Fan Problem

[PF Skipper]

hi

i'm havign a little problem with my fans in my case.

 

my mother boards has

2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
and 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors

 

but i wanted to use a total of:

 

2 fans for cpu (noctua NH-15 Stock Fans)

 

+7 case fans...(1x200mm 4x140mm 2x120mm)

 

what are my options here?

[failblox]

Get some fan splitters.

[PF Skipper]

Get some fan splitters.

there is no diference having 1 fan per connector or two?

[W-L]

hi

i'm havign a little problem with my fans in my case.

 

my mother boards has

2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors

and 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors

 

but i wanted to use a total of:

 

2 fans for cpu (noctua NH-15 Stock Fans)

 

+7 case fans...(1x200mm 4x140mm 2x120mm)

 

what are my options here?

 

Getting a fan splitter will work well.

 

If they are all PWM fans the swiftech splitter will suit your needs:

http://www.swiftech.com/8-WayPWMsplitter.aspx

 

As for 3 pin fans NZXT grid should work well or the NZXT Grid+ which includes software for fan curves:

Alternately there are also ones you can get online such as FrozenCPU.

 

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/123-grid-fan-hub

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/148-GRID-digital-fan-controller.html

 

http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g34/c17/s424/list/p1/Bay_Devices-Fan_Controllers-Multi_Fan_Ports-Page1.html

[Enderman]

Plug your fans into molex.

[W-L]

there is no diference having 1 fan per connector or two?

 

No they won't make a difference if your talking about the speed of the fan, but if you are directly connecting more than 3 fans into a 3 pin motherboard header that is not recommended since it can overload the fan header, most splitters will take RPM monitoring from it and use a molex or sata connector to power the fans.

[brob]

There is also http://www.phanteks.com/PH-PWHUB.html which can run 3-pin fans off of one motherboard pwm header. With additional splitters it can handle up to 11 fans. Additional power is provided through a SATA connection.