I have a Phanteks p400a and MSI b450 gaming pro carbon max wifi, but till now I've just been running the stock 3 fans in the front of the case. I've done a bit of research and am aiming for 1 rear 120mm fan (140mm won't fit) and 2 top 140mm fans and setting these three to exhaust.
I've just bought 2 ARCTIC P14 PWMs, 1 ARCTIC P12 PWM and 2 Rabi PWM Fan Hubs (which can take 1 cpu fan and 3 system fans)
Right now my three front case fans are connected to sys_fan headers 2-4 ( View: https://imgur.com/CsEzOpw
). I was initially thinking I'll hook these 3 to one hub and my 3 new fans up to the other hub then just use 2 sys fan headers for the two hubs.
The thing I'm worried about is hearing horror stories about overloading hubs with fans and causing damage. I've had a hard time confirming the power draw on the both the case fans and the Arctics so I'm not 100% sure I'll be overloading the hubs I've gotten. I was thinking I could do 2 front fans to one hub, 2 top fans to one hub, remaining front fan direct to mobo header and back fan direct to a mobo header too if I really wanted to play it safe (assuming my cabling all reaches) but this seems like a hassle/overkill?
Secondly, as far as I understand it is desirable to have slightly more intake than exhaust pressure to avoid dust build up. I'm wondering if I'll have to adjust my front fans curve slightly as I assume the larger Arctics as exhaust will be more efficient at pulling air out. Would this be a correct assumption? I could return the fan hubs I've gotten and instead pick up a SATA power hub that'll take all 6 fans but then I'll have no differenciation between input and output fans and won't be able to adjust them. Am I overthinking the intake/exhaust stuff and should I just use one hub or is it worthwhile figuring out?
Apologies I'm new to figuring this stuff out!
I've just bought 2 ARCTIC P14 PWMs, 1 ARCTIC P12 PWM and 2 Rabi PWM Fan Hubs (which can take 1 cpu fan and 3 system fans)
Right now my three front case fans are connected to sys_fan headers 2-4 ( View: https://imgur.com/CsEzOpw
). I was initially thinking I'll hook these 3 to one hub and my 3 new fans up to the other hub then just use 2 sys fan headers for the two hubs.
The thing I'm worried about is hearing horror stories about overloading hubs with fans and causing damage. I've had a hard time confirming the power draw on the both the case fans and the Arctics so I'm not 100% sure I'll be overloading the hubs I've gotten. I was thinking I could do 2 front fans to one hub, 2 top fans to one hub, remaining front fan direct to mobo header and back fan direct to a mobo header too if I really wanted to play it safe (assuming my cabling all reaches) but this seems like a hassle/overkill?
Secondly, as far as I understand it is desirable to have slightly more intake than exhaust pressure to avoid dust build up. I'm wondering if I'll have to adjust my front fans curve slightly as I assume the larger Arctics as exhaust will be more efficient at pulling air out. Would this be a correct assumption? I could return the fan hubs I've gotten and instead pick up a SATA power hub that'll take all 6 fans but then I'll have no differenciation between input and output fans and won't be able to adjust them. Am I overthinking the intake/exhaust stuff and should I just use one hub or is it worthwhile figuring out?
Apologies I'm new to figuring this stuff out!