PWM Fan Connector

[cuzz4_life]

So I currently have a Arctic B350 motherboard and the Phantek Enthoo Pro. I currently have the fan hub connected into my motherbaords pump fan connector. In the future I plan to upgrade my CPU cooler to a AIO but most, if not all AIO, use the pump fan. So where would I plug my fan hub when I get the AIO?

 

[alexoiu]

You can connect it to a chassis fan header and switch in BIOS to pwm mode.

 

[cuzz4_life]

You can connect it to a chassis fan header and switch in BIOS to pwm mode.

I don't see a chassic header on the MSI B350 motherboard page.

 

[alexoiu]

ok, system header.

 

[cuzz4_life]

ok, system header.

Ok so I looked it up and my Motherboard has a Chassis Intrusion Connector, but that just a two pin. I have a open Front Panel Connector, will that work for my fan hub?

 

[alexoiu]

No. The board has 4x 4-pin system fan connectors. You can use one of them.

 

[cuzz4_life]

No. The board has 4x 4-pin system fan connectors. You can use one of them.

So the fan hub can run off of just a single 4 pin fan connector? I thought that those weren't powerful enough to handle multiple fan since they don't output enough volts to each fan.

 

[alexoiu]

Usually, fan hubs do connect to power supply (via molex or SATA) for power and to a pwm header on the motherboard for speed control.

 

[cuzz4_life]

Usually, fan hubs do connect to power supply (via molex or SATA) for power and to a pwm header on the motherboard for speed control.

Well my Enthoo Pro came with all my fans connected to the fan hub and a 4 pin connector to connect to my motherboard. Like I stated I just don't know where to plug it in the AIO when I upgrade.

 

[alexoiu]

Check the manual, page 31
http://www.phanteks.com/assets/manuals/PH-ES614P_Western.pdf
It has a SATA power cable connected to the power supply. You can use any of the 4 system fan headers (if true pwm).
If you wish...

 

[cuzz4_life]

Check the manual, page 31
http://www.phanteks.com/assets/manuals/PH-ES614P_Western.pdf
It has a SATA power cable connected to the power supply. You can use any of the 4 system fan headers (if true pwm).
If you wish...

Ok this just opened up more questions for me,
1) my power supply doesn't have one of those sata inputs so I can't put that in for that
2) if I plug the fan hub to the spu fan header then can I plug my cpu fan into the fan hub and it'll get enough power to keep my cpu cool?
3) how will this effect all the fans connected my fan hub?

PS: thank you for answering all my mundane questions.

 

[alexoiu]

No problem.
1) The power supply should have SATA cables. The ones used for powering the SATA drives.
2) Yes, it's an option. Another option would be connecting all case fans to the motherboard, and not using the hub, since enough headers on the motherboard.
3) No negative effect.