ASUS H81M-E Fan Connectivity and Haswell Compatibility

[TJReed]

So I have just come up with a build (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qRtMQ7) and have found an issue. The ASUS motherboard that I have chosen only has one chassis fan header, and I would like to have three 3 pin case fans, one exhaust, one on the side to cool the GPU, and one front intake. This problem has never come up during my previous builds, as they have all utilized ATX motherboards. I am not sure if I can connect them to my power supply using 3-pin to molex adapters, as my power supply is not modular (EVGA 600B). I would also like to know if I would need a bios update to use my i3 4160 CPU. Thanks for any replies.

 

[smorizio]

on the bios issue it would need to have bios 2001 or higher to post with your cpu.if you had to buy that mb from a large pc store you would tell there sales support you needed a mb with that bios or higher. all they have to do is look at the box and or mb as all mb have bios rev lables on them.

 

[smorizio]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H97%20Pro4/index.us.asp?cat=Specifications
has more fan header and is only few dollars more then the mb your looking at.