Help getting the right adapter for my fans?

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

So the fans on my computer end in what i believe is a 3-pin molex. It looks like the square shaped ends on this image. http://76.my/Malaysia/4-pin-molex-4-x-3-pin-connector-cable-yahoong-1105-24-yahoong@8.jpg

However, I cannot seem to find the proper adapter to get them plugged in to my PSU. I thought I did, but I ended up ordering the wrong ones. Can somebody help me find the proper adapters? Of course the problem with this is that looking up "3 pin molex" on Amazon also gets you "4 pin molex x 3" and it tends to be the more popular results. I would rather not order the wrong one again. Thanks!

Woody1999 · Jul 21, 2015

They look like the big one on the left hand side or one of the ones on the right?

Woody

mcnumpty23 · Jul 21, 2015

sounds like you want this but the fans will run full speed

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-4-pin-male-molex-to-3-x-male-3-pin-fan-adapter-a28nn

physic · Jul 21, 2015

Have you tried connect it to some of the case fan socket in the motherboard?
It's marked by something like CASE-FAN1

callofDEEP · Jul 21, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=fan+hub&N=-1&isNodeId=1
try something like .. u have to stick it somewhere in your case and power it through a molex from your psu..
u can connect upto 10 fans

ESPclipse · Jul 21, 2015

You are probably looking for a 3-pin fan connector to connect to the fans themselves. You can use a 4-pin (PWM) connector if you want, but you will not be able to take advantage of PWM technology, but the header will still fit a 3-pin connector. As per your PSU, may I ask what power cable you are using to power these fans? Molex perhaps? Why not use motherboard fan headers?

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

Woody1999 :

Sorry, they are the square ones on the right.

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

mcnumpty23 :

I'm not quite certain. The end on the left looks like what my fan's cables end with.

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

physic :

Those are just three or four prongs sticking out of the motherboard. They don't match the ends of the fan cables.

mcnumpty23 · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

those are male 3 pin connectors your fans plug in those then the connector on the left plugs into a female version of it from your psu

mcnumpty23 · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

fans normally end in female connectors not male

can you upload a photo of your actual fan cable

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

callofDEEP :

There is an NZXT one which is great but I'm afraid of getting the wrong thing again and I'm having trouble visualizing how the fans would plug into it. This one specifically. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811997110&cm_re=fan_hub-_-11-997-110-_-Product

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

ESPclipse :

Motherboard doesn't match up. And yes, molex.

ESPclipse · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

That device looks like it accepts one male 3-pin fan connector (at a female fan connector) and splits it to as many as ten female 3-pin fan conenctors (where the fans are connected). It looks like it comes with a molex to 3-pin male adapter to power the hub from molex as well as some kind of 3-pin daisy chaining cable. You would be interested in that molex adapter probably

callofDEEP · Jul 21, 2015

http://www.elma.it/IMAGES/fantt/4in4a.jpg
if there is a vacant fan header on your mobo then your 3 pin fan should work.. just check that again .. BTW it only goes in one way..

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

mcnumpty23 :

AliasSigma :

fans normally end in female connectors not male

can you upload a photo of your actual fan cable

http://imgur.com/aRHHnvp

I guess I'm unlucky then?

physic · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

I think you will buy the wrong thing again. You need to buy the one that have holes not spike

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AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

ESPclipse :

AliasSigma :

That device looks like it accepts one male 3-pin fan connector (at a female fan connector) and splits it to as many as ten female 3-pin fan conenctors (where the fans are connected). It looks like it comes with a molex to 3-pin male adapter to power the hub from molex as well as some kind of 3-pin daisy chaining cable. You would be interested in that molex adapter probably

http://imgur.com/aRHHnvp

This is the end of my fans, so that should work, right?

physic · Jul 21, 2015

I think you should buy a female one not male one.Two female connector.

ESPclipse · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

ESPclipse :

http://imgur.com/aRHHnvp

This is the end of my fans, so that should work, right?

EEEEK! sorry can't open imgur links at work

but if it looks like the male one of these then you'll be fine. Fan connectors are standardized so you will never actually run into incompatibilities, as far as connectors go

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

ESPclipse :

AliasSigma :

EEEEK! sorry can't open imgur links at work

but if it looks like the male one of these then you'll be fine. Fan connectors are standardized so you will never actually run into incompatibilities, as far as connectors go

And the males are the ones on the left that are big empty cubes?

mcnumpty23 · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

mcnumpty23 :

http://imgur.com/aRHHnvp

I guess I'm unlucky then?

yeah thats male

what pc case are you using? and did the fans come with the case?

normally fan connectors are only male if the case has a built in fan controller

ESPclipse · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

ESPclipse :

AliasSigma :

EEEEK! sorry can't open imgur links at work

but if it looks like the male one of these then you'll be fine. Fan connectors are standardized so you will never actually run into incompatibilities, as far as connectors go

And the males are the ones on the left that are big empty cubes?

The male end is always the end that is attached to the fan and is a small cube that accepts the 3 pins. The female connector envelopes the male connector and has the 3 pins extending from the connector

AliasSigma · Jul 21, 2015

mcnumpty23 :

AliasSigma :

yeah thats male

what pc case are you using? and did the fans come with the case?

normally fan connectors are only male if the case has a built in fan controller

NZXT 410 Phantom. Yes they did come with it and there is a fan controller and plugs in to the PSU. That is plugged in.

mcnumpty23 · Jul 21, 2015

AliasSigma :

mcnumpty23 :

NZXT 410 Phantom. Yes they did come with it and there is a fan controller and plugs in to the PSU. That is plugged in.

then take off the right hand side panel and look for wires coming from the direction of the fan controller on the end of those will be the female connectors you need to plug in to

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