NZXT Sentry Mesh. How does it work?

[Hasskar]

Hi there!

 

 

I'm new to this forum/community. I've been following Linus since he started but some years ago I lost track of him. Now I came to this site to ask you about the NZXT Sentry Mesh FAN Controller. This may sound really "noob" but I actually don't know much about PC. I'm going to build a new gaming PC and decided to have a fan controller so I can choose when to have a silent case or a noisy full speed case.

 

I've been reading and seeing videos about it. I've reading about Molex and 3/4-pin connectors. This controller comes with 5 3-pin connectors. My main question is: where do I have to connect them? To the motherboard? To my PSU? I need to tweak something or look around about my motherboard before buy this?

 

 

Excuse me if my english is not perfect. Is not my native language.

 

 

I would be putting this controller in this rig:

 

Case: CoolerMaster HAF 912

CPU: AMD Fx 8320 3.5 Ghz

MoBo: MSI 990FXA-GD65 v2

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8 Gb 1600 Mhz DDR3

GPU: XFX R7 260x 2 Gb GDDR5

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 Tb 7200 RPM

SSD: Kingston HyperX 3k 120 Gb

PSU: Sentey EPP-650w 80 Plus Bronze

[Freaky_spider]

you plug a molex from the PSU to the controller

 

and you plug the 3/4 pin fan headers in the controller

 

nothing goes to your mobo 

[Zeke]

3-pin connectors connect to fans.

[Cokeman]

Wait about 2 weeks till the price of the FX chips drop. And a r7 260X is not a gaming GPU. Get a FX 6300 cpu and get a r7 265 GPU. But to answer your question some of the cables plug in to fans and others plug into your motherboard. Check your manual

[Hasskar]

you plug a molex from the PSU to the controller

 

and you plug the 3/4 pin fan headers in the controller

 

nothing goes to your mobo 

Thanks! And to Cokeman: That's my rig. I can't change it. Is what I can get of my budget and my country. Is gaming for me. Perhaps not for you.

[spwath]

Wait about 2 weeks till the price of the FX chips drop. And a r7 260X is not a gaming GPU. Get a FX 6300 cpu and get a r7 265 GPU. But to answer your question some of the cables plug in to fans and others plug into your motherboard. Check your manual

how is it not a gaming GPU?????

[spwath]

Thanks! And to Cokeman: That's my rig. I can't change it. Is what I can get of my budget and my country. Is gaming for me. Perhaps not for you.

Ignore him, he is not smart and a corsair fanboy

I have a same GPU and can play all games high