NZXT H440 Fan Hub

Mohamamd_1

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Ok so what I know so far that if I plugged ALL the fans in my pc, including case fans and the radiator ones, and connected the hub to the CPU_FAN, that way the hub will control the fans as if they are all cpu fans, and they will behave based on the cpu temperature sensor not the motherboard's. but I guess this is wrong, because fans aren't identical so their speed varies.
specs: 6700k, asus strix 1070, 2x8 corsair lpx 3000, asus z170-a mobo, corsair h110.
fans : for the rad: 2x fractal design venturi hp-14 max rpm 1500
3x front 120mm nzxt stock fans , rear : corsair af120 performance edition max rpm 1650
so things I need help with:
am I correct with the assumptions above?
Do I have to connect case fans individually to the mobo headers so I can control them?


 
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Don't worry about "Powered Hub" etc. That Hub that came with your case is only a place where you can plug in all of your case fans. Its gets power for all its fans from the PSU directly. There is NO risk that doing things this way will overload your mobo fan headers. But what I'll recommend now is that you don't even use that hub.

ALL fans connected to the hub supplied are being fed a full 12 VDC supply at all times, and there is NO control of any of them. Moreover, that way there is no way for the mobo headers to monitor the fans for failures or to show you their speeds. So for starters, the first thing you should do is change the way your CPU cooling system is connected. If you do that right, at least the CPU cooling will be under...

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Don't worry about "Powered Hub" etc. That Hub that came with your case is only a place where you can plug in all of your case fans. Its gets power for all its fans from the PSU directly. There is NO risk that doing things this way will overload your mobo fan headers. But what I'll recommend now is that you don't even use that hub.

ALL fans connected to the hub supplied are being fed a full 12 VDC supply at all times, and there is NO control of any of them. Moreover, that way there is no way for the mobo headers to monitor the fans for failures or to show you their speeds. So for starters, the first thing you should do is change the way your CPU cooling system is connected. If you do that right, at least the CPU cooling will be under automatic control. How to do it right? Well, I gotta sympathize with you - the manual does not make that clear, and the video on the Corsair H110 website is only slightly helpful. But it has enough to figure it out. The CPU cooling system needs power to the Corsair pump and to the two fans on its rad, but apparently the H110 system does not do its own control of these fans using Corsair Link. It leaves control of CPU cooling to the mobo headers.

Fortunately, your mobo has enough headers to do this. You should plug the 3-pin fan cable from the Corsair pump unit into the mobo's W_PUMP header. Then plug your two Fractal Design rad fans into the CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT headers. You need to make one adjustment in BIOS Setup - see manual p. 2-50. under "Water Pump Control". Change that to PWM Mode. Now technically, this is not quite right, because the pump is a 3-pin system. BUT setting the header this way guarantees that it will always supply 12 VDC to the pump, so the pump will always run full speed. Then the two rad fans, which ARE under automatic control by their headers, will do all the CPU temperature control. IF you want, you can go back to p. 2-47 under CPU Q-Fan Control and change it from "Auto" to "PWM Mode" because that is what is needed for those 4-pin PWM-design fans. After these changes you need to save them, but WAIT a moment - there are a few more changes to make for your case fans.

For the case fans it is easy. ALL of the four fans that came with your case are of the 3-pin design, meaning that they can have their speed controlled ONLY by mobo headers that use Voltage Control Mode (aka DC Mode). Fortunately, your mobo has four CHA_FAN headers, and every one of them can be configured in BIOS Setup (see your manual, p. 2-48) to use DC Mode. In fact, the manual says they already are set to that mode by default, so you may not have to make an adjustment for that. You should be able simply to plug each of your case ventilation fans into a CHA_FAN header and it will work. HOWEVER, there is one adjustment you should make for each of those four fan headers. Under the heading CHA_FAN1-4 Q-Fan Source, the manual says they all are set to "CPU" by default, meaning they will be controlled according to the temperature sensor inside the CPU chip. You should change that to "MotherBoard" so the sensor used for your case fans is the one built into the motherboard. After you change that, remember to go through the SAVE and EXIT process to save all your custom fan settings.
 
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Mohamamd_1

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THIS IS TOO DAMN LONG DUDE xD however, to summarize, in order to have full control on the rad. fans I have to plug them on the CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT headers, this way, only the rad fans will work based on the temperature sensor on the cpu not all the fans right?
And in order to control the case fans I have to plug them on the CHA-FAN headers to have control on them and let them behave based on the mobo's temperature sensor, right?
P.S : the rear fan isn't one of the stock fans, it's corsair af120 performance edition. and the h110 doesn't support corsair link
 

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Right, but you did not note two other points. The PUMP should go to the W_PUMP header and it should be configured for PWM Mode. AND, when you plug your fans into the CHA_FAN headers, they will still be under CPU temperature sensor control because that's the way those headers are configured by default. You need to change the settings on all four headers to use MotherBoard as its temperature sensor.
 

Mohamamd_1

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my cable mgmt is flawless , unfortunately, the solution will ruin everything.
But I noticed something, that even if the fans are connected to the hub, I can create a custom fan curve in the asus's q-fan control.
so here's the thing, I will connect all the front fans since they're identical and have the same rpm.
the two rad's fans are going on the mobo headers as well as the rear fan, this way we'll have less cables on the mobo. what do you think?
 

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That will clear up your clutter concern, all right. But you've missed the point about that Hub included in your case. It connects ONLY to the PSU's fixed 12 VDC supply, and there is NO way any mobo adjustment can change the speed of fans connected to that hub. The ASUS Q-Fan control system ONLY operates by manipulating the output from the mobo's fan headers.

If you want to control the front three fans without feeding cables from each to a different mobo header, your simplest method will be using a 3-output SPLITTER. This one is interesting

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423162&cm_re=coboc_fan_splitter-_-12-423-162-_-Product

It has a single 8" cable from one mobo CHA_FAN header to its first fan output connector, then 4" spacing to each of the other two. So you could run that first part (which is sleeved in black) from the CHA_FAN header closest to the front to a point just inside the front panel at a fan, then continue on to the other two fans hidden inside the front panel. It is quite OK to connect three of your fans to one CHA_FAN header with a Splitter - that will not overload the fan header. Although this Splitter is wired with 4-pin connectors, it will work perfectly with your 3-pin fans as long as you set the header configuration in BIOS Setup to "DC Mode".

Thanks for Best Solution.