How to run Silverarrow dual fans from CPU fan header

[IPAddis]

Apologies if this is obvious to everyone except me. I bought a Thermalright Silver Arrow and couldn't work out how to connect both fans. I wanted to connect them using PWM so that increased CPU temp would increase fan speed. Therefore I did not want to connect one fan to a chassis fan header.

This is the cable that made it work:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-031-AK&groupid=1929&catid=153&subcat=

The CPU fan header just supplies the PWM signal to adjust the fan speed. The 12V feed is supplied from the Molex. One of the fan connectors has the speed signal connected.

HTH

 

[IPAddis]

There's at least one braided alternative out there, it's a little more expensive but I'd buy that instead. I have the Akasa one and whilst it works it's hideously wired up, and short of totally rewiring it you can't really make it any better.

True, it is messy. I just braided over the top in a way that suited where I wanted the fan headers to be.