Need advice for which fan splitter to use

Amosuk said:

so would this work

this lead
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelid-Solut...411082389&sr=8-1&keywords=1+to+4+fan+splitter

4 fans connecting to it then the other end connecting to the fan controller?

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nick779 said:

Theres alot of misleading information here.
To split 3 pin fans you need a splitter that DOES NOT split the 3rd pin. otherwise your RPM readings will ALL be WRONG. Whatever splitter you get make sure you cut the 3rd pin wire on all but one fan so the rpm readings are actually accurate and its not getting signals from all of the fans youre connecting because it wont read right.
Also make sure that the combined amperage is not over 1A per header unless your headers have a higher amp header.

InVain, I know you know better than that lol

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nick779 said:

Theres alot of misleading information here.
To split 3 pin fans you need a splitter that DOES NOT split the 3rd pin. otherwise your RPM readings will ALL be WRONG. Whatever splitter you get make sure you cut the 3rd pin wire on all but one fan so the rpm readings are actually accurate and its not getting signals from all of the fans youre connecting because it wont read right.
Also make sure that the combined amperage is not over 1A per header unless your headers have a higher amp header.

InVain, I know you know better than that lol

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Amosuk said:

Hi all First post regular reader but first time I ever registered here.

So a while back I decided to build myself a decent machine, to cut a long story short, I went for CM 690 III case and corsair h105,

specs are

AMD FX 8350
Asus M5 A99 FX PRO
CM 690 III
Corsair H105
16gb corsair DDR3
4gb R9 270x

the rest I am going to poach from my old machine


So the issue I got is I have 7 fans to put in my case, I am using 2 corsair SP 120 and the 2 supplied with the h105 as a push pull, radiator in the front of the case
2 corsair AF 120 in the top for exhaust, and the supplied CM 120 fan exhaust in the back.

motherboard has only fan 2 headers on it so I am opting for the Lamptron FC5 V2 fan controller, I have been searching around the net and cant seem to find a straight answer, can I use a 1 to 4 PWM splitter so I can have all 4 radiator fans on 1 header in the fan controller, or do I have to find one without the PWM in it, the idea is to have 4 fans on 1 header, 2 AF exhaust fans on header 2 and the single exhaust on header 3, or I could split the radiator fans up to fan 1 and fan 2 headers

I thought I would ask here as most of you guys would know

Thanks in advance

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inVain said:

well,
I'm not sure that the OP was meant to build his own splitter, wasn't he?

again, the power rating of fan headers on a mobo might be vary on each model.
1A, is typical, that what I was usually thought of.
until I read that someone only allowed at 0.5A.
thus, you must read your manual (no reason to be lazy and pass this question to someone else. period!)
or even ask your mobo manufacturer if you want to squeeze every single bit of your mobo out.

the high performance SP was rated at 0.18A (the quiet was 0.08A).
4 of them still draw less than 1A, if that what concern you.

the OP was intended to use the splitter on the Lamptron FC5 V2 fan controller which rated @30watt per channel.
most of 3pin header manufacturer states the maximum power allowed on their product @3A.
so again, this would still be on the safe margin.


so why did you accuse me for giving out a misleading information?

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