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October 6, 2014 11:50:52 AM

SO i have case with 5 4pin pwm fans and my mobo has only 3 4pin fan headers so is it safe to connect one fan alone to one header and 2 fans to one header with y splitter and last 2 fans to last header? Will it damage my mobo? It is Asus M5A97 Evo r2, and i have heard that one fan header can take up to 1 amper and one fan uses 0.3 +-10% amps, so technically one header would take 0.6+-% amps? And if this would work can someone link y 4pin pwm fan splitter?
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a b V Motherboard
October 6, 2014 11:54:00 AM

It is safe to have 1 y-splitter for each case fan header on the motherboard.
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October 6, 2014 11:59:10 AM

IS this 100 sure? I dont wanna destroy my computer. And does they perform normally or do they split the powers? And why does one header have 1 pin less(see this link http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/AK-CBFA04-15)?
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a c 283 V Motherboard
October 6, 2014 12:12:25 PM

The problem with splitting fan headers is that you lose the ability to control the speed of one fan via motherboard dynamic control.
The speed sensing wires will conflict unless you cut one of them.
You might just as well attach those fans to the psu where they will run at full speed.
Or, you can connect the fans to the psu via a manual speed controller.
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October 6, 2014 12:20:03 PM

i dont want to spend lik 40€ for fan controller just because of 2 fans, if i use y splitter does those 2 fans spin at same speed?
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a c 283 V Motherboard
October 6, 2014 12:41:38 PM

Yes, the fans will spin at full speed.
If you cut one of the speed sensing wires(normally, the yellow one) only one fan will give speed sense to the motherboard.
That may be ok since for three pin fans, the motherboard controls speed via voltage output to the header.
I would not worry about overload with two fans per header so long as they are not high amperage high rpm fans.

If you directly attach some fans to the psu, a simple zalman fanmate speed controller is perhaps. 5€
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a c 283 V Motherboard
October 6, 2014 12:43:49 PM



Are your fans pwm type? Ot the normal case 3 pin type?
PWM 4 pin is normally only used for the cpu where the motherboard controls the speed by pulse width modulation(PWM) and not by voltage control.

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a b V Motherboard
October 6, 2014 4:40:08 PM

A Y-Splitter should help. A fan controller would also help like geofelt said.
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