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How do I put more than 3 fans in my motherboard?

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I just finished my build, which is:

 

Case: Corsair Crystal 570x

Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 Z370

Processor: Intel i7 8700k

RAM: G-Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 2x8gb RGB

SSD: WD Blue 500gb 3d Nano

PSU: EVGA 850w G2

Graphics Card: Asus Strix 1070 8gb

 

So when I plugged the three fans in the motherboard I notice there are only three slots for fans. Theoretically, if I wanted to add 4 more fans, where would I plug them? Do I need some kind of hub? Would that hub need to be plugged in the normal fan controller of the motherboard? Adding picture of the manual of the motherboard.

 

Thanks in advanced!

 

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I know silverstone has a decent/cheap fan splitter and there are more headers on it than those 3 probably because you have at least CPU_FAN and i don't think they are going to start counting the SYS_FAN's from 3...

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You can add a hub like the Silverstone pwm fan hub or have y splitter cables that will allow you to run more than one fan per slot.

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1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

I know silverstone has a decent/cheap fan splitter and there are more headers on it than those 3 probably because you have at least CPU_FAN and i don't think they are going to start counting the SYS_FAN's from 3...

You're right! Found two more. I guess one is for exhaust and another for the top.

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If they're PWM fans you could get a PWM hub

 

Normal case fans you should be able to get splitters for.

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PWM  Y FAN spitters maybe ? 

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While this is technically possible, you're unlikely to see an improvement in temperatures above 3 fans. You computer will just be much louder.

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Any fan splitter brands that are recommended?

 

The idea is to put 2 fans for the CPU cooler, they go in the CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT slots. Then one in the exhaust, I guess that could go in the SYS_FAN1. One more above the PSU shroud, this would need to be split with the other three fans that are using the slots 3, 4 and 5. And the last two in the top sharing slot SYS_FAN2.

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14 hours ago, Soujiro89 said:

Any fan splitter brands that are recommended?

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