Additional Fans?

joker375

joker375

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Morning All!

I am curious as to how many case fans I can install to my Mobo which is a asus m5a78l*I have read that it only has one case fan 3 pin connector, yet I have seen the exact same mobo as mine with 5 case fans so I'm curious as to how to add more.... Maybe. I read ASUS's specs wrong, I'm not to technical on these things

So any help is appreciated!

EDIT: case is a Coolermaster 311 Elite
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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you could,

-connect the fans to the PSU, either using a 12v cable - so the fan/s run at 100% all the time, OR a 7v cable then the fans run at 50%.
-Add a fan controller, then connect your case fans to that. But this costs a bit more and add extra cables to ya rig. extension cables may be required to route the cables round the back of the mobo tray,
-yes you are correct, your mobo does only have 1 chassis fan connector and the CPu fan.
-You could use splitters, (connects two fans to one mobo port) but i don't think this is a good idea, may draw too much power from the mobo. Not good, i'd avoid this.

Although, you case has a rear fan and a front fan right? so one must be plugged into the power supply.
 
joker375

joker375

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Wow complex haha (mechanic) can it be done with a hammer and tig welder :p?

I'll look into the fan controller however

And negative only the one 120mm case fan on the back
 
keynes

keynes

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joker375 said:
Wow complex haha (mechanic) can it be done with a hammer and tig welder :p?

I'll look into the fan controller however

And negative only the one 120mm case fan on the back
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Are you having high temps in your gpu or cpu?
 
joker375

joker375

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Well CPU sits at 32c on bf3 with sliders on high and highest I have seen my gnu is 65-70c so it's more for the gpu as to me that seems quite hot?
 
keynes

keynes

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joker375 said:
Well CPU sits at 32c on bf3 with sliders on high and highest I have seen my gnu is 65-70c so it's more for the gpu as to me that seems quite hot?
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The temps on the gpu are fine, I woulnd't bother with a fan controller, if I were you I'd try to get a side fan for the gpu.
 
joker375

joker375

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So if a side fan would be better would you just connect it to the pay with a molex adapter?

GPU: GTX 550 Ti
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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yeah you could do it that way mate, but would run at 100% lol, so be noisy, unless you get ya self ya quiet fan.
 
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