Motherboard query

Sulfrex

Sulfrex

Sulfrex

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Hi, so basically I'm looking at getting either:
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
or
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
in the near future for a new build.

My question is, with a H100i cpu cooler (which I assume will plug into the CPU fan header) I want to add another 4 fans minimum to the case I will be getting, the Coolermaster cosmos 2. This case already has a 200mm front fan (which I may be replacing in the future), 2 fans on the bottom hard drive rack, and the rear exhaust fan. Is it possible to connect all of these fans to either of these motherboards?
I realise that the gigabyte has an extra fan header, but this still will not be sufficient for my needs.

I will also be running SLI 770's, so in terms of PCI slots, which motherboard would be better? Assuming they aren't the same and I'm just overlooking something.

If anyone has any idea how to solve / shed some light on this I would be grateful. :)

Cheers.
 
Alright, cheers, but where do I plug extra fans that go over the amount of fan headers I have on the motherboard?
Straight into the PSU?
 
howmany fans do you have? you should have around 4 fan headers with a mixture of 3/4 pin and two cpu fan headers

you can always but molex to 3 or 4 pin fan adaptors
 
Not including the CPU fans, 4 extra fans will be installed (2 above the H100i rad for push/pull and 2 on the door for GPU cooling). The case has 4 fans that I intend to use, so 8 fans at minimum.

Would I be able to connect them to a fan controller if I did plug them straight into the PSU?

Cheers
 
no worries did you check bewtween the two boards to see if they offer 16x for both pcie slots with sli/xfire two cards? or 16x/8x?

not sure
 
Expansion Slots
- 2 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (Red, single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (Black, max. at x4 mode)*
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot**
- * The PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3) shares bandwidth with PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. The default setting is x1 mode.
- ** The PCIe 2.0 x1 slots (PCIEX1_1/2/3) will be disabled when PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3 ) operates under x4 speed.
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This is taken from the specs of the Asus board. I am a little confused over it, does it mean I can run 1 GPU in a red slot at x16 and the other card in the black slot at x16? Or am I limited to using both cards in the red slots, which would operate both cards at x8?
 
Sulfrex said:
Would two 4-channel controllers work the same way?
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AFAIK you can run multiple fans off of one fan controller port - depending on total voltage handling of the fan controller port. So one four port fan controller could easily run 8 fans with cable splitters. I am currently running 9 fans in my system with my 4 port controller quite happily.

Mark
 
it just means two cards reduce the red slot to 8x

so one red slot 8x and one black slot 8x with two cards,with just one card in either of those slots it will run at 16x
 
tipes said:
AFAIK you can run multiple fans off of one fan controller port - depending on total voltage handling of the fan controller port. So one four port fan controller could easily run 8 fans with cable splitters. I am currently running 9 fans in my system with my 4 port controller quite happily.

Mark
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Cheers, I'll look at getting some splitters, if that dosen't work I'll just get another fan controller.

it just means two cards reduce the red slot to 8x

so one red slot 8x and one black slot 8x with two cards,with just one card in either of those slots it will run at 16x
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Alright, so both of these boards will be the same GPU-wise. Cheers for clearing that up for me! :)
 
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