Hello, so Im a newbie PC builder and need some help. It seems that my motherboard only has 2 fan connectors that I can find. Does this mean I can only have two fans? really? that doesnt seem right.
However I did notice that the wires connected to the fans have the regular fan connectors that you plug into the mobo, but in addition to this, there is 1 male and 1 female 4 pin connector on the same wire. Can these be used to connect 2 fan wires and then plug one of the fan connections into the mobo, therefore using just one fan connection to power 2 fans?
This is my motherboard by the way.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GMU3S3%20FX/
Thanks for any help/info!
most case fans use molex connectors, so 2 fan connectors only matter if you have more than 1 cpu fan or a northbridge or ram cooler
and even still you could just get molex to 3 pin adapters
fan controller is also and alternative
due to the motherboard, i think hes on a budget and fan controllers are expensive and dont really make a difference
I just looked up molex connectors and those are the male/femlae connectors i was talking about, But on the same cable as the molex connectors are 3 pin connectors as well. I have 4 fans but only two 3 pin connectors on my motherboard. So what should I do?
Lol yes I am, Still I will look at some fan controllers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201009
just get a few of those if you have more 3 pin fans than ports on motherboard
spend the money for a fan controller towards a better GPU, or CPU cooler
oh okay, thanks for the info