Connect multiple fans to the motherboard
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Hello/Good evening,
I recently switched from a Zalman Z1 case to a Corsair Crystal 280x.
On my old Zalman, I had two front fans and one at the back.
On my new case, I can install two in the front, two at the back, and two underneath.
I have all the fans in my possession, but the problem is: where do I connect them? Are there power splitters available?
My motherboard is a B450M Mortar and the fans are 3-pin.
For now, I've connected one underneath and one in the front to the 4-pin connectors provided on the motherboard (and the one from the CPU cooler).
The goal is, of course, to be able to connect all 6.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I recently switched from a Zalman Z1 case to a Corsair Crystal 280x.
On my old Zalman, I had two front fans and one at the back.
On my new case, I can install two in the front, two at the back, and two underneath.
I have all the fans in my possession, but the problem is: where do I connect them? Are there power splitters available?
My motherboard is a B450M Mortar and the fans are 3-pin.
For now, I've connected one underneath and one in the front to the 4-pin connectors provided on the motherboard (and the one from the CPU cooler).
The goal is, of course, to be able to connect all 6.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Hello
"Are there power strips?"
Yes.
Having 9 case fans + 2 for the CPU cooler, without a splitter or fan controller, the 5 ports on my motherboard would have been insufficient.
Keep in mind that a fan splitter will only control the speed based on one of the connected fans; the other(s) will operate at the same speed as the first.
If controlling the fans from the motherboard works for you, go for a splitter cable.
Like this one if you want 3.
They also have them in 2 and in different formats.
Do not connect more than 3 fans to the same port without considering the power consumption of the fans. A fan consumes power, and it can go up to more than 1 A for some (Scythe, for example), and the FAN ports on the motherboard do not all support such power levels per FAN port.
Otherwise, you have the fan controller solution. It ranges from "simple but effective" to "complicated but highly configurable".
At TopAchat you have this
At LDLC the list is much larger.
Be careful, your case does not have a 5.25" slot!
You only have the option for internal models but in PCI-e slots or external ones.
The GAFAM may not have oil, but they have data!
Do you feel my Big Data?
A people sacrificing their freedoms for a little more security loses them all.
ALL YOUR DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US
"Are there power strips?"
Yes.
Having 9 case fans + 2 for the CPU cooler, without a splitter or fan controller, the 5 ports on my motherboard would have been insufficient.
Keep in mind that a fan splitter will only control the speed based on one of the connected fans; the other(s) will operate at the same speed as the first.
If controlling the fans from the motherboard works for you, go for a splitter cable.
Like this one if you want 3.
They also have them in 2 and in different formats.
Do not connect more than 3 fans to the same port without considering the power consumption of the fans. A fan consumes power, and it can go up to more than 1 A for some (Scythe, for example), and the FAN ports on the motherboard do not all support such power levels per FAN port.
Otherwise, you have the fan controller solution. It ranges from "simple but effective" to "complicated but highly configurable".
At TopAchat you have this
At LDLC the list is much larger.
Be careful, your case does not have a 5.25" slot!
You only have the option for internal models but in PCI-e slots or external ones.
The GAFAM may not have oil, but they have data!
Do you feel my Big Data?
A people sacrificing their freedoms for a little more security loses them all.
ALL YOUR DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US
The Lian Li PT-FN03 looks pretty good.
I was just wondering how many I could connect to a single outlet.
But basically, if I connect 3 per FAN, they will run constantly at startup, and if I connect 2 to the motherboard and 4 to the fan controller, I could manage the power of the latter.
Not necessarily.
"A FAN socket splitter will control the speed based on only one of the connected fans, the other (or others depending) will run at the same speed as the first"
The speed will remain variable because the motherboard will receive feedback on the speed reading from one of the connected fans. Otherwise, there is a problem.