8rda+ How many fans???

Procharger · Mar 4, 2003

Got a newby question. I've got my 8rda+ due for delivery any day, Volcano 8 (mistake maybe???), and other parts on the way. I do have a Sparkle 400W and cheap 217P Raidmax case already here.

I want to ventilate this motherboard really well but from what I read it only has 3 slots for fans.

My question is how or if possible how do I get more fans to work with this motherboard?

Does the power supply support any?

EluSiOn · Mar 4, 2003

I use digital doc 5 which let me have 8 fan connect (actually 7... one is taken by dd5 itself) 8rda+ really gets hot... you might want even put fan on the SB too.

Procharger · Mar 4, 2003

It's their a more budget minded way? I may go with the dd5 but it's a bit way out of my planned budget but so was everything else so far

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EluSiOn · Mar 4, 2003

hmmm... on the long run... getting dd5 or nexus from vantec (see above flash banner ad) is a good investment. You can always get alot of ps cable splitter and also 4pin to 3pin adpators and connect your fan directly to the psu.

Arkaine23 · Mar 4, 2003

fans

Yeah, fans are either 3 pin (mobo) or 4 pin (molex). Get fans with 4 pin connectors and daisy-chain them together, or get 3 to 4 pin converters.

Procharger · Mar 5, 2003

Re: fans

Arkaine23 said:
Yeah, fans are either 3 pin (mobo) or 4 pin (molex). Get fans with 4 pin connectors and daisy-chain them together, or get 3 to 4 pin converters.

Are the 3 pin on my motherboard? What is a molex. Can you explain a little more on from what I would use the 3 pin and 4 pin connectors from.

Sorry about the newby question but this'll be my complete build up of a computer though I've done some in classes but never messed with the processors and fans too much.

lazyart · Mar 5, 2003

The Mobo has 2 connectors for case fans and a third connector for CPU fan. These are the smaller plugs that allow for RPM monitoring.

To use more than that, you will need either fans with the large connectors (just like HD or CDROM power connectors..."molex"), or get adapters.

Procharger · Mar 6, 2003

ok I see thanks

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