How to properly hook up multiple fans(16)

andrewcb88

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Mar 14, 2016
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Hello,
I have a ton of fans in my PC that I am going to run off a fan controller but was wondering if there was a different way to do it.

first of all I have a 1600w PSU so I obviously want all fans to run off my PSU

I have 6 120x38 delta pwm fans.

I have 6x 140mm and 3x 120mm Thermaltake riing fans that obviously aren't pwm.

And 1 80mm pwm fan.

I don't want to use the fan controller if I don't have to

Can I use something like a Phobya 4-Pin to 6 x 3-Pin Fan Splitter PCB? I don't really understand it. Can I plug a pwm fan in one of these as the lead and then the 3 pins to it and that will practically turn them all into pwm fans? Since the molex just powers it and the 4 pin controls voltage does it cut voltage to the PCB itself? I was thinking of running 3 of these with a pwm delta on each and the rest 3 pins to control it all.

Or is there another way?

The need something you can plug into USB and the PSU or something and run all your fans off of it and then have software or something to control the speeds per channel, that would be awesome.

Any advice would be great. I don't want to use the fan controller because of my set up I have only enough room for 1 slot so I would not have a cd drive in, it would have to be an external one. But if that is all I can do then I guess I will go with that. Or if I can control all fans somehow and keep their speeds as high as possible without noise. I just don't know if using the delta fans will mess up how the other fans work.

Hope you understand what I am trying to say lol and thank you in advance!

 
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If you don't care about fan speed regulation you can connect them to PSU directly via Molex connectors, all they need is 2 wires, black and yellow to get 12vDC, black and red to get 5V and red and yellow to get 7.5v. Any other regulation would have to be done thru other means like resistor wires and resistors or electronic PWM and voltage regulators.
If you don't care about fan speed regulation you can connect them to PSU directly via Molex connectors, all they need is 2 wires, black and yellow to get 12vDC, black and red to get 5V and red and yellow to get 7.5v. Any other regulation would have to be done thru other means like resistor wires and resistors or electronic PWM and voltage regulators.
 
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