PC case fans?

[worton issk]

I have questions regarding case fans and I would appreciate it if you guys could me out. I have a evga gtx 660 superclocled but the problem is that the card gets to hot and the card gets to loud when playing witcher 3 or any demanding game. My gtx 660 does have a reference cooler which doesn't help. My case did come with one fan installed on the front but the problem is that the hard drive cages are in the way and it is located below the graphics card rather than being on the same level. That fan is connected to the PSU through a molex connector.

 

I have a gigabyte h81m-h motherboard but I can only see one header where a fan will connect. That header is labeled as sys_fan. I am assuming that I can connect a fan on this header. Then what about if I want to install two fans I don't have enough headers on my motherboard. How would I connect more than one fan in my system?

 

The second problem that I have with this motherboard is that the sys-fan header is located below my graphics card. So if installed a case fan in the rear. The wire is going to be touching my graphics card which could get stuck in the cooler of the card. How do I get around this?

 

Thank you and sorry for my spelling

[MrBucket101]

@worton issk

 

What case do you have?

[martward]

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You can use a fan splitter or attach the fans to the PSU (which will make them rotate full RPM all the time). 

You can use extend cables for fans to route them away from your GPU (so below) but it probably won't look very pretty.

[TheRathead80]

You can buy sata power to tri fan header. Also can purchase molex to tri fan headers. They run from 6-15$CAD.

[LogicalDrm]

I would route fan cable under the GPU shroud. I have my CPU fan cables routed under cooler fins.

[worton issk]

@worton issk

 

What case do you have?

 

I have no idea some crappy case that I picked up on ebay. I went for the cheapest possible.

[worton issk]

I would route fan cable under the GPU shroud. I have my CPU fan cables routed under cooler fins.

What is a GPU shroud?

 

Thanks

[worton issk]

You can use a fan splitter or attach the fans to the PSU (which will make them rotate full RPM all the time). 

You can use extend cables for fans to route them away from your GPU (so below) but it probably won't look very pretty.

 

I really don't want to connect any case fans to the PSU because the noise bugs me. I don't want it to be running at full speed all the time.

 

How do fan splitters work? I am assuming that allows me to connect 2 fans to one connector on the motherboard. Does that allow me to control both fans separately or does that mean that both fans will have to run at the same speed because it is connected to one header on the motherboard.

[LogicalDrm]

What is a GPU shroud?

 

Thanks

 

The plastic/metal thing covering PCB, heatpipes, VRMs, cores etc. You could also route under whole PCB but shroud extends over it.

[martward]

I really don't want to connect any case fans to the PSU because the noise bugs me. I don't want it to be running at full speed all the time.

 

How do fan splitters work? I am assuming that allows me to connect 2 fans to one connector on the motherboard. Does that allow me to control both fans separately or does that mean that both fans will have to run at the same speed because it is connected to one header on the motherboard.

No you won't be able to control them separately. If you want control over all your fans and hook up a bunch of them, you should take a look at something like the Fractal Design Adjust 108.

[worton issk]

No you won't be able to control them separately. If you want control over all your fans and hook up a bunch of them, you should take a look at something like the Fractal Design Adjust 108.

 

In other words I will need a fan controller.

 

Thanks