How many case fans will my PC support?

[ivank101]

Currently i have an old PC case with only 1 exhaust fan. Im gonna buy a new PC case named "Armageddon T3X". It has 1 front intake and 1 back exhaust fans pre-installed. Also there is optional side fan and optional 2 top fans that i can place. My PSU is corsair CX500 and my MOBO is intel DH67CL.

How many fans can i add to my PC case? And what is the optimal fans placement for my PC? My GPU has blower cooler while my CPU has stock intel coolers. Any help is really appreciated thx.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

You already answered your own question. One side fan and two top fans = 3 additional fans you can place. It's probably not necessary at all to add more fans, especially considering you have a blower style GPU. Two fans are fine.

 

[ivank101]

So.... will my PSU be able to power all the 5 fans if i installed them all?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Fans use like 2W each.

 

[ivank101]

How about the connector? Fans uses 4 pin connectors right?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

They use molex cables, or plug straight into the motherboard. Some fans you purchase come with a cable for both, others will just have a cable to hook into the motherboard.

 

[burdenbound]

How about the connector? Fans uses 4 pin connectors right?

Depends on the fan, some are 3 and some are 4 pin. 4 pin fans allow you to control the fan speed using software. I have found that for case fans there isn't really any need to control fan speed, just let them run full blast and you usually can't even hear them.

 

[ivank101]

Well, i googled a bit and found my psu has 4 pin peripheral cables. So that means i can put in a max of 4 fans am i right? Is it possible to add more?

Btw thanks for the quick answers! You guys are awesome!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

You can have 4 plugged into the PSU or you can plug them or additional ones into the motherboard. As said, you probably don't need any more than 2 fans. It'll only make things louder, and if you don't buy quality fans they can vibrate a lot and be noisy. You especially have to buy good fans for top-mounting, no sleeve bearing. You are looking at $15 minimum each fan for top-mounted ones.