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Sorata988
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Recently got a new case Fractal Design Meshify C and a NZXT Kraken G12 along with a Corsair H55 aio from a fan.
So now im moving my current rig into the Meshify C. However, my current motherboard has only 2 fan header (1 CPU, 1 SYS). I have 6 fans and 2 aio pump all together need to connect. Look at picture below.

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This is my current layout (Sry for the bad drawing)

And i just bought this fan hub https://www.swiftech.com/8-WayPWMsplitter-sata.aspx 

So how should i arrange my fans? I mean which fan/pump connect to which headers?

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Generally you want more air coming in than going out. This would be known as positive pressure. I would have Fan 3 as intake along with 7 and 8 and let fan 1 and 2 exhaust personally. 

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I agree with what Skiiwee said, you have room for 3x 120mm fans in the front as intake. As for the fan headers the guide on the product page of the fan hub you bought tells you everything you need to know really. Plug the hub into the CPU fan header and the split SATA into your PSU. Nothing too daft. Like Skiiwee said it is important to have more air coming in than going out, especially when you have a fresh air hungry Kraken inside ;)

 

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10 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Generally you want more air coming in than going out. This would be known as positive pressure. I would have Fan 3 as intake along with 7 and 8 and let fan 1 and 2 exhaust personally. 

I think i didnt explain clear enough. Airflow, positive/negative is not my current concern. 

What im asking is that which fan/pump should i connect to the cpu fan header and which to sys fan header? You wouldnt want to put all 8 into 1 header right? 

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1 minute ago, Sorata988 said:

I think i didnt explain clear enough. Airflow, positive/negative is not my current concern. 

What im asking is that which fan/pump should i connect to the cpu fan header and which to sys fan header? You wouldnt want to put all 8 into 1 header right? 

Pump to the CPU header and then the splitter to the on the Chassis header. 

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Hmm so, 2 pumps on the cpu header and all 6 fans into sys header? 

You likely would be fine with the G12 on the PWM splitter since it is powered with a sata cable so it should get the power it needs. If you do this, make sure its on #1 on the splitter as that is the speed the PWM will read when reporting the device speeds. 

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2 hours ago, Skiiwee29 said:

You likely would be fine with the G12 on the PWM splitter since it is powered with a sata cable so it should get the power it needs. If you do this, make sure its on #1 on the splitter as that is the speed the PWM will read when reporting the device speeds. 

what if i connect the cpu aio pump and fan(No.2 & 4) into CPU header and the rest into the sys header via the pwn fan hub/splitter instead. would this be better?

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8 minutes ago, Sorata988 said:

what if i connect the cpu aio pump and fan(No.2 & 4) into CPU header and the rest into the sys header via the pwn fan hub/splitter instead. would this be better?

That should be fine as well. 

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3 hours ago, Sorata988 said:

what if i connect the cpu aio pump and fan(No.2 & 4) into CPU header and the rest into the sys header via the pwn fan hub/splitter instead. would this be better?

Which mobo do you have and does it have real PWM support on both headers?

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23 minutes ago, Sorata988 said:

its a budget mobo. MSI H110-M Pro VH. Both headers are 4 pin. So i think they support PWM

4pin header =/= PWM. Not always, and not with your mobo. Only CPU header is PWM, other is DC only (I'm getting this info from manual, page 13). So you are going to connect all to CPU header and all will on same speed. I would say connect both pumps to SYS_FAN and just keep them running at full speed. Your config is going to have so many fans, that fans are probably going to make more noise anyway.

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14 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

4pin header =/= PWM. Not always, and not with your mobo. Only CPU header is PWM, other is DC only (I'm getting this info from manual, page 13). So you are going to connect all to CPU header and all will on same speed. I would say connect both pumps to SYS_FAN and just keep them running at full speed. Your config is going to have so many fans, that fans are probably going to make more noise anyway.

oh well, im fucked. anyhow, it doesnt matter. im gonna upgrade it as soon as i graduate college.

Thanks a lot man.

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