- Apr 28, 2016
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Pretty sure this question falls under "Lolnoob 101" but, where else can you plug in fans if not on the motherboard? I've been watching quite a few PC building videos and I've seen this a lot of times but there will be unused fan headers on the mobo yet the case has a bunch of fans.
For example, one guy I watched only had 2 fans plugged into the mobo; the CPU cooler and one intake fan. The rest of the fan's cables were routed in the back. I imagine he didn't use all of the headers to keep the front looking cleaner but that leaves with the question: What did he plug them into? I know for a fact that his case didn't have an integrated fan hub. But he had 5 fans.
I'm asking mostly because I plan to put 6 fans in my case which also doesn't have a fan hub and I'd really like to keep the front looking as clean as possible since the case has a large side window. But what do I plug the extra fans into without having the extra wires coming from the motherboard if possible? I want to take a similar approach as the one mentioned above.
For example, one guy I watched only had 2 fans plugged into the mobo; the CPU cooler and one intake fan. The rest of the fan's cables were routed in the back. I imagine he didn't use all of the headers to keep the front looking cleaner but that leaves with the question: What did he plug them into? I know for a fact that his case didn't have an integrated fan hub. But he had 5 fans.
I'm asking mostly because I plan to put 6 fans in my case which also doesn't have a fan hub and I'd really like to keep the front looking as clean as possible since the case has a large side window. But what do I plug the extra fans into without having the extra wires coming from the motherboard if possible? I want to take a similar approach as the one mentioned above.
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