- Sep 1, 2014
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Hey guys!
I'm about to order all the items for my new build but went into a problem with the motherboard of my choice and the controlling of my arrangement of fans.
So here we go:
The case of my choice is a Corsair Carbide Air 540 in which you can arrange a total number of 6 fans. I personally want to use 3 120mm fans in the front for intake and 2 140mm fans (rear and top) for outtake, so a total of 5 case fans.
And here comes the problem:
The Asus Maximus VII Hero only has 4 case fan connectors which all are voltage controlled (correct me if I'm wrong) even though they're 4 pins. There is an Opt Cpu connector but according to users on the Asus Forum this header just mirrors the behavior of the cpu cooler, so i wouldn't be able to control the fan connected to this header.
So and here's my Question:
Could i just use a Y-Splitter on one of the Case Fan Headers on the motherboard so i could control 2 of the 120mms in the front as one fan? Would the two fans on the y-splitter just draw more power but would get the same Voltage and therefore would run at the same rpm? And would it be safe to run 2 fans off one header (the fans need 0,2 amp to be powered)?
I'm about to order all the items for my new build but went into a problem with the motherboard of my choice and the controlling of my arrangement of fans.
So here we go:
The case of my choice is a Corsair Carbide Air 540 in which you can arrange a total number of 6 fans. I personally want to use 3 120mm fans in the front for intake and 2 140mm fans (rear and top) for outtake, so a total of 5 case fans.
And here comes the problem:
The Asus Maximus VII Hero only has 4 case fan connectors which all are voltage controlled (correct me if I'm wrong) even though they're 4 pins. There is an Opt Cpu connector but according to users on the Asus Forum this header just mirrors the behavior of the cpu cooler, so i wouldn't be able to control the fan connected to this header.
So and here's my Question:
Could i just use a Y-Splitter on one of the Case Fan Headers on the motherboard so i could control 2 of the 120mms in the front as one fan? Would the two fans on the y-splitter just draw more power but would get the same Voltage and therefore would run at the same rpm? And would it be safe to run 2 fans off one header (the fans need 0,2 amp to be powered)?
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