Help Nom more fan plugs on the motherboard, what now?

[GxStorm]

Hi there, I have an ASRock 970 extreme4 and an ocz fatal1ty 550W, and no more slots to plug in fans, how to i connect them to the power supply?

The case is a thermaltake v4 black edition

 

[EarthDog]

you can either get a fan controller, or buy molex to 3 pin adapters.

 

[GxStorm]

Is it expensive?

 

[MattNo5ss]

Depending on the fans, you may be able to use 3-pin y-splitters to use two fans per header.

 

[GxStorm]

the fans are 3 pin header

 

[EarthDog]

What he was alluding to was the amount of power the fans consume. Mobo fan headers shouldnt really go over 1A(12W) for most mobos. You can find out the power draw by looking at the sticker on the fan.

As far as fan controllers, they range from cheap to expensive. Depends on your budget and needs.

 

[GxStorm]

They are cooler master sickleflow 120

 

[psionic98]

if they are not high wattage fans you could do as matt said and get a 3pin Y splitter, which would allow you to use 2x 3pin fans on 1 3pin fan header.. again though, they cannot be high wattage fans

 

[EarthDog]

They are cooler master sickleflow 120

Again, the wattage rating is on the sticker on the back of the fan....

EDIT: I looked it up for you and it shows .37A. So two would be fine on one header.

 

[GxStorm]

It says 4.2W input

 

[GxStorm]

No need to buy anything, the PSU comes with a cable that conects to a 2 pin header that came with the fan

I guess thats it

 

[GxStorm]

Its called a 3 to 4 pin adapter

 

[EarthDog]

Triple post ! There is an edit button available.

Thats a molex to 3 pin adapter... Look like THIS?

 

[GxStorm]

Sorry for the triple post :S

And yes it looks like that

And what if I connect the fans to the PSU?
They do max RPM all the time right?

 

[EarthDog]

Yep.

 

[GxStorm]

Ok

Well, many thanks for all the help provided

Cheers