Setting up the fans for my new system

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beerlord

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I've got a Coolermaster H500P case with 2 front fans and 1 back fan and a H115i cooler in my Maximus X Hero. I've had it set up for almost a week playing and tweaking with it. It runs just fine but I can't live good enough alone.
I have the front and back fans on a splitter running together and Qfan turned off. I'm not curious if have the fans together is a dumb move. Its silent AF but I wonder if this is not the best setup for me. Should I have each fan on it's on? This MB has enough fan headers so what's the consensus of the geniuses on this great forum?
 
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beerlord

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Thanks, but I really didn't state my question well. I know I can have more than one fan on a header but won't they all run together at the same speeds? Isn't it better to have them separately where I can set them to different speeds?
 
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rhoban

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have no idea why you would want to run different fans at different speeds.
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To balance pressure.
Intake fans running at higher speeds than exhaust should provide a positive air pressure and less dust.
Having exhausts running at higher speed provides negative pressure, some more dust, but possibly better cooling.

I personally would connect the 2 front fans to the splitter. Or each to its own header.

Intake and exhaust fans should not be connected to the same header, especially when they are different models.
 
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