Hi!
This is my first post, and I'm doing my first PC build in about 12 years; things have changed a lot in that time, so please be gentle with me!
For my build I'm using a Define R6 case, which has three internal 3 pin fans, which I assume are voltage controlled. The Define R6 case comes with a PWM Fan Hub and the case manual explains clearly how to connect the fans to the hub and my PSU and use the 4 pin CPU fan header to get a PWM control signal from the motherboard, which I also assume then controls both the PWM CPU fan and the 3 pin case fans using the duty cycle curve shown in the manual.
However, my chosen motherboard is a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master, which has five additional four pin headers: SYS_FAN1/2/3 and SYS_FAN5/6_PUMP, which makes me wonder what the best way of connecting all the fans up is?
I don't have any other fans or watercooling to power. So could I use one of the five additional four pin headers on the motherboard to control the Case PWM Fan Hub instead of the CPU fan header, so that I can keep the CPU and Case fans separately controlled? If so which should I use? It's not clear from the Gigabyte manual if SYS_FAN1/2/3 are speed controlled. I'm guessing they are, since they're 4 pin, but the motherboard only explicitly talks about CPU_FAN and SYS_FAN5/6_PUMP being speed controlled.
As an alternative, could I just connect the three case fans in the Define directly to the motherboard using the first three pins, bypassing the case PWM Fan Hub completely, so that each individual fan has it's own voltage speed control?
If so, which method is best?
Sorry if this is a bit of a newb question, but it's been a while...
This is my first post, and I'm doing my first PC build in about 12 years; things have changed a lot in that time, so please be gentle with me!
For my build I'm using a Define R6 case, which has three internal 3 pin fans, which I assume are voltage controlled. The Define R6 case comes with a PWM Fan Hub and the case manual explains clearly how to connect the fans to the hub and my PSU and use the 4 pin CPU fan header to get a PWM control signal from the motherboard, which I also assume then controls both the PWM CPU fan and the 3 pin case fans using the duty cycle curve shown in the manual.
However, my chosen motherboard is a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master, which has five additional four pin headers: SYS_FAN1/2/3 and SYS_FAN5/6_PUMP, which makes me wonder what the best way of connecting all the fans up is?
I don't have any other fans or watercooling to power. So could I use one of the five additional four pin headers on the motherboard to control the Case PWM Fan Hub instead of the CPU fan header, so that I can keep the CPU and Case fans separately controlled? If so which should I use? It's not clear from the Gigabyte manual if SYS_FAN1/2/3 are speed controlled. I'm guessing they are, since they're 4 pin, but the motherboard only explicitly talks about CPU_FAN and SYS_FAN5/6_PUMP being speed controlled.
As an alternative, could I just connect the three case fans in the Define directly to the motherboard using the first three pins, bypassing the case PWM Fan Hub completely, so that each individual fan has it's own voltage speed control?
If so, which method is best?
Sorry if this is a bit of a newb question, but it's been a while...