How to add fans to your motherboard if you don't have enough Fan headers
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- PC building tutorial. (PC fan headers and PC fan control)
Aigo fans with male/female pwm and male/female ARGB link:
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Ohh wow, TY. It is a dirst time that I am using the pwm fans for the case. Arctic P12, were on sale and they are the BBB of fans in my country. Thnaks again, subbed.
Glad it was helpful. Yea I used to use molex before. But with pwm your fans are intelligent. They only spin fast if it's needed rather than spinning fast all the time like molex/sata powered fans.
@coolStranger516 I am mechanical engineer so I am quite familiar with electronics, but I am also poor human trash so zero real life experience. Practice makes theory useful. Money and material wealth is important to practice anything.
@@MarioAPN true that
the problem with solution 2 is not the wire mess but the amperes. If you have three 1amp fans, either you are forcing the board and extracting 3 amperes or you are not supplying the fan with the correct amperes. Check your fan and motherboard amperes before installing it.
Fans are 3-5 watts power consumption so it will take 3 fans to draw 1 amp of power in a 12v rail.
@@MrYevelnadwhat is a fan is a 5v?
I’m sorry but what fans are you using that draw 3 amps 💀💀💀
How does the fan hub (option 3) work if it needs to power 5 fans from the motherboard fan header?
1 amp is delivered from high quality non-server mobs, most can't offer even that.
You don't want more than 2 fans per header unless additional PSU power is put into the equation, it's a good way to fry a chip on your motherboard.
what if 1 fan has 0.12 ampere and I use 4? Internet says 0.7 ampere per header should be safe or a maximum of 1 ampere
Ha! Did that today😅 my curiosity killed it.
@flyingoreo7265 I wouldn't go more than 70% The max amperage of the headers
@@marvyn_wez yeah I did that too and it worked fine
Im going to build a pc and i needed this, very simple straight forward, nice vid bro! Thx a lot!
You are welcome. Good luck with your build. Feel free to ask me any question if you run into any problem with your build.
Cheers for a great, concise, simple insight.
thank you i was searching for like 3 days and you helped me so much thank you
The problem with daisy chaining fans in the mobo header is that non-server mobos supplies between 0.7 and 1 amp at best, potentially frying your header over time. You can power the energy wires directly to the power supply and using just the tach and pwm wires on the header.
so i need to bought a fan hub that has a sata slot for backup power to avoid overvoltage, right?
Ure my guy 🙌🏻 u don’t imagine how I appreciate the do not connect the fan hub to the cpu
You are welcome 😊
So it's ok to connect 7 fans to only one header? You don't say anything on possibility of fries mobo
Not, you shouldn’t go pass 4 on one header, cause of the voltage transfered
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3:11 the info i was looking for!! thanks!
You are not discussing the critical issue of the tach-out from each fan being shorted together when everything is in parallel.
What if i Dont want them to run the same speed bec of different fan sizes but still have only 1 motherboard connector besides the cpu one , is there a splitter which makes fan software register all individual fans
you can get a pcie slot fanhub that you can control manually
Most useful guide i seen so far
this is very helpful tbh its simple but informative.
Thanks
I don't think you can use the cpu fan header for just any kind of fans, even two fans on same header has me wondering, but make sure to check the amp numbers to match I think best. If pc goes to sleep when not using, the extra noise with fans isn't always a problem on molex wire fans, and they don't throttle all over the place like temp rpm fans.
Loved the video, one more subscriber here! One question, I want to set up 16 fans in my PC, with only 1 header on my motherboard. Can I mix solucion 2 and 3? so I can connect fans to each others (in groups of 4) and then connect them to the hub... then the hub will be connected to the only header on the motherboard. Would that work or I will fry my motherboard?
wait a min, you didnt mention about the wattage running through these headers... these headers have different wattages or supporting volts, as depending on the range of motherboard... so you also need to mention the total number of fans we can actually daisy chain on one header, which is usually upto only 3... my motherboard has 3 headers, each 12 volt/24watt each, so i can mount well over 6 fans on each header...
