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So my motherboard only has 1 fan header which is for the cpu fan. Stock it came with no intake or exhaust but I would like to change that by adding 1 intake fan and 1 exhaust fan. I do have 3 sata cables free. Do I buy low rpm fans connect them via a sata adaptor and have them running at full throttle or there is an other way?
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11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Just but a fan hub. You can run about 5 normal pc fans from one header usually.

With a pwm hub I can control the speed of the 1st fan attached and the rest take the same settings. Since the CPU fan is a static pressure ( running at higher rpm ) I would need to add 2 fans of the same kind witch wouldn't be efficient. In case I added airflow fans they would end up running max rpm all the time. If the 1st fan connected was an airflow one, the CPU fan wouldn't be able to perform.

I know that it aint a big deal, especially since the damn pc comes from the manufacturer without any intake-exhaust and its supposed to work just fine. Just trying to see if I am missing something.

Thank you for your answer.

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what mb do you have? most mb have more then one header

your right about different fans rpms using the same pwm not ideal

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If you do get a hub, I recommend a Molex powered one. I am running two powered hubs in my PC right now. The SATA powered one that came with my Torrent is running my 3x 140s, and a Molex powered one running the 5 120s on my rad. The fans are way happier, and the lights on my board are brighter. My board was a flagship board to boot, just food for thought.

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27 minutes ago, freeagent said:

If you do get a hub, I recommend a Molex powered one. I am running two powered hubs in my PC right now. The SATA powered one that came with my Torrent is running my 3x 140s, and a Molex powered one running the 5 120s on my rad. The fans are way happier, and the lights on my board are brighter. My board was a flagship board to boot, just food for thought.

molex can do more power then sata so... but sata has 3.3v. well some sata has it...

the molex connetor suxs thow... i guess so can sata too so...🤷‍♂️

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8 hours ago, Finally Reformed said:

 I would need to add 2 fans of the same kind witch wouldn't be efficient. In case I added airflow fans they would end up running max rpm all the time. If the 1st fan connected was an airflow one, the CPU fan wouldn't be able to perform.

 

not how that works 😛 

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you could also add in dc fans and like a pci controller.

or get fans the same as the cpu fan

or get a better pc...

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I tried DC fans on one of my hubs, just got straight 12v.. getting too old for that haha. 120x38s..

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Dude, don't get a Dell....

I mean Dell makes some nice LCD Monitors for potato systems. Stay away from their computers...

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