pump header, an the bottom one (that doesn't pass through the rad) to the Mobo, but again, I don't want to connect a lot of fans to one pump header (at least not without auxiliary power).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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