Very clear and good tips sir. Thanks you. God bless!
This is helping me out on how to install the fan correctly ty. Btw if some fan or case come with the RGB controller, is the controller consider as PWN fan hub?
So i can connect my fan hub header to my ( sys fan ) cause thats the only one for me available on my motherboard. ?
fan splitter in solution 3 it will sup rgp light for fans too ?
You explained it well, thankyou, from Australia. Nice set up BTW... lol
you are welcome mate
molex fan with good bearing are cheap nowadays, i got one like 2-3 dollar molex fan with hydro bearing, very quiet
Well explained and helpful. Thank you!
For the solution number 3, where do you plug in the female extension inside of GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AC? I believe you have this motherboard from what I have seen in one of the videos...
So the PWM Hub can also hold a AIO Pump header? Cause my motherboard only has one Fan header and 4 Case fans. So what I am thinking is to connect a PWM fan hub connect Pump header and all the 4 to 1 fan header into it. You think that will be a good idea?
You technically can but I think Aio pump connector must be connected to the dedicated aio pump header in your motherboard. And it will change its perform according to yours pc's workload. If your motherboard doesn't have Aio_pump header then don't install aio. It will only create further complications. Get a good air cooler instead.
I have 2 questions. 1) I connected 3 fans (Out of these, one is 12v dc fan and 2 are rgb fans) into a single chasis fan header using pwm splitter. They were working fine for half a day and then 2 RGB fans are stopped spinning but lights are on. May i know why this has happened?
2) I am using Asus x570 f motherboard which has 2 RGB headers. When i connected my fans to RGB header , not powering. Can I use RGB header for powering fans or only led strips ?
How do i connect 4 rgb fans with molex connector to a b500 ds3h mobo and a fully modular psu
I don't know either
Have u figured it out yet
Hello! I have a question i recently built a pc and got into a little problem,my motherboard dosent have enough fan headers and argb 3pin header,so do i need to buy both fan hub and argb controller? Because i wanna sync my fans RGB with my ram
There are some argb hubs that also have fan headers. But these hubs don't control fan speed properly so I would advise using separate hubs. The fan hub/splitter that I am using is only 6 bucks. And when you buy a argb fan package they give you a hub with it for free.
super helpful video, thank you so much
I need to connect more then 6 fans including the cpu argb fan would you recommend this method to minimize clutter and confusion of wiring?? Also wanted to ask if you recommend the Asus prime B450m -ll for my amount of fans and rgb configuration? Thanks 🙏🏼
Just use 2 pwm fan hub splitters. 5 fan headers on each. A total of 10 fans you can connect.
@@coolStranger516 oh okay would it help if the fans I have are PWM sync and can be daisy chained together. In that case would I juts need one hub or is both needed?
@@ramenshells9715 It depends on how many fan headers you have and how many fans you are trying to connect. Don't put everything in just one header then you won't have enough electricity going through all the fans. For example, if you have 10 fans and 2 headers then put 10/2 = 5 on each header. If you are daisy chaining then you don't need fan hub splitter at all.
@@coolStranger516 thank you so much I thought i required the hub regardless even with PWM capabilities but I get you that it looks more cleaner , also I’m building inside a 011 style case so I wanted to choose a good motherboard to house my fans and like you said distribute enough power throughout the hardware but I hear you can do Max 5 cases per each connection with less 3amps or something and I was thinking like you said connect the cpu fan to the dedicated connection, and 3 on one connector and 3 on another connector port? Will the ASrock B450m steel legend work for this configuration???
@@ramenshells9715 yes keep the cpu fan connection for the dedicated cpu header. And the other fans you can distribute.
Hi!! Very nice video!!!! But.... My question, please, is about that I do have 10 fans in my computer with a controller with 6 pins and the remote control for the lights are broken and I don't know how to connect to the mother board. Please, so much....How I do connect from controller with 6 pins to the mother board?? Thanks a lot just if you read this message!!!
