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Two fans on one header?

Peejay
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I'd say PSU with a molex.

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Hey

I would like to install an additional fan at the bottom of my case, but the problem is that I only have two headers at the bottom of my motherboard. Both are occupied by intake fans.

On of the fans has an additional 4-pin header attached to it.

I read a lot of negative posts that don't recommend connecting two fans to one header, because it could cause an overload.

The thing is, I have an H80i GT connected to just one CPU header, and that's a pump and two fans drawing power from one header.

Is it safe to connect the two fans or should I connect it to the PSU with a molex?

Thanks in advance!

CPU: I5 4690K@4.3GHz - Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97 Gaming 5 - GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX 960 4GB - RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury@1600Mhz - PSU: Cooler Master G750M (750W) - Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 - SSD: Kingston HyperX 120GB - Hard drive: 500GB Western Digital

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 | CPU: AMD FX 8350 + H100i | GPU: AMD R9 290X + NZXT Kraken | RAM: HyperX Beast 2033 16GB | PSU: EVGA G2 | MOBO: ASRock 970M |

| CASE: Corsair Carbide 88R |STORAGE: 1x WD Black | KEYBOARD: Corsair K70 | MOUSE: R.A.T 9 |

SOMETIMES LOSING THE BATTLE, MEANS YOU CAN WIN THE WAR

 

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i use a y splitter, came with cooler to connect both fans to one header.

Gpu: MSI 4G GTX 970 | Cpu: i5 4690k @4.6Ghz 1.23v | Cpu Cooler: Cryorig r1 ultimate | Ram: 1600mhz 2x8Gb corsair vengeance | Storage: sandisk ultra ii 128gb (os) 1TB WD Green | Psu: evga supernova g1 650watt | Case: fractal define s windowed |

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