Fan Adapters

[sensesfail47]

So I have 2 120mm fans, and 3 80mm fans in my case....

My question is, all of them have the plastic plug that is either 4 pins connected into a plastic hookup that plugs into my motherboard...is there an adapter that converts the type of plug that goes into the PSU to the type of plug that goes into the motherboard?

Also, if using a fan control device, like these http://www.xoxide.com/fancontrollers.html Do you plug into them with the pin connectors? or the type of connectors that hook up to the motherboard. Sorry for the confusing wording, dont know the technical terms for all the different types of wires...

My motherboard has 4 places that I can plug fans into, but theyre all plugged into my psu instead, and would like better control of them. Thanks guys!

 

[Conumdrum]

Not sure on your mobo. Your CPU fan is usually a 4 pin connector and is perfect on a 4 pin Mobo connector. Most CPU fans are PWM fans. Not all.

Your other fans are probably 3 pin fans. Red/black/yellow. Lots of mobos like your have the same connectors. You can connect them to the mobo and lots of bios have a fan control section. Standard voltage and a RPM wire.

If all of your case fans have only the BIG molex connector your kinda screwed unless you buy adaptors or wire in your own replacement connectors. Sometimes, depending on the crappyness of your case fans, it's worth it to just buy new better fans.

Most fan controllers use the small 3 or 4 pin connectors for each fan, not the big Molex connectors.

Let me point you to a store that has lots and lots of adaptors, even bare connectors and pins. Look around a LOT, there is tons of stuff buried in many catagories.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=60_164

And a guide to popping pins out and I think buried in the discussion links to soldering etc.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=202639