[SOLVED] Help needed with PC Case fans

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I have 0 experience with case coolers. I kind of understand how airflow works, so I'm planning on putting 2 intake fans and 1 outtake fan.
I have an option of getting an entire case with built in fans, but I heard they are not that good and they connect directly to the PSU, so I might just get an empty case.
Since I don't want my case fans going 100% all time and being super loud, I heard of daisy chaining fans and putting them in the motherboard sys_fan header.

So, I have a BIOSTAR h310mhp motherboard, and I plan to get 3 Arctic P12 PMW PST coolers.

Do I connect those coolers together and put the last one in the sys_fan? Are there any connections to the power supply? And can my mobo handle that?
If that can't work, any fan recommendation will be great !
 
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Do I connect those coolers together and put the last one in the sys_fan?

Yes.

Normally, hooking 3 fans into single MoBo fan header isn't advised, since fan power draw (Amperage) combined, can surpass what MoBo fan header can provide (1A @ 12V). But since those fans are only mere 0.08A, three of them would draw 0.24A, more than enough for your MoBo fan header to handle.

Are there any connections to the power supply?

With these fans? No.

And can my mobo handle that?

Read my 1st reply.

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Do I connect those coolers together and put the last one in the sys_fan?

Yes.

Normally, hooking 3 fans into single MoBo fan header isn't advised, since fan power draw (Amperage) combined, can surpass what MoBo fan header can provide (1A @ 12V). But since those fans are only mere 0.08A, three of them would draw 0.24A, more than enough for your MoBo fan header to handle.

Are there any connections to the power supply?

With these fans? No.

And can my mobo handle that?

Read my 1st reply.
 
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Chris 2224

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Yes.

Normally, hooking 3 fans into single MoBo fan header isn't advised, since fan power draw (Amperage) combined, can surpass what MoBo fan header can provide (1A @ 12V). But since those fans are only mere 0.08A, three of them would draw 0.24A, more than enough for your MoBo fan header to handle.



With these fans? No.



Read my 1st reply.
Thank you!!
 
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