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Upgrading Cooling, Confused about Fan Splitters

TraskJ
By TraskJ
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Hi all! I recently picked up five three-pin case fans to put in my PC, to prepare for my upgrade to a beefier GPU. However, my motherboard only has two fan headers. This should be a simple issue, but I'm not sure if I should be looking at one of the ten dollar hubs, or a fifty dollar one. What are the differences? I know I don't need PWM, given that my fans are only three-pin, but what other features should I look for? (In retrospect, maybe I should have put this in the "Cooling" section, but I'm not sure. Sorry mods!)

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Current Desktop:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 @3.65 ghz, Cryorig H7

MoBo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super OC

RAM: 2x8 gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @2666mhz

PSU: 650W EVGA SuperNova

Storage: 120gb SK Hynix SSD, 240gb SanDisk SSD Plus, 1 TB 2015 WD Blue

Case: Corsair Carbide 100R

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3 minutes ago, TraskJ said:

Hi all! I recently picked up five three-pin case fans to put in my PC, to prepare for my upgrade to a beefier GPU. However, my motherboard only has two fan headers. This should be a simple issue, but I'm not sure if I should be looking at one of the ten dollar hubs, or a fifty dollar one. What are the differences? I know I don't need PWM, given that my fans are only three-pin, but what other features should I look for? (In retrospect, maybe I should have put this in the "Cooling" section, but I'm not sure. Sorry mods!)

Personally recommend something like NZXT Grid as it has CAM integration and still allows individual fan control (if you have an extra USB header on your motherboard.)

Link: 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992016&cm_re=Fan_Controller-_-11-992-016-_-Product

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

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Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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Just get a simple one that shouldn’t cost more than like 20 dollars at most. I think deepcool has one that can control 10 fans or something for 15 dollars

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