Fan header help Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming Motherboard

[amdamsky]

I'm new to PC building and this may seem like a stupid question but it's me, so every question I have is somehow stupid. The motherboard I am looking to buy does not have a definitive answer on how many 3 pin and 4 pin fan connectors it has. All the website says is:

2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header

Any idea which one is 3 pin, 4 pin.

Thanks in advance

 

[DigitalHamster]

Hey!
Looking at a picture of it, it appears all fan headers on it are 4-pin, and backwards compatible with 3-pin fan connectors.
Basically, any 3 or 4 pin fan you attach will work fine. The plastic tab on the connectors guides the fan cable onto the right pins.

And don't worry, the question isn't actually stupid!

Edit: The CPU fan and System fan headers are 4 pin, but the Power fan header is just 3-pin. This 3 pin is on the right hand side of the motherboard, the other two are located near top left.

 

[amdamsky]

Hey!
Looking at a picture of it, it appears all fan headers on it are 4-pin, and backwards compatible with 3-pin fan connectors.
Basically, any 3 or 4 pin fan you attach will work fine. The plastic tab on the connectors guides the fan cable onto the right pins.

And don't worry, the question isn't actually stupid!

thanks for the quick reply, many thanks for the help

 

[CircuitDaemon]

Hey!
Looking at a picture of it, it appears all fan headers on it are 4-pin, and backwards compatible with 3-pin fan connectors.
Basically, any 3 or 4 pin fan you attach will work fine. The plastic tab on the connectors guides the fan cable onto the right pins.

And don't worry, the question isn't actually stupid!

Not really, look at this picture: http://imgur.com/a/CYFhe

The two fan connectors marked in red are 4 pin, but one is the CPU Fan header so that doesn't count as a "usable" fan header because it will be required for the CPU heatsink.

The other 2 marked in blue are 3 pin connectors.

 

[amdamsky]

Hey!
Looking at a picture of it, it appears all fan headers on it are 4-pin, and backwards compatible with 3-pin fan connectors.
Basically, any 3 or 4 pin fan you attach will work fine. The plastic tab on the connectors guides the fan cable onto the right pins.

And don't worry, the question isn't actually stupid!

Not really, look at this picture: http://imgur.com/a/CYFhe

The two fan connectors marked in red are 4 pin, but one is the CPU Fan header so that doesn't count as a "usable" fan header because it will be required for the CPU heatsink.

The other 2 marked in blue are 3 pin connectors.

thanks for the picture reference, many thanks for the help

 

[DigitalHamster]

Oh wow, I did not realise there was another fan header at the bottom of the motherboard.
That is definitely worth pointing out!