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A few questions about changing case fans

hsjj3
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It seems like the shops around me are selling 4-pin PWM fans.

 

So just to confirm, if I buy a 4-pin Noctua, can I make it work on a 3-pin motherboard connection, or is this impossible?

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4 hours ago, hsjj3 said:

It seems like the shops around me are selling 4-pin PWM fans.

 

So just to confirm, if I buy a 4-pin Noctua, can I make it work on a 3-pin motherboard connection, or is this impossible?

Impossible 4 pin doesn,t work on a 3 pin the other way around it will work.

PC || CPU - I5 3570K @4.5ghz|| Motherboard - Asrock Z77 extreme 4 || CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 || RAM - 1x8GB Vengeance Blue - XPG Adata 2x4GB's (16GB) || Graphics card - EVGA GTX 970 superclocked ACX 2.0 SLI || Storage- SEAGATE FIRECUDA 1TB ||PSU- Corsair AX750 watt gold rated|| Case- NZXT 340 WHITE

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Well, I'm receiving conflicting information. Will a 4-pin fan work on a 3-pin motherboard connection or not?

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2 minutes ago, hsjj3 said:

Well, I'm receiving conflicting information. Will a 4-pin fan work on a 3-pin motherboard connection or not?

No

PC || CPU - I5 3570K @4.5ghz|| Motherboard - Asrock Z77 extreme 4 || CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 || RAM - 1x8GB Vengeance Blue - XPG Adata 2x4GB's (16GB) || Graphics card - EVGA GTX 970 superclocked ACX 2.0 SLI || Storage- SEAGATE FIRECUDA 1TB ||PSU- Corsair AX750 watt gold rated|| Case- NZXT 340 WHITE

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Guys, this is the configuration of my motherboard: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/418636/Dell-Inspiron-660.html?page=14#manual

 

Look right at the bottom, beside the 4 SATA connectors...there is an "empty" 3-pin socket. Is this usable for a fan header?

 

Also, item number 23 is my current Case Fan header...is that a regular size 3-pin socket, or a customized 3-pin socket? Cause, I am reading on the Dell forums that I cannot replace my case fan due to the fact that it is a specialized Dell fan, and if I do so, I will get an error while booting up.

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8 hours ago, hsjj3 said:

Guys, this is the configuration of my motherboard: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/418636/Dell-Inspiron-660.html?page=14#manual

 

Look right at the bottom, beside the 4 SATA connectors...there is an "empty" 3-pin socket. Is this usable for a fan header?

 

Also, item number 23 is my current Case Fan header...is that a regular size 3-pin socket, or a customized 3-pin socket? Cause, I am reading on the Dell forums that I cannot replace my case fan due to the fact that it is a specialized Dell fan, and if I do so, I will get an error while booting up.

Just listen a 4 pin fan header doesn,t work on a 3 pin the other way around it does just look for this when you buy a fan not that hard at all.

PC || CPU - I5 3570K @4.5ghz|| Motherboard - Asrock Z77 extreme 4 || CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 || RAM - 1x8GB Vengeance Blue - XPG Adata 2x4GB's (16GB) || Graphics card - EVGA GTX 970 superclocked ACX 2.0 SLI || Storage- SEAGATE FIRECUDA 1TB ||PSU- Corsair AX750 watt gold rated|| Case- NZXT 340 WHITE

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37 minutes ago, GtaSeriesFan said:

Just listen a 4 pin fan header doesn,t work on a 3 pin the other way around it does just look for this when you buy a fan not that hard at all.

 

I understand as much. What I wrote above wasn't concerning 4-pins at all. Please address the question I posted.

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