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DRamklik
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My board only has 1 cpu fan and 2x chassis fan headers. Was thinking to do a fan hub as a splitter wouldn't do me justice here? Is there any other ways to control the fans besides through bios?

 

I have 1x 140mm in rear, 2x 140mm front and 360mm top. Right not only have 2 fans in operation plus the cpu fan.

 

My fans are not PWM, but one of the headers is PWM, can I still control it?

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What motherboard and fans are you using?

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Get the silverstone pwm controller hub.

Best & worst cases for your money in 2018 are:

 

Best Cases overall

 

I) Fractal Design Meshify C - Airflow and relatively quiet, best all around case

I) Phanteks Enthoo Pro M / Special Edition (white interior) - Airflow & full water cooling support

I) Fractal Define R6 - Silent with decent airflow

I) Be Quiet! DB 900 (Full Tower) - Airflow and silent 

I) Fractal Design Meshify C mini (mATX)

I) Corsair 400C - Only use with low end components, no 1080 / TI

I) Phanteks 350X - Only use with low end components, no 1080 / TI

I) Fractal Design Focus G

 

Cases that may be worth your money

 

I) Thermaltake G21 - GPU and CPU cooling issues, modest tweaking
I) Silverstone RL06 / Pro - Mustard/Ketchup wires, Shitty cable management, Poor front radiator support, useless psu filter, stupid ssd layout
I) In Win 303

I) Coolermaster H500 no suffix - if 200mm fans are your thing

I) NZXT H700 non "i" version - Needs to come down in price to be worth it

I) Corsair Carbide 100R - Suitable for low end builds

 

The worst cases - Do Not Buy

 

I) NZXT S340/Elite, H500, H440 (everything except the H700) Reason: Poor airflow
I) Coolermaster Masterbox 5

Majority of cases on the market

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If you have suitable mobo, you can use splitter for 3pin headers and get 3pin fans controlled. If you have more 3pin fans than headers can handle, then you need hardware controller, one with software maybe.

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On 8/8/2018 at 7:20 AM, LoGiCalDrm said:

If you have suitable mobo, you can use splitter for 3pin headers and get 3pin fans controlled. If you have more 3pin fans than headers can handle, then you need hardware controller, one with software maybe.

My board only has 1x 4pin cpu header and 3 pin system. Is it possible to put the hardware fan hub in the 4 pin cpu since thats the only 4 pin?

 

Can you recommend some fan hub with software control? I was looking at the silverstone hub recommended but can't see if it has software for us.

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2 hours ago, DRamklik said:

My board only has 1x 4pin cpu header and 3 pin system. Is it possible to put the hardware fan hub in the 4 pin cpu since thats the only 4 pin?

 

You can use 3pin fans on 4pin header, but you can't mix them. So it's best to keep CPU header for CPU fan.

 

2 hours ago, DRamklik said:

Can you recommend some fan hub with software control? I was looking at the silverstone hub recommended but can't see if it has software for us.

Major ones are NZXT Grid v3 and Corsair Commander Pro (or Mini if you can find one). There's 3rd one, but I don't remember name now, and it's availability isn't so good.

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