case fan question (4-pin)

[andrewjs18]

Hi all,

my motherboard only has 1 4-pin fan header that is already being occupied by an arctic F12 PWM PST case fan. I love the fan and I'm looking to replace the other 2 stock fans with this model if it's possible. Does anyone make a 4-pin male to molex connector, and if I go that route, can I still set the fan to automatically adjust its RPMs based on the internal case temperatures with something like speed fan?

Thanks!

 

[Gam3r01]

There are adapters such as that, however they will run at the full molex speed, not control over them.
Your best option is to get a fan controller. That way you can do on the fly adjustments to your likings.

 

[andrewjs18]

There are adapters such as that, however they will run at the full molex speed, not control over them.
Your best option is to get a fan controller. That way you can do on the fly adjustments to your likings.

I can't. these fans would be going into a HTPC and there's only 1 front bezel on the case that's already being used by the dvd-rom.

the arctic f12 pwn pst fan does have a pigtail so you can hook up another fan to it. while that will probably work for the 2 fans I'd like to replace, I'm not sure if there's enough cable length to make both fans work. does anyone sell an extension for the 4-pin connector?

here's a photo of the connector on the fan:

http://www.arctic.ac/media/wysiwyg/Products/F12_pst/tech_data/xF12_PWM_PST_T02_3.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Q8dNWYmI96.jpg

 

[Gam3r01]

There are also internal fan hubs you may be interested in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999309&cm_re=fan_hub-_-11-999-309-_-Product

 

[andrewjs18]

There are also internal fan hubs you may be interested in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999309&cm_re=fan_hub-_-11-999-309-_-Product

interesting, I've never seen one of those.

I opened a ticket with arctic to see if the PWM functionality would still work if I pigtail 2 fans off of the main fan that's hooked up directly to the motherboard.