Question Aqua Elite 120 V3 on "cheap" X99 dual CPU MoBo, where to plug the pump?

[Andrea_A71]

Hi all, I just bought a "cheap" X99 dual MoBo and I bought a couple of Aqua Elite 120 V3 AIOs. The MoBo doesn't come with neither CPU_OPT and WATER_PUMP Headers.
Reading the AIO instructions I see that the fan must be connected to the CPU_FAN header (this is ok for me) and the pump should be connected to one of the previously mentioned headers which are not present in my MoBo.
Both the fan and the pump has a 4 pins connectors.
So I think I have two soultions:
1) Connect both the fans and the pumps to CPU_FANs with a couple of hubs/splitters (of course a pump and a fan in CPU 1 header and the other pump and fan to CPU 2 header). I'm not sure it's the best solution because this way the fan and the pump should run at the same rpm and maybe there's the risk to overload the header/port
2) Connect the pumps to the UPS using a SATA to 4 pin adaptor (which uses only pin 1 and 2 if I'm not worng). This way the pump will always be running at 100% of speed regardless real temperatueres etc.

I'm a lot confused in what wold be the best solution....

Any advice?
Thanks
Andrea

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I just bought a "cheap" X99 dual MoBo
You could've passed on a link to the motherboard or it's manual for us to see what sort of headers it has for you to utilize.

You could use a PWM fan hub and do away with just one fan header if that's all you have access to on the motherboard. Out of cusiroity, what processor are you going to cool with that mere 120mm AIO? X99 platforms back, in the day needed at least a 240mm AIO or a really beefy air cooler to deal with the heat and X99 chipsets weren't meant for SFF builds either.

 

[Andrea_A71]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I just bought a "cheap" X99 dual MoBo
You could've passed on a link to the motherboard or it's manual for us to see what sort of headers it has for you to utilize.

You could use a PWM fan hub and do away with just one fan header if that's all you have access to on the motherboard. Out of cusiroity, what processor are you going to cool with that mere 120mm AIO? X99 platforms back, in the day needed at least a 240mm AIO or a really beefy air cooler to deal with the heat and X99 chipsets weren't meant for SFF builds either.

Hi, the problem is that no user manual are present...in any case here's the link: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005...st_main.5.516636968YYr7z&gatewayAdapt=glo2ita.

As far as I can see from the images the MoBo has two 4-pinned headers for the CPU_FAN and two three-pinned headers for the SYS_FAN and CHASSIS_FAN (I'm guessing because at now I have a single-cpu X99 wich has about the same layout).
So you think it should not be a problem to connect both pump and fan with a hub/splitter to CPU_FAN header? In terms of rpms and possible overload?

I will mount two Xeon E5-2699 V3 CPUs on that board...Nowaday I already have a single X99 with one of that XEON and I'm working greatly with a 120mm AIO...Xeons are not vey "hot" CPUs...of course I don't use the PC for gaming, it's a cheap workstation configuration for 3D rendering

 

[bill001g]

So you are going to try to connect 2 different AIO to the motherboard ?

So the lazy way to do this is to just buy a molex or sata to fan header. You almost always want the pump to run at 100% all the time anyway.

The real answer get messy and you likely will not have the info you need to be really sure. The fan headers are only designed to put out so much power. If you take too much, even hooking up too many fan, it will damage the motherboard. So you would have to find out how much power each motherboard connector can put out and then find out how much power the pump on your AIO takes.

 

[Andrea_A71]

So you are going to try to connect 2 different AIO to the motherboard ?

So the lazy way to do this is to just buy a molex or sata to fan header. You almost always want the pump to run at 100% all the time anyway.

The real answer get messy and you likely will not have the info you need to be really sure. The fan headers are only designed to put out so much power. If you take too much, even hooking up too many fan, it will damage the motherboard. So you would have to find out how much power each motherboard connector can put out and then find out how much power the pump on your AIO takes.

Yes, I will connect two AIOs in the MoBo.

Thanks for yor advice, it was what I thought that connecting "too much" to a single header would cause damages...