I have this mobo in a Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 case, which comes with 2x120mm fans (front and back) and 1x140mm fan (top). The H97M-E has two fan headers, not including the one for the CPU.
As it is I'm only running the front and rear 120s, each plugged into CASE_FAN1 and CASE_FAN2 respectively. Without a splitter I can't run the other one.
I was planning on getting two 2-way splitters and an additional 120mm fan for the front, so I could use one header for both the front, and another for the rear and top.
Would this be okay for the motherboard, as it's something I neglected to check before I picked one up. It's currently being powered by a Corsair CX500W.
Would it be better to use a molex adaptor to power them from the PSU instead, do you think? I'm thinking of picking up a Corsair H80i for the remaining 120mm position on the top and eventually want to run that too (currently just using stock fan).
Cheers
EDIT: The back is 140mm, the top is 120mm, sorry
As it is I'm only running the front and rear 120s, each plugged into CASE_FAN1 and CASE_FAN2 respectively. Without a splitter I can't run the other one.
I was planning on getting two 2-way splitters and an additional 120mm fan for the front, so I could use one header for both the front, and another for the rear and top.
Would this be okay for the motherboard, as it's something I neglected to check before I picked one up. It's currently being powered by a Corsair CX500W.
Would it be better to use a molex adaptor to power them from the PSU instead, do you think? I'm thinking of picking up a Corsair H80i for the remaining 120mm position on the top and eventually want to run that too (currently just using stock fan).
Cheers
EDIT: The back is 140mm, the top is 120mm, sorry
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