Is it possible to attach a 3-pin case fan to a 4-pin MB?

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Hello all,
I just bought these sweet new Corsair ultra-quiet fans (AF120 LED RED Quiet edition) and I want to add them as a outlet to my PC case. The problem is, my MB (Gigabyte H97-D3H) has only 4-pin inputs. I tried plugging in the fan and it seemed to work fine, looks to be a bit slow (or maybe that's just me). So, is it OK to plug in a 3-pin case fan into a 4-pin MB?

I appreciate all answers

Thanks for reading!
 
Solution
Yes you can you have non PWM fan so it will run at full speed, fans with 4-pins are PWM fans and they change speed depending on the temp in the case

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