Not enough space for cooling

oswin · 23 Aug 2018 at 17:53

hello all, so I have 3 fans but I only use 1 because there are pins that I plug my fan into, however on my motherboard there aren’t any more pins to plug in my other fans. Please help

Quartz · 23 Aug 2018 at 18:01

You want a fan hub.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Lamptron SP501 PCI Bracket PWM Fan Hub= £7.99
1 x XSPC 8 Way PWM Splitter Hub Sata Powered - Black V2= £8.99

Total: £21.64 (includes shipping: £4.66)

oswin · 23 Aug 2018 at 18:06

Do I buy both?

bremen1874 · 23 Aug 2018 at 18:51

No. They're just two possible solutions to your problem.

What board did you buy that only has a single fan header?

oswin · 23 Aug 2018 at 19:23

I have a P8H61-MX r2.0 but I bought asrock extreme 4 and I didn't see a extra fan header so I wanted to see if there's any way to put more fans in there

bremen1874 · 23 Aug 2018 at 20:04

The Z370 Extreme4? According to the manual and pictures it has three fan headers. Maybe I’m looking at the wrong board.

oswin · 23 Aug 2018 at 20:35

S299m extreme 4

X299m Extreme 4

bremen1874 · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:31

Assuming it is the X229m (S229m doesn't appear to exist) then the manual shows five 4 pin fan headers.

doyll · 24 Aug 2018 at 16:40

oswin said:
I have a P8H61-MX r2.0 but I bought asrock extreme 4 and I didn't see a extra fan header so I wanted to see if there's any way to put more fans in there

What bremen1874 said. I don't now if they are all PWM, selectable, or only some PWM but their are definitely 5 fan headers on that board.

No.5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
No.7 CPU Fan / Waterpump Fan Connector (CPU_OPT/WP)
No.8 Chassis Fan / Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1/WP)
No.18 Chassis Fan / Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3/WP)
No.22 Chassis Fan / Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2/WP)

Directly out of motherboard manual.