Daisy chaining fans to fan controllers?

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Hi'a, before i take the plunge and splash a load of cash on fans and cables i'd just like your opinion on this to see if you think it'll work/ or not.

I have a zalman mfc2 which accepts x3 3pins and a 4pwn pin fan. The fan controllers power by a single molex.

I intend to get use two fans on the cpu via the pwn connection with a y splitter so i can control both at the same speed.

with a further five fans connected to the fan controller, one connected by itself with a cabel and x2 of 2 i.e four fans connected to two fan connectors with y splitters. Would this work? I just wonder if the single molex would supply sufficent power to do this?

thank you for your help.

if this helps the fans will be 120mm AKASA AK-FN059 HDB Viper Fan,

alternativly with the psu fan i considered using a Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable to connect the two psu fans with a ysplitter on the third connection to connect two case fans to it ?
 
I think you should be ok as each channel apparently supports 0.7A and should power two Venoms each. The Molex will provide ample power.
 
thanks,

would you connect everything through the controller. or use the m/b pwm connector plus the splitter cable for the CPU fans?
 
I'd probably use the CPU fan header for the CPU fan as it'll be controlled directly by the temperature sensor on the CPU so will dial itself up when needed. If you use one of the Akasa PWM splitter as well you'd not be loading the motherboard header at all, which is good.
 
good point,

you think it'd be ok to use the akasa pwm splitter with four fans, i.e two connected to the third connection with a further y splitter
 
If you connect them correctly and have enough splitters you could hook up dozens of fans to one PWM signal.
 
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