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Where do I plug in case fans?

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My old case uses molex fans. Do motherboards usually have enough to run 2-3 case fans?

 

Looks like connectors 2,3 & 17 on the MB diagram (check your Quick Installation guide) are available for case fans.

 

Connector 4 is for your CPU cooler.

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They seem to have the same plug as my CPU cooler. What I am wondering is where I am supposed to plug these in? 

I'm considering these fans: Cooler Master 120mm 4 pack

In this case: Raijintek Styx

With this motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4

 

My old case uses molex fans. Do motherboards usually have enough to run 2-3 case fans?

 

Thanks! I really thought this would require no thought, but I just want to be sure before I spend the money :)

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If your MOBO doesn't have enough fan headers, you can use a splitter.

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System fan headers, or cpu fan headers is where mine are plugged in. Except the cpu fan

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The mobo looks to have only four fan connectors, CPU fan included. Take a look in the motherboard manual to find them and to be able to tell, which is which. It has a lot of other useful info too.

 

I mean this by no offense at all, but since this is the level of questions you have at heart, you should really watch/read a tutorial or two. This is simplest of the simple stuff, in my opinion.

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There's fan headers scattered throughout your motherboard. If there's not enough of them, you can buy molex fan splitters that power usually 4 fans for like $5

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My old case uses molex fans. Do motherboards usually have enough to run 2-3 case fans?

 

Looks like connectors 2,3 & 17 on the MB diagram (check your Quick Installation guide) are available for case fans.

 

Connector 4 is for your CPU cooler.

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The mobo looks to have only four fan connectors, CPU fan included. Take a look in the motherboard manual to find them and to be able to tell, which is which. It has a lot of other useful info too.

 

I mean this by no offense at all, but since this is the level of questions you have at heart, you should really watch/read a tutorial or two. This is simplest of the simple stuff, in my opinion.

No offense taken lol. I know about MHz, refresh rates, nanometer processes and all that, I am avid PC enthusiast but the more I thought about this fan thing (my cases only ever had one fan expect the one I used for a month) the more I doubted myself lol

 

Thanks guys! I will purchase with confidence knowing my computer will cooled properly :)

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