Case fans question

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

Getting an NZXT Source 210 Elite, and as far as I know both fans are 4 pin molex. I'm going to have a CX500 PSU, do you plug the fans into the wire then plug the main wire into the CHA_FAN slot? My motherboard only has one slot, so is this for using multiple fans on one slot?

Picture: http://www.nix.ru/autocatalog/power_supply_corsair/110533_2236_draft.jpg

Thanks, I just wanted to be sure.

dashboy1998 · Feb 13, 2014

You can plug it in to the 3-pin slot on a motherboard if you don't have one it should come with this.

4-pin allows you to control the fan RPM, while 3-pin runs at full speed

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

dashboy1998 :

What I'm asking is, the CX500 states it has 4 peripheral connectors. In the picture, there's 4 with a 5th one. It looks to me as if you plug in your fans then that first connector goes into the 4 pin slot on the motherboard?

dashboy1998 · Feb 13, 2014

ah92 :

dashboy1998 :

What I'm asking is, the CX500 states it has 4 peripheral connectors. In the picture, there's 4 with a 5th one. It looks to me as if you plug in your fans then that first connector goes into the 4 pin slot on the motherboard?

That 5th one is for a Floppy disk drive.

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

dashboy1998 :

I don't see a 3 pin slot on the motherboard. so it looks like I'm going to have to plug the fans into the PSU and leave it. Is there a two way to one molex adapter that I can plug into the CHA_FAN slot for both fans? Or should I just stick with hooking them to the PSU instead? Any drawbacks from this? Aside from not being auto controlled.

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

dashboy1998 :

Okay so the 120mm fan is 3 pin and the 140mm fan is a molex. So, can I plug the 3 pin into the PWR-fan slot and then the molex into the CHA_FAN slot?

dashboy1998 · Feb 13, 2014

You could get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200991
But to quote Jsrudd from this post http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/316374-30-using-splitter-head

Instead of cutting a wire you could use this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812718001
Both options are the same as using motherboard and PSU, a 3rd thing you could do is get a fan controller.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 13, 2014

I think he's in russia.

dashboy1998 · Feb 13, 2014

Yeah .ru

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

Me? It's just my first build and I'm trying to be sure both case fans will run fine.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157450

As I said, I'm getting a CX500 PSU and the fans are a 3 pin 120mm and 4 pin 140mm.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 13, 2014

Just some info , the CX500 is a poor power supply.

dashboy1998 · Feb 13, 2014

16 is a 4-pin fan connector and 2 is 3-pin it looks

ah92 · Feb 13, 2014

dashboy1998 :

Yeah but the 3 pin is for PWR_FAN and from what I know that's for a PSU fan, think I'm going to go for $10 more and get a Gigabyte B85 motherboard instead, which I'm pretty sure I can plug that 3 pin into a 4 pin slot. Thanks for your help though.

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