Regarding fans

[Chrisb319]

I ordered the ASUS prime b350 plus. It has 3 fan headers. The case it's going into is an inwin 101 with no drive bays to instal a fan controller. I'm wondering if it's safe to either use the 2and 1 fan cable splicer or a fan hub running off of a 4pin connector. 

[W-L]

Just now, Chrisb319 said:

I ordered the ASUS prime b350 plus. It has 3 fan headers. The case it's going into is an inwin 101 with no drive bays to instal a fan controller. I'm wondering if it's safe to either use the 2and 1 fan cable splicer or a fan hub running off of a 4pin connector. 

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Yes you can use a fan splitter if you need more headers, a good rule of thumb is to not go over 3-4 fans per header depending on the fans of course. 

[Chrisb319]

9 minutes ago, W-L said:

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Yes you can use a fan splitter if you need more headers, a good rule of thumb is to not go over 3-4 fans per header depending on the fans of course. 

These are the fans I'm getting. Is the CPU fan header dedicated exclusively for the CPU fan? Or can I split it?

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, Chrisb319 said:

These are the fans I'm getting. Is the CPU fan header dedicated exclusively for the CPU fan? Or can I split it?

You can use a splitter on the CPU fan header but note that if they are only 3 pin fans it will run full speed as the CPU header is defaulted to be 4 pin PWM control. You can configure it within the BIOS accordingly as needed.

[Chrisb319]

What about something like this?

[W-L]

1 minute ago, Chrisb319 said:

What about something like this?

That works but only for 4 pin PWM fans since it take external 12V power and splits the PWM signal to all those headers. If your just putting 2-3 fans per header something like this will suffice. 

https://www.amazon.com/JBtek-Black-Sleeved-Splitter-Converter/dp/B01EF9OI0O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1505181308&sr=8-4

[Chrisb319]

1 hour ago, W-L said:

That works but only for 4 pin PWM fans since it take external 12V power and splits the PWM signal to all those headers. If your just putting 2-3 fans per header something like this will suffice. 

https://www.amazon.com/JBtek-Black-Sleeved-Splitter-Converter/dp/B01EF9OI0O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1505181308&sr=8-4

I thought the CPU fan header was 3 pin and the other two headers 4 pin. That would mean I would need one splitter that uses 3 pins? The fans can plug in to either connection