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Hello everyone. Tomorrow I'm planning to mount a DR Pro 3 into my PC (right now there's a original box little-funny fan), as well as a second 140mm fan in front of my Define R5. So there's the thing: now I'm utilizing only one out of 3 fan connectors that are on my MOBO to power the CPU cooler. The original two 140mm fans that came with the case as well as a 120mm bottom fan I brought from my old SilentiumPC case are connected to a built in fan control system, that can handle up to 3 fans. After installation of DRP3 my CPU fans will need 2 connectors. I will be left with one free connector, which seems to be great, because fan controller won't bee able to handle all 4 case fans. But what should I do:
1. Have front and bottom fans controlled manually and the rear one plugged directly into MOBO?
 if yes, then 
     a) it is set up to run with a specific speed all the time

     b) it is affiliated with CPU fans in SpeedFan so it changes speed depending on CPU temp

2. Same as 1 but with the bottom one being connected directly to a MOBO

3. Buy a Y-shape 3 pin cable to try to plug all 4 of the case fans to the controller

Please, help :D

    

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Honestly your case fans arent going to make a huge difference in the overall temps so you can honestly use them how you would like. I personally have mine just statically set to usually 50% speed in my BIOS and ignore them. The only ones I worry about Tuning a curve to are the ones on my radiator. 

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So to keep things comfortable and be able to controll case fans speeds with ease (sometimes I see it making a difference while under heavy load) I'd go with a option 3. But is it a good idea to split one of the connectors coming out of the controller on two fans? Will the voltage be the same for both of them? I don't know much about electricity so esxcuse me if I'm horribly wrong :P

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you could buy a splitter  and both fans would run at the same speed no problem, or get a fan controller like the NZXT Grid+.

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Well, a splitter is incompareably cheaper and using original fan controller is kinda "lore" friendly :P I also plan to mod my define to make the i/o switch cold white, and have a delicate and not-that-bright ambient glow coming out of side air intakes in the front panel on their full height. I hope it too look really cool while not being flashy and show offy, so my case renain classy and modest with emphasis on black and white :D Although those are minor touches I think I'll post it in case mod thread, I hope my post won't be deleted for such an amateur and minor mod :P Anyway, thank you gus very much for your help, I really appreciate that!

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