Just replace the battery of your remote. They usually CR 2025 battery. Very cheap to replace.
2nd: I don't have that kind of fan
3rd: I don't have that kind of fan and I dont wanna spend any money
1st: Best option
Please make a video on how to connect an argb fan controller with the system ...and the best way to set up fans...
Alrighty
What if Fans dont have PWN cable but SM-4Pin cables?
What kind of fan are you using? Name and model number?
My mother has only 1 fan header 3 male pin, I'm trying to buy fan splitters but all of the fan splitters have 4 female pin , can it still somehow works with just 3 pin
Option 1) Buy good SATA (not PWM) hub and connect it to 4 pin cpu slot. Good hub (not splitter) will handle cpu cooling as well as other fans, just be prepared to pay +/- $30-$70 depending on quality, the better the less you have to worry about cpu slot. Tbh even with that hub in video, if I had my budget PC I wouldn't absolutely care and put CPU fan there, but do what I say not what I do haha.
Option 2) Buy Sata to 4 pin PWM fans cable splitter. There is no risk (but don't use it for CPU cooling dear god) and the only con is they will run at 100% all the time, but that isn't that big of a deal since for $10 you have quiet (22dB) fans and for like $20 you've got Noctuta 120mm, 1200 RPM Volume 17,8 dB, which you won't hear $20 And if you don't care that much there are fans for $20 that go to 2000RPM and reach just (20-25dB, which is way silencer than GPU or CPU under chrome load, let alone game or work load. I'd go for 2000RPM ones that move up to 100 unit of air compared to 40 from Noctua, same price, same size, 2.5x the volume of moved air, they just do be "loud" (to hear them you'd need complete silence, no headphones and probably not a single thought in your mind. Oh and if you don't care about money then buy stronger fans from Noctua, they are the best fan brand with 5 year guarantee and no one can rival them, their 2000 RPM 140mm!!!! didn't go over 20 dB but that's $30-$35 per fan.
Tip from me, in the beginning I thought I'd need fan speed control and adjust it always to what I'm doing, and after a week I just went with default for 2 years. It's not that big deal to let them go 100% (except cpu and gpu fans, but they don't do that by themselves.
are there any fans without RGB? I just feel like it´s unecessary xd
yes, I use the arctic p12 + PWM, no rgb
I feel you, I cant stand rgb but do appreciate how others like it. To each their own.
Take that back, rgb give performance boost
lol, have you ever heard about gentleman called Ampere? he is rolling in his grave now...
i already did the second method but only the fan thats connected to the motherboard works not the other ones connected to to the other fan i think im gonna go for the last method but im wprried about the speed control
Which one is better using molex or using the pin headers?
@@juvanalvarez86 pin headers. You should only use molex if don't have any choice.
sorry noob question.. but what should be connected to the CPU header? i have an AIO that only has a female header coming fom the pump so i connected that to the header labeled "punp" on my aorus elite ax.. do i just leave the CPU header empty? is that for air coolers? Thnka you!
yes the CPU header is to run fans cooling the CPU. if youre running on AIO you wont need it
I have a question. i have a Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard with ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack all hooked up to a fan hub that came with my Lian Li Lancool II Mesh performance ATX Mid Tower Case with a 360 argb aio cooler? i have a StepOK ARGB Controller, for 3Pin 5V ARGB Splitter Cable, Plastic LED Lighting SATA Pin RGB Controller from amazon will it work? or do i need a different sata connector for my none argb motherboard.
So wait, you're saying you have an AIO and 5 fans all hooked to one fan header? That's more than likely way too much current for just that one header. Most motherboards can only support about 1 amp per header. You really need to measure the current that all of that is drawing before you short out the motherboard.
hello can you help me my motherboard has a 9-pin for my RGB how do I convert that to fit into a 3-pin because that's what my light and the RGB Hub is made of
Question: new to Pcs but for the male PWM like you said it has 4 pins and so does the female but i have seen the same the same male but instead of 4 pins it has 3 and it has the same casing around it, and for the female instead of a 4 reverse pins its 3? and its layed out differently like the 3 female pin is missing?
