questions about how to connect fans (sorry if its noob question)

supergt said:
the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R says this

**Motherboard specs**

so for a h50 with push pull, and 3 140mm fans and an extra 2 120mm fans, would i have enough slots there? sorry if i seem a bit dumb ;X
Click to expand...

Only your CPU_FAN and SYS_FAN2 headers will support any form of speed regulation.

If you plug the other fans into your motherboard's spare headers they will run at max speed all the time. Whether this is acceptable to you is your decision.

You can buy splitter fan cables that will run two fans off one header but you must make sure that they are low current fans or you could blow the motherboard. I have two Noctua NF-P12 fans running off one header.
 
supergt said:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R


1 x CPU fan header
3 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x North Bridge fan header




so for a h50 with push pull, and 3 1400mm fans and an extra 2 120mm fans, would i have enough slots there?.
Click to expand...
That mobo has 6 fan headers in total.

H50 and push pull fans will use three fan headers.
700D will use 3 fan headers, so that's your 6 used up.

There are different ways to arrange your fan setup, just takes some carefull thinking and arranging. You can use your power supplys molex connectors and some low rpm silent type fans for an example.
 
Last edited:
To both storm and super, note the pwr header can run fans, but can not be controlled via bios or software, so anything connected to that will go full speed. So is best for water pumps like the one on the H50/70.

The ZALMAN ZM MFC1 Plus is a very good fan controller that can control upto 6 fans, and is'nt that expensive compared to some.

Or the Nesteq FanMax is also another good one that can control upto 8 fans, google either as Ocuk don't sell them, and u will soon get to places that sell.
 
stormbreaker said:
what do you mean temp sensing?
Click to expand...
On some motherboards there are thermal sensor connectors. On some fan controllers there are thermal sensor connectors, so you would plug the thermal sensor connector from the fan controller into the thermal sensor connector on the motherboard. You would see temperature readings and speed on the lcd screen on the fan controller. I don't have a fan controller but i presume that's how it works.
 
bifday2k said:
To both storm and super, note the pwr header can run fans, but can not be controlled via bios or software, so anything connected to that will go full speed. So is best for water pumps like the one on the H50/70.

The ZALMAN ZM MFC1 Plus is a very good fan controller that can control upto 6 fans, and is'nt that expensive compared to some.

Or the Nesteq FanMax is also another good one that can control upto 8 fans, google either as Ocuk don't sell them, and u will soon get to places that sell.
Click to expand...

thanks for the reply!

another dumb question here, never used a fan controller, so do i plug and power all the fans from the fan controller then power up the fan controller?

looking at the Nesteq FanMax atm!

thanks!
 
Yeh you connect the fan controller to your psu, using a molex connection, connect all the fans to the back of the controller, and turn the knobs on the front to control there speeds.

And no question is dumb, if you don't know the answers, so don't worry mate, we all learn stuff at some point.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom