I've been slowly gathering the pieces to my new build and have been waiting for Skylake to launch. Now that we're there, I need to order a motherboard along with a CPU.
Here's my question: I got the CM Storm Trooper case which has 4 fans (two front, one rear, one top) and a built-in fan controller. Unfortunately, most of the motherboards I'm seeing, even mid-high range, for 1151 only have 3 chassis fan connectors. The one exception I've found is the new Asus Maximus Hero VIII which has 4. I know it's a option to connect fans directly to the PSU, but you lose manual or automatic speed adjustment and I'd like to keep the fan speed down when possible (idle, low-intensity tasks, etc). Is there a way to keep this functionality with only 3 fan connectors on the motherboard?
Side question: what are your thoughts on using a case fan controller vs. just letting the system adjust fan speed based on temp? This will be primarily a gaming rig that I plan to do a little GPU and CPU overclocking with so system temp is something I'm thinking a lot about.
Thanks!
Here's my question: I got the CM Storm Trooper case which has 4 fans (two front, one rear, one top) and a built-in fan controller. Unfortunately, most of the motherboards I'm seeing, even mid-high range, for 1151 only have 3 chassis fan connectors. The one exception I've found is the new Asus Maximus Hero VIII which has 4. I know it's a option to connect fans directly to the PSU, but you lose manual or automatic speed adjustment and I'd like to keep the fan speed down when possible (idle, low-intensity tasks, etc). Is there a way to keep this functionality with only 3 fan connectors on the motherboard?
Side question: what are your thoughts on using a case fan controller vs. just letting the system adjust fan speed based on temp? This will be primarily a gaming rig that I plan to do a little GPU and CPU overclocking with so system temp is something I'm thinking a lot about.
Thanks!
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