4 = RGB
3 = A-RGB
they're different voltages so be careful
@@B-ROYalty sorry I meant PMW connector for power not RGB as in fan splitters for example 3 to one there is always atleast 2 males ( 4 pins) to connect to the fan (4 female) but there is another male with only 3 pin in the splitter cable but only connects to 3 of the 4 female connector
What if my pcs only fan header is my cpu header ???
Then you have to use that port because you have no choice. It will work but all your fans would be running at the same speed your cpu fan is running which is usually high.
@@coolStranger516 well I'm trying something else there a USB header so I'ma try to do a USB header to single USB 2.0 then do a USB to fan header and see if that works
My mother bored only has CHA fan headers can I use of of these as the PWN?
@@orlandosotolongo3385 how many pins on your cha headers?
@@coolStranger516 4
By the way, if you go over 1 Amp on one header, anything could burn and you probably die. So watch other videos please. How much Amps your fan has is standing on the package. Two are safe. It could be up to 5, but it is not worth the risk right... Please don´t die wile sleeping because the cheapest Fan-Hub allowed too many fans in one slot.
I just built my first computer and i got all my parts from micro center they guy said i should get at least 2 extra fans. So i do and then i end up with just that, two extra fans because i don't have enough headers after plugging in the case fans. I wish they would have suggested for me to get a pwn fan hub while i was there. Because i just didnt even install those 2 extra fans. And now i dont feel like doing any of that stuff now that i got the pc working.
I have 3 4-pin argb fans. Can I control their argb lights with those 4pin fan headers?
Right now I am powering those fans with a controller which I dont like.
4-pin is for power and speed control. you can connect argb cables to argb connector on motherboard
I did it now I can change my fan speed?
My question is can my motherboard handle the solution 3 i have H110M-D motherboard and I'm planning to buy a 3 rgb fan i needdd your answer
If i daisy chain method do i still need to connect the fan to molex?
Would you show the things you show into the camera please, I can just see your hand. I think the best Solution here is to connect the fans as you mentioned in example 2 and to connect them reasonable, because you can address them together. If you use a Fan-Hub you have all in one slot. And if not, you have the Fan-Slots from your Mainboard to address for example alle intake Fans at 1 and all exhaust Fans with 2. Or all at the bottom on 1 and the sites at 3 and so on....
Hello, I already bought "solution 3"..if I connect it to the sys-fan header, is 3 3-pin fan okay to plug? Will it be okay drawing power from the mobo alone?
I'm not sure but i think it will still work. you're supposed to connect it to a 4 pin But if you don't have a choice Try connecting to the 3 pin see if it works.
@@coolStranger516 thanks bro, 3 3-pin fan on single header worked fine. I just hope this has no long term damage to the mobo and only om the fans
mate i have 4 fan together in one connector its will be damage my motherboard 4 pin? 4 fan need much power right? single motherboars fan oon can handle it
what if i just need more fan headers to connect my 2 fan cpu cooler? am i able to connect a cpu fan on the third method, e.g : connecting fan 1 to cpu while the other cpu fan is connected to fan 1 header? or should i just get a splitter? need help asap.
for your cpu fans, I use a splitter on the cpu fan header and keep that separate from chassis fans
Is it okay if I get a 4 way splitter instead of the hub? I’m trying to install 4 fans
For the last one which is also the one I ordered. if I have an aio water cooler can I plug it into the cpu fan header then plug the aio into the cpu slot on the extra fan header and then the other fans into the other slots?
I don't know man. you shouldn't really mess with it when it comes to CPU fans. There should be separate headers for Aio pump and CPU fan. if your CPU Aio have multiple fans then daisy chain all those Aio fans and plug them into a single CPU fan header.
Is the fan hub (solution 3) the same as a ie phanteks fan controller? Also can I control each fan speed in the pc software?
i have a msi a320m pro and i just ordered a pwm hub im gonna look if it works in the bios
@@twixxtro let me know! I’ll probs get the commander xt
can you use a splitter like that for fan rgb too?
