NZXT Grid Power

[Spork829]

I just bought an NZXT Grid fan hub thinking that I can plug a single header from my motherboard into the input port, and then power fans off that. However it looks like the only way to power it is with the molex to 3 pin adapter they give you. So will the fans just run at full speed always when plugged into this? Can I power it off the motherboard in any way so I can control it?

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5503/nzxt-grid-10-port-fan-hub-review/index5.html

[W-L]

16 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

I just bought an NZXT Grid fan hub thinking that I can plug a single header from my motherboard into the input port, and then power fans off that. However it looks like the only way to power it is with the molex to 3 pin adapter they give you. So will the fans just run at full speed always when plugged into this? Can I power it off the motherboard in any way so I can control it?

The hub can only run at one speed off of the PSU, you will need to look into getting the Grid + V2 if you want individually controllable fans or get fan splitters if you want to group control them from the motherboard.

[Spork829]

18 minutes ago, W-L said:

The hub can only run at one speed off of the PSU, you will need to look into getting the Grid + V2 if you want individually controllable fans or get fan splitters if you want to group control them from the motherboard.

Do you know what speed th fans will run at when it's powered off the PSU?

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Do you know what speed th fans will run at when it's powered off the PSU?

They are powered via 12V so they will run at full speed, if you want you can re-pin the molex connector to either 5v, 7v, ot 12v operation. If you are interested in doing that I have a guide here on it under 5V and 7V Mod:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/551953-modding-faq-new-layout/

 

[Spork829]

22 minutes ago, W-L said:

They are powered via 12V so they will run at full speed, if you want you can re-pin the molex connector to either 5v, 7v, ot 12v operation. If you are interested in doing that I have a guide here on it under 5V and 7V Mod:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/551953-modding-faq-new-layout/

 

Okay, thank you.

[Spork829]

1 hour ago, W-L said:

The hub can only run at one speed off of the PSU, you will need to look into getting the Grid + V2 if you want individually controllable fans or get fan splitters if you want to group control them from the motherboard.

 

1 hour ago, Alaradia said:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5503/nzxt-grid-10-port-fan-hub-review/index5.html

So wait a second, it came with a female 3-pin to female 3-pin cable that's meant to be used to power it off of a fan controller. Can I not use that to run it off of a 3-pin motherboard header?

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

So wait a second, it came with a female 3-pin to female 3-pin cable that's meant to be used to power it off of a fan controller. Can I not use that to run it off of a 3-pin motherboard header?

Not if you want to connect more than 3-4 fans depending on the fan since the power is drawn through the motherboard header which most are only capable of 1 amp. That is designed for a high wattage bay fan controller if you wanted to split things off for more connections. 

[Spork829]

5 minutes ago, W-L said:

Not if you want to connect more than 3-4 fans depending on the fan since the power is drawn through the motherboard header which most are only capable of 1 amp. That is designed for a high wattage bay fan controller if you wanted to split things off for more connections. 

Ah okay. I need it to run six so that's probably not a safe bet then.