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Stumped on what to do :(
i was planning on getting 2 82mm fans for my PC, but ran into a problem, I only have one cha_fan header! Is there any way to get around this? Or am I just going to have to live with one fan? Mobo(A55BM-A/M32BF/BP_MB)
I am very new to the world of PCs and would love some advice, pointers, anything that would help me with this problem, Thanks!
 
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Karadjgne
No worries. General info: the smaller the fan, the faster it usually spins, the louder it gets. Adding 2 fans will add 1 fans decibels (db) + @3 more db for the second. With 2x 82mm fans, that's gonna be quite loud at higher rpm. If possible, get the biggest fans you can physically fit in the spot, lower rpm, more airflow, much quieter.

Ok, as far as 2x fans go, you can pretty much use both fans on the same header, there's actually very few fans that are so power hungry and inefficient to where only 1 fan is safe. So 2x is ok. Amazon, Newegg, best buy, eBay etc all sell 'splitters' which will join 2 fans to 1 header connection. You'll just have to look and see if the planned fans are 3-pin or 4-pin (pwm) and get the appropriate splitter.
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No worries. General info: the smaller the fan, the faster it usually spins, the louder it gets. Adding 2 fans will add 1 fans decibels (db) + @3 more db for the second. With 2x 82mm fans, that's gonna be quite loud at higher rpm. If possible, get the biggest fans you can physically fit in the spot, lower rpm, more airflow, much quieter.

Ok, as far as 2x fans go, you can pretty much use both fans on the same header, there's actually very few fans that are so power hungry and inefficient to where only 1 fan is safe. So 2x is ok. Amazon, Newegg, best buy, eBay etc all sell 'splitters' which will join 2 fans to 1 header connection. You'll just have to look and see if the planned fans are 3-pin or 4-pin (pwm) and get the appropriate splitter.
 
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thank you so much for that, it relived a lot of stress considering that im adding a new gpu and power supply, that its going to need both fans, again, thanks a lot!
 
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