Really helpful, thanks 👍👍👍
Hey does the pwn fan hub make the fans be full blast automatically, making you HAVE to go into the bios etc
Not necessarily. It depends on how you set up in bios. PWM allows full control. You can either suit it up in BIOS or you can use some fan controlling software. If you set up at 100% speed in bios then your fan will run at 100%.
And can i plug in a normal extra fan in the cpu header of the fan hub splitter?
Here's a link for an all in one controller plus a fan package...but still buy a separate fan splitter for speed control. If you don't care about speed control then just this one controller will do. www.ebay.com/itm/203539503822?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JhMw5FQ-SgK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=d4F5lZ3AQF2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
You a life saver
Bro it is okay if i connect all may 4 fans to mobo??
It depends if your mobo supports 4 system fans bro, thats all im gonna say tsk😉
would them fan work with a hub like that
I have generic psu
And my motherboard is H110M-D does my motherboard can support pwm hub or splitter? I want to add a fan bacause i only have one 80mm fan
Fans don't consume much power. So, you should be Okey with generic psu. As long as you gave at least one fan header other than our cpu fan header you should be Okey running pwm hub from it.
@@coolStranger516will the fans always spin the same speed or will they adapt to whatever game im playing and they will spin slow when im not doing something performance demanding
I have a elite desk 600 g1 motherboard and the only 4 pin Header I have is a 4 pin for the cpu if I use a 4 pin hub and connect the cpu to it will everything still work and be able to hook up fans
Then all fans will be running at CPU fan's speed. Which really high. Just get some low rpm case fans(800-1000rpm) and connect them with your PSU's molex connector.
@@coolStranger516 can I use sata power from motherboard?
@@lisafan6365 Cooling Fan Adapter Cable, 15 Pin SATA to 4 x 3 Pin / 4 Pin 12V PC
Case.......search for this on ebay. This is a perfect solution to your problem.
What about the amount of power draw to one header is that bad for the board
Fans don't draw much power....shouldn't be a problem. I have been using this configuration for a couple of years without any issue. Moreover, the fan's RGB lighting is powered up from another source. So, power draw isn't much.
The aio pump header is the same as the case fan header, can I use that?
Nope!! But you can use that if you don't have any other choice
(New comment ) MY PC mobo have 3 pwm system fan headers and one 3 pin argb header . in total 3 argb pwm fans i want to connect to mobo. the fans also support Daisy Chaining as long i know. (better if you tell if MONTECH AX120/rx120 PWM ARGB Case Fan support Daisy Chaining) . can i connect 3 pwm argb fans and a cpu cooler on my mobo without fans hub? can i sync light and will all the wire be inside of case? will their be mass in aesthetic if dont use fan hub?
Mine one have 4 headers excluding the cpu and cabinet fans
Help me for my mobo gigabyte a520m k v2 becuase i dont have 3 pin but my cooler need it ak400 digital
@@CholayThegreat-x3b check out this video ruclips.net/video/Wjh0KuvAipc/видео.htmlsi=xaKnOw-Z2c6dDnV7
Is he talking about stock fan connector on motherboard
Because other then that i dont have any other fan connectors in my board
You should have 2 fan connectors:
-CPU_FAN: This is where your CPU fan's connector goes, don't touch it
-SYS_FAN: This is the system fan controller, if your motherboard only has one (just like mine) use a splitter or a hub to connect additional fans.
Otherwise if you have more SYS_FAN connectors just use those if you have enough.
