Help picking case and connecting all the fans.

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My case is a little cramped now I have got myself a gtx560 and a Freezer 7 PRO Rev. 2 heatsink, so I'm looking to get a better case with better cable management and cooling. I currently have a cheap Casecom case witch has 0 cable management options and very poor cooling options.

I'm looking at the Zalman Z11 Plus which I can get for £55 inc delivery (Can anyone suggest a better case for less at includes fans?).

The only problem is the case comes with 5 pre installed fans (2 x 3-pin) and (3 x Molex). But my motherboard only has (1 x 4-pin) connector 'for my cpu fan' and (1 x 3-Pin) connector, although I do have 2 spare Molex connectors on my psu.
Meaning I can only connect 3 of the fans.

How could I connect all 5 fans?
and what cables or adapters would I need?

tl;dr - need to connect 2 x 3-pin and 3 x Molex fans to 1 x 3-pin and 2 x Molex. How can I do this and what will I need?

Thanks in advance,
iJamo.
 
Sometimes the Molex connected fans come with a pass through connector so you can daisy chain all of that type of fan together with 1 Molex and still shove something else in the end when you are done. So maybe you will have this type.

For the 3 pin fan you could use a splitter or a fan controller. Here's a splitter

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-013-AK&groupid=1929&catid=153&subcat=

You can generally only use 2 fans max on a fan header, and then provided they are not high current fans.

If you use a fan controller you can also reduce the fan speeds and noise and it needn't be too expensive if you shop around.
 
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