Hi I'm new to all this pc gaming and not to sure what I should do my case I'm using has 6 fans but my motherboard has 3 fan headers what is my best option case I don't want to wire them straight to the power supply cause I want to be able to adjust each fan speed not having it running max speed 24/7. Thanks in advance
Best way to run 6 case fans
- Thread starter Bewsher88
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you can get adaptors for adding 2 3 or even more fans to one header. or you could get a hub https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-fan-grid-multi-channel-distribution-fan-black-ca-140-nx.html i had this one ages ago and it worked fine controlled my fans fine aswell.
3pin or 4 pin fans ?
If 4 pin , then 1 of these will control 5 from a mobo header :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/akasa-flexa-fp5s-5-fan-pwm-controller-ak-cbfa07-45-cb-079-ak.html
add a splitter to connect the 6th and control from motherboard bios
If 4 pin , then 1 of these will control 5 from a mobo header :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/akasa-flexa-fp5s-5-fan-pwm-controller-ak-cbfa07-45-cb-079-ak.html
add a splitter to connect the 6th and control from motherboard bios
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you will either need a 3 pin fan adaptor or if the fans have molex then use every available one till you need molex adaptor, though if they can be molex powered then depending on placement, you can connect them all to each other and just use 1 or 2 spare molex on psu.
3 pin fans are not PWM (4 pin) so will not control from the CPU header (PWM/4pin)
Do you have a spare drive bay for a fan controller ?
The hub mentioned above will not control individual fan speeds
No not all separately I guess but as it is at the moment I can only control fan 1 in header 1 and fan 2 in header 2 and In header 3 I have fan 3,4,5,6 using the splitter and I have no control over these they are all running max speed and it's quite noisey 
ha yeah i meant 4 pin, though not sure what i have that i dont use lol, but i never ever controlled case fans, just made sure they blew in and out lol.
No not all separately I guess but as it is at the moment I can only control fan 1 in header 1 and fan 2 in header 2 and In header 3 I have fan 3,4,5,6 using the splitter and I have no control over these they are all running max speed and it's quite noisey
Plug the splitter into fan header 1 or 2
run dual splitters for 6 fans.
To get a better idea of what you need. How about the CPU cooler? What is it? And which motherboard exactly?
That is the first thing to replace, before you consider case cooling.
Get decent cooling on your cpu , then move forward.
What is your budget for a good air cooler ?
not always the case, before i sold my desktop, i was still running standard intel cooler with 4 case fans and a fan that came with the case for cooling the drive bays and my temps were always good, okay i had an haswell i3 and a gtx 750, but at no means did i need to change cooler on processor, unless your running really hot chip or overclocking then then you shouldnt need to replace whatever cooler is in use prior.
Thank you.
According to the specifications https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H170-PRO-GAMING/specifications/ it has 5 fan headers in total - CPU, CPU_OPT, 3 x Chassis/Sys_Fan.
The Intel stock cooler will be using the CPU_FAN header, I presume?
Rear fan can go into CPU_OPT.
Two top fans can go into 2 x Chassis/Sys_Fan headers.
And the three front fans can go into the remaining Chassis/Sys_Fan header, with the help of this 3-way splitter:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £5.73
(includes shipping: £2.74)
The description for the splitter states it also works with 3-pin DC fans.
Tip: don't have the two top fans running as fast as the others, or they'll exhaust cool air (I'm assuming they exhaust) before it washes across the motherboard and CPU. Given you have 3 front fans, those may not need to spin too much either, with their combined CFM. The one I'd want faster than the others is the rear fan.
Like Brizzles said - if you encounter any issues with CPU temps it will mean the stock cooler itself isn't good enough for your chip.