Case Cooling Questions

AceTriggerhappy · June 9, 2016

So I'm looking at upgrading my case among along with a few pieces in the coming months and found my self perplexed with a few things.

First and foremost Is hooking up all of my fans.

I was originally going to use a molex to 3 pin adapter or a hub but found my self wondering how I would get them all to reach without extensions, and then figured I might not want them running at 100% all the time. And now I'm thinking of using fan controller.

So my question is. Can I use an adapter or hub to plug all my fans into and control their speed with some software? Or does any one know a nice fan controller that works with at least 6 3 pin fans? And especially some nice extensions since I more than likely will need those.

Parts I'm looking at getting.

4 of these total (2 intake at bottom 2 exhaust on top)

2 of these (both for front intake)

New Case

I'm also looking at trying a liquid cooler that I'm planning on mounting to the back and pulling air in for a positive air pressure goal.

Which brings me to another question. How well would would an H60 cool on an Fx8320 compared to a cooler master hyper 212 evo?

21rkosta · June 9, 2016

http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Technologies-Sentry-Controller-SEN-MIX2-M1/dp/B00DN3IT7M?ie=UTF8&keywords=pc fan controller 6 fans&qid=1465436529&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2 for a controller

DrM · June 9, 2016

phanteks has a pwm hub that runs off one 4 pin mobo connector and has 6 3pin headers (+2 splitters out of the box) that act as pwm

http://www.phanteks.com/PH-PWHUB.html

Cyracus · June 9, 2016

120mm rads tend to be really bad at keeping things from getting hot so you might want to step up to a 240 or 280mm rad, and I agree that phanteks come with what sounds like a perfect solution for you, plus their cases tend to support larger rads

AceTriggerhappy · June 10, 2016

Alright, well I'm liking the fan controller idea a bit more to easily keep my fans adjusted to the speeds I want. As for the liquid cooling uping to a something like a H100i is a bit over kill for my 8320, especially when I'm not really overclocking it. And I guess its cheaper to pick up an extra SP120 to replace the cool an quite 120 that comes stock with the 212evo.

I guess now the last problem I'm trying to figure out are cable extensions. So far I found these, but I'm wondering if there are some out there for a better price.