if I have 3 fans do I need to use a splitter since there is only 1 fan controller on the mobo? Would I be better off using a separate fan controller?
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Yes you will need to use a splitter or fan controller. A fan controller is convenient because you can tweak the speed of each fan. On the other hand if you want to keep things simple you can get a splitter. You would need a 4 pin PWM splitter if you have a 4 pin PWM fan. What I did in my other case was send the PWM signal to identical fans. This way each fan that is of the same type would be controlled by one PWM signal. You might want to look into that if you have PWM fans.
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In your case.. using it as a rear case fan, use the molex connector, not the 3 pin one.. <unless you want to monitor the fans RPM's via the MB> As for the setting.. Does your case get warm? If so use the high setting.. I personally like quiet fans, since its a case fan, try the medium setting. If you have a temp monitor with that case, watch it and adjust accordingly.
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One Fan. the PWM splitter only has one of the two connectors connected to the 'signal' of the pwm fan, so if both of your fans are the same, they will be running nearly identical speeds, but you can't control them separately.
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you can use one fan if you like. You wont get the most out of the cooling, but it will still cool very well. My recommendation would be to replace the fans with one really good SP120 fan. Here is my install video of the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBfVgpGhUc&list=PLvd6GtnBmcZlnf43RFLr16nLSY8dWYXqQ
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I used a fan splitter cable such as http://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-Sleeved-Splitter-CPF01/dp/B00B46XKKQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1432155772&sr=1-1&keywords=motherboard+fan+splitter You could also use a separate fan controller instead.
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You can plug in 3-pin fans in to this and use it to plug 2 fans (2 3-pins or even 1 3-pin + 1 4-pin) in to one motherboard header. You just wont have variable fan speed because the 4th pin is responsible for modulating it.
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I installed a Seidon 240M with dual fans on the top. It was very difficult to keep the fan that came with the case also on the top. If you just want to use the two 120mm water cool fans and remove fan that came with the case you will have no issues at all. I just wanted all 3 and was a bit difficult and needed unique set up.
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This has a 3 wire/3 pin connector you can plug directly into your motherboard IF your motherboard has an available "case fan" 3 pin connector. Not to be confused with a 4 pin PWM connector which is typically often labelled "CPU Fan" on the motherboard. Another alternative is to get a converter cable with 3 pin female on one end, and 4 pin "molex" on the other and plug into an available molex 4 pin connector if you have one of those available on your wiring harness coming out of the power supply. You CAN get an adapter cable to come off a 4 pin PWM connector to the 3 pin fan, and it should also work. 4 pin PWN is different than 4 pin Molex. Not sure what you are asking when you say "connect all on a single cable". Do you mean install all 4 fans in one pc and connect them all on the same power connection? The answer to that is you would want probably want to look at the specs for the power/voltage/current of the supply cable, and then calculate the load of the 4 fans to determine that. Probably yes....these don't draw a lot of power. But you'll most likely need a bunch of Y adapaters to do that. Also you may want to be aware that more fans in not always better....what you want is good airflow through the case. If you are just trying to connect 2 I'm pretty sure you can connect those off one line. I ran 3 off one line with no problem briefly until I installed a multifan controller -- then the controller plugged into one 4 pin molex for power and each fan plugged directly to the controller.Unlike Josh below, my 4 fan pack did not include any 3 pin to molex adpater...just the 4 fans with their 3 pin connectors. But another 80mm fan I bought from cooler master did come with 4pin molex to dual 3 pin connectors. You might have to buy some connectors depending on your options available in your box.
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Me personally would only use one with a fan, But I guess that also depends how you use the graphics card and how good of a cooling system in your box.
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These fans aren't PWM controlled, so you would need a separate fan controller. If you would rather have PWM fans they aren't much more in price than non PWM fans, you should be able to find some cheaper than these.
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3 pin generally means it's a pwm fan still just no 4th connector for the motherboard to control it. I have used this cable with corsair sp120 af120, and noctua nf-f12s.
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If you closely examine the motherboard photos, you will note it has 2 system fan headers. Being that it is mATX in size, you will be limited. If you want to have multiple fans running on your system, I would suggest you go with an ATX sized board, like this one: Gigabyte AMD FM2 A85X ATX Motherboard with Triple-Monitor support and Windows 8 Ready DDR3 1800 AMD - FM2 Motherboards GA-F2A85X-UP4It has at least 4 system fan headers on it.
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No, this is for manual control (it doesn't use the mobo controllers). Fans get plugged into this, and the round dials control the fan speed. I got this because my (asrock) motherboard didn't have enough controllers and I didn't want to run my fans at 100% power. CPU cooler stays on the motherboard, everything else gets plugged into this.
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You should use one or the other, pulling power direct from the PSU shouldn't be detected by the motherboard. If you use motherboard power, the cmos should be able to control the speed through voltage regulation, and detect approximate rpm. My own system pulls power for all fans through a fan control device mounted in a drive bay with a line from the psu, the motherboard has nothing to do with it.
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Your chassis fans should connect directly to the controller connectors. If the connections are incompatible you'll need a converter.
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You have a couple of options here. 1.Top fan can be use, with a splitter at the CPU head. However I did not. Because I want the CPU header to just control my H100i. 2. Find the nearest MB header, for top and bottom fan. That in itself depends on your board, and the number of headers, while trying to maintain great cable management. My setup is a h100i push/pull on top and a 120 mm fan on bottom. Hope that helps you out. Just remember that this case is a airflow dream. I love it. Filling all the slots, may not be necessary. Game On
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This will allow you to plug two fans to one plug. So if your Mobo has two fan plugs then yes getting this would allow you to run two fans off one plug and the third off the second plug.