h110 question

[rsam]

I am out of fan headers on my maximus vi gene and I am wondering if its ok to hook the h110 pump up to Molex and then plug the 2 h110 fans into the cpu and cpu opt headers. Is that an effective way to hook up the cooler. I have 5 headers on my motherboard (cpu, cpu opt, and 3 case). I have a corsair 350d with 2 af140 fans in front. Af120 for rear. And the h110 up top. I need to hook something up to Molex (I was thinking the bottom front fan) or if the h110 pump is safe with Molex then thats perfect. The h110 fans need to run the same rpm.

[whatthe_fuzz]

CPU headers allow for better fan control based on CPU tempts. move the fan off that and hook both H110 fans to that with a splitter. 

[Emperor_Piehead]

The pump can run off molex, but it might be on the loud side since it would always be at 100%. I would get a Y-fan splitter so the 2 fans on the h110 run on the same header and then have the pump on the one that would have had one of the fans.

[rsam]

Thanks for your answers. So if I plug the h110 and a fan into the cpu header and the other h110 fan into cpu opt will it run properly?

[rsam]

Does cpu opt mirror what the cpu header does. ( I am using fan xpert)

[airdeano]

run the pump from the PSU molex, the pump needs no "tuning" it runs at 100% so

the PSU can provide that power. the rad fans (for a reason) can be controlled from

the mobo header (CPU_FAN). the case would be best to run independent of CPU.

 

in some aspects the CPU_OPT mimics the CPU_FAN, but not always, depends on

the UEFI or software using that header.

 

airdeano

[rsam]

So you are saying the h110 pump runs at 100% all the time no matter what its plugged into?

[airdeano]

pretty much.. only thing to change the voltage is to limit it. and those were

designed to run 100%, so throttling the pump voltage is not a recommended idea.

 

airdeano

[rsam]

Ok so I will use a y splitter to hook the h110 fans up to the cpu header and I will plug the pump into Molex. Thanks for the help.

[rsam]

Here is what it looks like with h110 installed. I had to rma my 2nd card due to an annoying rattling fan.

[airdeano]

Ok so I will use a y splitter to hook the h110 fans up to the cpu header and I will plug the pump into Molex. Thanks for the help.

 

that'd be a champion idea to just have the fans throttle if needed.

leave the pump 12v.

 

airdeano

[rsam]

Here is another problem that I ran into. I can't fit the rear exhaust fan back in. I couldnt turn the rad the other way due to optical. I originally wanted to do a push configuration which would give the fan a little more room but the h110 didn't come with small screws and I couldnt find any. My best option seems to be screwing the fan in a little further down and loosing some cfm.

[airdeano]

yeah, some of the tribulations of over-sized parts. a couple of options:

omit using the read fan (meah idea), place fan outside of case, use

different AIO solution or live with it.

 

not all reviews point to such issues, but that'd be a case compatibility issue. most

cases have 2x 140 fan mounts and the H110 is a 2x 140 fan mount AIO, but the

over-hang of the radiator for tubing and reservoir is what is over-looked.

 

airdeano

[notenoughtv]

If you don't mind the look of it just put the fan on the outside of the case. You could go as far as to cut the mesh so you could see the fan properly