Burning out 3 pin mobo fan headers?

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ilikepie

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This is probably a noobish question. Im planning on getting 2 of these fans to replace the antec tri cools. On the svc site it says not to plug them on the mobo because it may burn out the headers. Is this true and should i buy a fan controller for them?

 

millhouse

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Fan controllers are good.

 

fAlCoNNiAn

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i plugged a fan that drew alot more amps then what the mobo header was desgined for, not i cant run any fans on it any more. fan controllers are a better answer.

 

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I wouldn't run a panaflo like that off a mobo header

 

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Those Panaflo's are rated at 4+ watts, whereas the safe limit on mainboard headers commonly is 3W. So don't do it.

 

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Or get a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter and plug it into an extra molex connector,

 

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I've burned up more mobo fan headers than I care to remember, so nowdays, all my fans are powered through a fanbus or controller. As I really don't get too picky about monitoring RPMs, this is the best solution.

 

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Yeah I don't use molexs for my fans anymore, or 3-pin headers. I've been watercooling so long and most HSFs nowadays draw more power than can be supplied through the fan headers on the motherboard anyway. I guess if you get anal about wanting to be able to read the rpms of the fans you can just get a fan controller w/ rpm monitoring, but I personally never saw the point to that either.

 

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Its never a good idea to run 92mm or larger fans off a mobo header. If you need to monitor the fan RPMs then use an adapter which splits off the sensor wire.

 

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Ok. Thanks guys im probably gonna get the sunbeam fan controller. I head good things about it

 

millhouse

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ilikepie said:

Ok. Thanks guys im probably gonna get the sunbeam fan controller. I head good things about it

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you wont be dissapointed. www.jab-tech.com = $9.95 i think

 

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millhouse said:

you wont be dissapointed. www.jab-tech.com = $9.95 i think

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Yes, but....Xoxide.com is doing a sale on all sunbeam products so you may be able to find it there cheaper if they stock it. I have 2 of that fan controller like I said and I couldn't be happier. If I made something similar myself parts alone would be $5 more than the 10 you pay for the sunbeam and it wouldn't look near as good!

 

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Yeah its 9.95 @ jab-tech, and 12.74 @ xoxide. Either way theyre both awesome deals.

edit: man, there sure is a whole lot of stuff on sale at xoxide.