I'm planning on my first build these upcoming months and I have some questions that need answering. The motherboard I will be using is the new Asus Maximus 8 Hero which has 6 fan headers and I'm planning on having 9 fans in my build. 7 fans for exhaust and intake then 2 more for my noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler. I was thinking of using some Y cables to connect the fans to the motherboard since I only have 6 fan headers. My question is, will I damage the motherboard in any way by using this much fan headers? I will be using 3 4pin Y cables to connect a total of 6 fans to 3 headers. BTW I will be using All noctua fans for the build, the IPPC pwm 2000rpm ones.
Since a plethora of Y cables would not be visually appealing I would advise towards one splitter that splits directly from the PSU (mostly MOLEX connectors). That allows for nicer cable routing.
Not just that... It's not easy to work with... Yeah, you will set it once and forget about it... Until something happens, a fan starts rattling, the system needs cleaning a couple of months down the line, etc... Just get the Fan hub... it will solve a lot of issues... By the way, what case are gonna be used for the build?
It would be fine to plug them all into the mob, just don't plug them all into the same header. But if i was using that many fans i would get a fan controller. It will make it easier to control them all and make cable management easier.
Use this, You have 4pin PWM fans, so use 4 pin pwm splitter to control fan rpms, dont get 3 pin controllers or splitters! You might not be able to fit fan connector into those 3 pin controllers .