[SOLVED] No 5 pin female to 4 pin male cpu cooler adapter?

[JonTGN]

I bought a motherboard for my i5 3570 and it was a dell optiplex board. All it has are 5 pin fan ports and I only have the intel push pin 4 pin fan coolers. Ideally I just want an adapter or even fan port that has that 5 pin port on the end. Does anyone know of such a thing? I cannot find a single adapter that's 4-5. Everything I've looked at is all 5-4. Thanks.

 

[Remeca]

https://www.amazon.ca/Pocaton-Female-Socket-Adapter-Cooling/dp/B073XJV5L9

 

[Remeca]

That will allow you to use a standard fan with an Optiplex motherboard. I have an Optiplex motherboard, and that's what I would need to use if I wanted to switch cpu or system fans.

 

[JonTGN]

That will allow you to use a standard fan with an Optiplex motherboard. I have an Optiplex motherboard, and that's what I would need to use if I wanted to switch cpu or system fans.

Thank you so much!!

 

[SamirD]

You don't even need an adapter if you're a bit handy as you can switch the pins in the connector:
https://pinoutguide.com/Motherboard/dell_5pin_4pin_pinout.shtml

the cheapest solution is to just use the Dell hsf and cooler as I've gotten mine for as cheap as $6 shipped on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-De...256b448:g:iqQAAOSwhs1d8n-G&LH_ItemCondition=4

 

[Remeca]

You don't even need an adapter if you're a bit handy as you can switch the pins in the connector:
https://pinoutguide.com/Motherboard/dell_5pin_4pin_pinout.shtml

the cheapest solution is to just use the Dell hsf and cooler as I've gotten mine for as cheap as $6 shipped on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Dell-Optiplex-790-7010-Desktop-T1600-CPU-Heatsink-Fan-0DW014/333436073032?hash=item4da256b448:g:iqQAAOSwhs1d8n-G&LH_ItemCondition=4

I was going to buy one of the adapters to replace the system fan with something better than stock, but the system fan is mounted in such a way as it seems impossible to remove without breaking the mounting hardware, which are rubber post things. Maybe I still will now, and just use screws for the new one. Forgot I could just repin the plug with something like a fan, which saves me some money, I'm so used to buying all kinds of adapters for my Optiplex.

 

[SamirD]

You would be surprised how good the stock coolers are in the optiplex. I regularly run 95w processors on the coolers that are supposed to be for 65w, and I can only image what type of tdp the 95w ones I have could take. I wouldn't mess with 'upgrading' the cooler. You can't overclock anyways so why bother?