- Jul 29, 2014
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Hi everyone,
I currently have a Define R4 case, with 2 Silent Series R2 intake fans in the front and 1 exhaust R2 in the rear. In the top I have a H100i with 2 Noctua NF-F12. The 3 x R2 fans are connected to the Define R4's built-in fan controller which can connect up to 3 fans and as far as I can tell supports up to 15W.
I have been toying with the idea of adding more fans to the case just to help with airflow and came across 3 Noctua A14 FLX fans for a reasonable price so ordered them and they should be with me this week.
I had planned on replacing the R2 fans with the Noctuas using the R4 fan controller. Then I planned on using 2 of the R2 fans as well; one in the bottom intake and one in the side intake. BUT I wouldn't be able to hook these extra fans up to the R4 fan controller because the Noctuas would be using all 3 fan controller inputs!
With me so far?
So, I wanted to find some 3-pin fan Y-splitters so that I could put the 2 intake Noctuas on 1 fan controller cable, 1 exhaust Noctua on 1 fan controller cable and finally the 2 R2 fans on the remaining fan controller cable.
However, I cannot get a definitive answer on whether this is a safe thing to try. I have googled and some people say yes it will be fine, but I have also seen a reply from Fractal Design themselves that says to not connect more than 3 fans as this will cause the fan controller to break.
Does anyone have any real-world experience of this? Anyone with a Define R4 using more than 3 fans on the built-in fan controller?
If anyone has any advice / hints & tips etc that they could share I would be really grateful (and so would my fan controller, I'm sure!).
Many thanks in advance.
All the best,
Moley
I currently have a Define R4 case, with 2 Silent Series R2 intake fans in the front and 1 exhaust R2 in the rear. In the top I have a H100i with 2 Noctua NF-F12. The 3 x R2 fans are connected to the Define R4's built-in fan controller which can connect up to 3 fans and as far as I can tell supports up to 15W.
I have been toying with the idea of adding more fans to the case just to help with airflow and came across 3 Noctua A14 FLX fans for a reasonable price so ordered them and they should be with me this week.
I had planned on replacing the R2 fans with the Noctuas using the R4 fan controller. Then I planned on using 2 of the R2 fans as well; one in the bottom intake and one in the side intake. BUT I wouldn't be able to hook these extra fans up to the R4 fan controller because the Noctuas would be using all 3 fan controller inputs!
With me so far?
So, I wanted to find some 3-pin fan Y-splitters so that I could put the 2 intake Noctuas on 1 fan controller cable, 1 exhaust Noctua on 1 fan controller cable and finally the 2 R2 fans on the remaining fan controller cable.
However, I cannot get a definitive answer on whether this is a safe thing to try. I have googled and some people say yes it will be fine, but I have also seen a reply from Fractal Design themselves that says to not connect more than 3 fans as this will cause the fan controller to break.
Does anyone have any real-world experience of this? Anyone with a Define R4 using more than 3 fans on the built-in fan controller?
If anyone has any advice / hints & tips etc that they could share I would be really grateful (and so would my fan controller, I'm sure!).
Many thanks in advance.
All the best,
Moley
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