Cases today are coming with more fans that a rock concert. Any case I'd get seems to have at least 4, two top, a front, and a back. If looked at some with 5.
Mobos seem to have, at most, 3 sysfan headers. So I'm at least one short. There are a number of ways to handle this. I want to get a sense of what builders are doing.
1) Just wire the case fans right to the power supply. Simple, cheap, but no control/monitoring.
2) Wire what you can to the mobo, and just wire what's left to the PS. More control, works, cheap, but a bit clugey.
3) Split the output from the sysfan headers to multiple fans. Have found cables to do this. would have to cut off one of the fan speed lines. How much load can a single sysfan header handle?
4) Fan controller. Explicit control of everything, but on the case, not from software. Also, extra cost.
So what are people doing with this.
Thanks
Mobos seem to have, at most, 3 sysfan headers. So I'm at least one short. There are a number of ways to handle this. I want to get a sense of what builders are doing.
1) Just wire the case fans right to the power supply. Simple, cheap, but no control/monitoring.
2) Wire what you can to the mobo, and just wire what's left to the PS. More control, works, cheap, but a bit clugey.
3) Split the output from the sysfan headers to multiple fans. Have found cables to do this. would have to cut off one of the fan speed lines. How much load can a single sysfan header handle?
4) Fan controller. Explicit control of everything, but on the case, not from software. Also, extra cost.
So what are people doing with this.
Thanks