Running 5 PWM fans of one MB header

[Exsurgo]

So basically I have one akasa pwm to 3 fan splitter.

I have 5 pwm fans arriving, 3 which run at 1300rpm and 2 at 1600rpm.

I preferably need to run all the fans off one header in PWM, and let them peak in rpm at about 1100, and idle at ~600.

My motherboard only has 1x 4pin(PWM) header.

Can anyone think of an easier way to do this rather than buying a second akasa splitter and soldering it together with the original one?

(My soldering iron is cheap and horrible)

Bit of a mind twister I know

 

[Exsurgo]

So I would connect the first splitters MB header to any of the 4pin fan headers on the 2nd splitter. I was hoping that would work, but your clarification puts my mind at ease.

Fan controller....?

The problem is my fan controller will already have 7 or so case fans connected to it, and I would prefer more accurate dynamic fan control from the MB.

 

[Exsurgo]

The fans only have a 300rpm difference at full speed, as opposed to the 600rpm difference between apaches and vipers, so heres to hopeing it will all work out.

If it dosn't I can always use the MB 3 pin headers or the Fan controller.

Did any of the fans not work at all Oldphart?

 

[Exsurgo]

Or I'd get more efficient fans so I wouldn't need 12 of them in a single system

Installing a WC loop over the next few weeks, with 2 x Thermochill PA120.3s, so need a fair few fans

I have always found running more fans at lower RPMs is better than a few high speed fans.

 

[Exsurgo]

My PC sounds like a jet atm Most of the fans I have ordered are PWM, and a lot of them have a max rpm of ~1600, which would probably be too loud for my tastes.

My Dream is to have a great cooled PC where the fans stay around 600rpm (inaudible) when idle (I do a lot of programming, and the fan noise drives me a bit mad for hours on end :S)

Basically If they run at ~600 idle and ~1000 on load and the system temps stay cool (I want 4.4Ghz from my i7 to at-least partially justify this expensive upgrade path )

It has turned into a complicated overkill project with the two rads etc so I might aswell see it through with some crazy fan setup

 

[Exsurgo]

I have been looking at that fan controller to supplement/repalce my current one, but my budget is already completly overstretched atm.

Gonna see first if the 2nd £3.70 akasa splitter works properly with the first one.