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A little fan problem

R3ep3r
By R3ep3r
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Hello everyone!

As the title says, I have a little problem with some fans.

By that I meant that in the near future I'll be getting a new case for my PC and that case includes 5 fans, all of them having molex connectors. I know, that sucks.

My PSU has only 4 molex ports and I sincerely don't want to connect the fans straight to the PSU since if I do that, they will run at full speed, causing a lot of noise.

Is there any way to convert that molex connector to a 3pin so I could attach the fan to the motherboard or even attaching it to a fan controller that I'll buy in the future?

Every suggestion is welcome!

This is the case:

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 || CPU: Intel i5-8600K || Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X || Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3P || GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti OC Windforce 4GB || Memory: 16GB Crucial DDR4 3000mhz || HDD: WD Black 500GB + Seagate Barracuda 2TB || SSD: Samsung 980 1TB || PSU: Corsair VS550 || Case: nJoy Ice Cage || Fans: Segotep Halo Ring RGB ||Monitor: 2x Dell 27" P2717H IPS Full HD || Second Monitor/TV: LG 49UJ620V UHD || Mouse: Logitech G502 || Keyboard: Logitech G810 + Royal Kludge RK84 || Speakers: Philips SPA-5300 subw + Arylic 2.1 + DIY Bookshelves w/ Dayton Audio || Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight S ||

 

TO BE UPGRADED:

>> Headphones << >> Keyboard << >> HDD << >> Mouse << >> PC Case << >> Memory(another stick) << >> Graphics Card << 

 

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Asides from adapters which aren't usually worth it over getting better fans to begin with, you can flip the pins on the molex connectors for a 5/7v signal instead of 12v for an effective ~40/60% rpm. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article6-page1.html

 

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5 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Asides from adapters which aren't usually worth it over getting better fans to begin with, you can flip the pins on the molex connectors for a 5/7v signal instead of 12v for an effective ~40/60% rpm. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article6-page1.html

 

Indeed that is a good answer but I was looking for something to help me connect all the fans since my PSU has only 4 molex xD.

In my country I couldn't find any controller with molex connectors for fans.. so I guess I'll just do that for four fans and I'll be looking forward to upgrade them to something to 3 pins(cause my mobo has like 3 headers for system fans) and I'd like to use those.

 || CPU: Intel i5-8600K || Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X || Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3P || GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti OC Windforce 4GB || Memory: 16GB Crucial DDR4 3000mhz || HDD: WD Black 500GB + Seagate Barracuda 2TB || SSD: Samsung 980 1TB || PSU: Corsair VS550 || Case: nJoy Ice Cage || Fans: Segotep Halo Ring RGB ||Monitor: 2x Dell 27" P2717H IPS Full HD || Second Monitor/TV: LG 49UJ620V UHD || Mouse: Logitech G502 || Keyboard: Logitech G810 + Royal Kludge RK84 || Speakers: Philips SPA-5300 subw + Arylic 2.1 + DIY Bookshelves w/ Dayton Audio || Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight S ||

 

TO BE UPGRADED:

>> Headphones << >> Keyboard << >> HDD << >> Mouse << >> PC Case << >> Memory(another stick) << >> Graphics Card << 

 

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