How Should I Connect My Case Fans ??

TheCRaZyBeast67

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I'm planning to build a PC with this motherboard http://amzn.to/111HOGl and this case http://amzn.to/YFid7p

The case comes with 4 built in fans a front a side a back and a top fan. I also want to install 2 extra fans, 1 for the top and 1 for for the side panel. I'm sort of new to pc building and i'm unsure how I will connect all the 6 case fans when the motherboard has only 5 fan headers and one of them is for the CPU fan. I know that you can connect a fan directly to your psu but unsure how and can you just use the 3 pin connector to connect it to the PSU? This is the PSU i plan to get http://amzn.to/1791dG3 .Also will the fan cables be long enough to connect to the fan headers or will i need a fan cable extender?

Thanks
 

animal

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Most fans that you buy as add-ons come with a 3/4 pin fan connector to a molex connector for connecting them directly to your PSU. Also, you can get fan splitter cables that will allow you to connect two fans together and be driven from one motherboard connection.