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Ok, so I have this motherboard: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/B85M-E45.html#hero-overview

 

Aside from the CPU fan plug, there is 2 extra ones. A PWM and a normal 3 pin. Can I have a splitter in each of those plugs to power 2 fans from each plug without doing any damage to the board long term?

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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Ok, so I have this motherboard: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/B85M-E45.html#hero-overview

Aside from the CPU fan plug, there is 2 extra ones. A PWM and a normal 3 pin. Can I have a splitter in each of those plugs to power 2 fans from each plug without doing any damage to the board long term?

yes, depending on fans you can sometimes get 4,i wouldn't try. Most headers supply close to 1 amp.
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yes, depending on fans you can sometimes get 4,i wouldn't try. Most headers supply close to 1 amp.

I was just going to have 2 fans on each header, and thanks for the reply!

CPU: INTEL Core i7 4790k @ 4.7Ghz - Cooling: NZXT Kraken X61 - Mobo: Gigabyte Z97X SLI - RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400mhz - GPU: AMD Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G - Case: Phanteks P350X - PSU: EVGA 750GQ - Storage: WD Black 1TB - Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P14s (Push) / 2x Corsair AF140 (Pull) / 3x Corsair AF120 (Exhaust) - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry MX Red - Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma

Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

---QUOTE ME OR I WILL LIKELY NOT REPLY---

 

 

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Ya 2 would be fine. It's really about the current draw of the fan though. If you put 2 really thick power hungry fans then they would probably over load the header. And even in that case they may not.

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