Good video. Thanks
I have only 1 fan header😭😂😂
MSI B650M GAMING WIFI mobo Internal IO
1x Power Connector(ATX_PWR)
1x Power Connector(CPU_PWR)
1x CPU Fan
3x System Fan
2x Front Panel (JFP)
1x Chassis Intrusion (JCI)
1x Front Audio (JAUD)
2x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector (JARGB_V2)
1x RGB LED connector(JRGB)
1x TPM pin header(Support TPM 2.0)
4x USB 2.0 ports
4x USB 5Gbps Type A ports.
can i connect 3 pwm argb case fan without fan hub & ak400 cpu coolercan i connect 3pwm argr fans and a cpu cooler on MSI B650M GAMING WIFI without fans hub? pls reply
how many pwm headers do you have?
never mind. I checked your motherboard. You have 3 pwm system fan headers and one 3 pin argb header on the top right corder. So, 3 pwm fans can connect to your motherboard without any issues. But when buying argb fans, could you make sure to buy fans with male and female argb headers? Because you have only one argb header. You need connect one fan's female argb connector into that argb header and daisy chain the rest of fans with that.
@@coolStranger516 thanks for your fast reply, MY PC mobo have 3 pwm system fan headers and one 3 pin argb header . in total 3 argb pwm fans i want to connect to mobo. the fans also support Daisy Chaining as long i know. (better if you tell if MONTECH AX120 & rx120 PWM ARGB Case Fan support Daisy Chaining) . can i connect 3 pwm argb fans and a cpu cooler on my mobo without fans hub? can i sync light and will all the wire be inside of case? will their be mass in aesthetic if dont use fan hub?
wait a min, you didnt mention about the wattage running through these headers... these headers have different wattages or supporting volts, as depending on the range of motherboard... so you also need to mention the total number of fans we can actually daisy chain on one header, which is usually upto only 3... my motherboard has 3 headers, each 12 volt/24watt each, so i can mount well over 6 fans on each header...
Thanks for sharing
I need help, RGB doesn't work on this case because I don't have enough pins on the motherboard to connect it, what do I need to make RGB work?
I Have asus prime b450m-a
case is LIAN LI LanCool 205M Mesh
RGB not work please help me
Buy a rgb hub
thanks
@@BornInArona
@@bakasepra2 they are cheap
Can my motherboard fry form it? Gigabyte b450m k
I don't know. None of my motherboards were fried from it. I dont put more than 3 in one header.
My problem is i have 3x3 pin fans and 3x4 pin fans and one header 😭
Just get pwm fan hub. $5 bucks. 3 pin will plug into 4 pin just fine.
Thanks 🤗
thank you 🙏
So it's fine to connect my fan on cpu slot on pwm?
System fans or cpu fan?
@@coolStranger516 system fan
@@danmardevelos645 yup. Just don't connect the cpu fan there on the pwm hub even though it says cpu. For Cpu fan you want to connect to designated motherboard pwm cpu header only.
@@coolStranger516 Thanks that awnsers my question to lol because i only have sys fan connector on my motherboard so i will connect my fan hub header to sys fan :)
this is dumb there isnt enough power in motherboard to connect more than 2 fans if you connect more it doesnt work with 100% if you got rgb fans you can see that
I have only the cpu fan
@@andreirintye8916 Buy fans with molex connectors then use your power supply to power them up.
@@coolStranger516 will it only turn on if i turn on my pc?
@@BliepBloop yes
@@coolStranger516 ty! good to know, its the first time crafting my own pc haha
@@BliepBloop good luck. it's a fun experience. try playing the pc building simulator game on steam.
Thanks
Help me I have mobo gigabyte A520m k v2 and i buy deepcool ak400 digital and need a 3pin 5v header or connector but my mobo don't have 3 pin pls help how
For argb? Mine either. I used rgb controller connected to sata connection
Noctua NA-FH1
In my opinion, the last one is the worst because it puts too much strain on the mb
Which one should I do u think
@@hotnukee the best way is to use hub with input for the power supply and iutput for mb control
@@CodesExplorer-hb1wroh you mean connect it to the power supply instead of the motherboard?
@@CodesExplorer-hb1wrwhat would that be?
What if my mb is 4 pin
And if i buy 4 pin in hub 3 pin out hub
Will i able to control speed of fans
3 pin will plug into 4 pin fan header just fine and you would still be able to control fan speed.