- Feb 1, 2012
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Hi, I've recently got some spare time and money to sort out my extremely loud computer. I currently have a ;
Antec Three Hundred Mid Tower ATX Computer Case
The case has the standard bacvk and top exhaust fan. On top of this I have installed two, 3 pin front fans. On top of this I changed the stock CPU heatsink. Now here's my problem;
My Motherboards is Asus p7p55D-ELX. Most of the noise from the fans come from the exhaust and side fan, which are both running on the highest setting. Now my motherboard supports fan control through a software. However the stock exhaust and side fans don't have a 3 pin or 4 pin connection which allows them to be controlled by the motherboard. So I'm looking to replace them with 2* Noctua NF-F12PWM's.
The following image is taken from my motherboard's user guide:
My CPU heatsink is currently plugged into the CPU_FAN port. My two front fans are plugged into CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2. The issue is if I replaced the two noisey fans (top and back), the feature that allows them to be controlled via the motherboard only works in the CPU_FAN, CHA_FAN1, and CHA_FAN2 ports. As it shows on the bottom of the picture. I need some way of keeping my front two fans whilst also being able to plug in my new noctua fans into places where they can be controlled by the motherboard.
Sorry if this is a long post or confusing, I tried to keep it as simple as possible...
Thanks in advance!
Antec Three Hundred Mid Tower ATX Computer Case
The case has the standard bacvk and top exhaust fan. On top of this I have installed two, 3 pin front fans. On top of this I changed the stock CPU heatsink. Now here's my problem;
My Motherboards is Asus p7p55D-ELX. Most of the noise from the fans come from the exhaust and side fan, which are both running on the highest setting. Now my motherboard supports fan control through a software. However the stock exhaust and side fans don't have a 3 pin or 4 pin connection which allows them to be controlled by the motherboard. So I'm looking to replace them with 2* Noctua NF-F12PWM's.
The following image is taken from my motherboard's user guide:
My CPU heatsink is currently plugged into the CPU_FAN port. My two front fans are plugged into CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2. The issue is if I replaced the two noisey fans (top and back), the feature that allows them to be controlled via the motherboard only works in the CPU_FAN, CHA_FAN1, and CHA_FAN2 ports. As it shows on the bottom of the picture. I need some way of keeping my front two fans whilst also being able to plug in my new noctua fans into places where they can be controlled by the motherboard.
Sorry if this is a long post or confusing, I tried to keep it as simple as possible...
Thanks in advance!
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