Hi.. I recently encountered a noise coming from my system that I traced back to a fan that came with the case. Seizing the opportunity, I decided to upgrade the case. This is what I started with.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/05EejwLTmeNapl3F7_fDcCmSg
1 Cooler Master Q500L small form factor case and a 3 pack of Apevia120mm fans later, I ripped out the MOBO etc. went to rebuild everything with a little more care than before. Sort of wound up like this...
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0FQU9DmeRVVBK1A-HSCLJNeXg
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0nfqmjgRJCVPiuMlGxZ-yLsyg
I finally was able to put it all back together. Lo and behold, it booted and worked.. not 10 minutes into my “new” computer experience and feeling more than a little satisfied with myself, the fan noise was back...
Traced that down to the fan in the PSU.. who would have thought. Took this moment to consider a few more upgrades. 1 cooler master 212 hyper and another 3 pack of fans and 1 EVGA 850w gold power supply later, I went to work... again. The 212 requires a mounting bracket on the bottom of the MOBO so everything had to come out again. The new upgraded PSU required all the winning be redone so I started from scratch again.
This after I finally got done.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0TT6u1FUJ-m2jY3UIR16RHdaA
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0nqpruXwc5P9GHNVVTS9rp6VQ
Now for my actual question... I am considering custom length and sleeving my cables. Power is pretty clear but the fans are giving me pause. The MOBO (Z77 Extreme4 Pro) has enough fan headers to hook up all the fans along with 2 separate CPU headers. I would like to sleeve the fan wires, however 2 of the fan Headers are in the middle of the MOBO. I want to eliminate the use of the 2 headers in the undesirable locations and I am thinking I can run individual cables to a hub so I don’t loose fan control. If I simply run them to power, they will just run at 100%. After researching and reading some of the horror stories of blown MOBO’s has given me pause however and it is obvious I need some additional feedback as well as a better understanding of the available options. Any thoughts?
https://share.icloud.com/photos/05EejwLTmeNapl3F7_fDcCmSg
1 Cooler Master Q500L small form factor case and a 3 pack of Apevia120mm fans later, I ripped out the MOBO etc. went to rebuild everything with a little more care than before. Sort of wound up like this...
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0FQU9DmeRVVBK1A-HSCLJNeXg
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0nfqmjgRJCVPiuMlGxZ-yLsyg
I finally was able to put it all back together. Lo and behold, it booted and worked.. not 10 minutes into my “new” computer experience and feeling more than a little satisfied with myself, the fan noise was back...
Traced that down to the fan in the PSU.. who would have thought. Took this moment to consider a few more upgrades. 1 cooler master 212 hyper and another 3 pack of fans and 1 EVGA 850w gold power supply later, I went to work... again. The 212 requires a mounting bracket on the bottom of the MOBO so everything had to come out again. The new upgraded PSU required all the winning be redone so I started from scratch again.
This after I finally got done.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0TT6u1FUJ-m2jY3UIR16RHdaA
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0nqpruXwc5P9GHNVVTS9rp6VQ
Now for my actual question... I am considering custom length and sleeving my cables. Power is pretty clear but the fans are giving me pause. The MOBO (Z77 Extreme4 Pro) has enough fan headers to hook up all the fans along with 2 separate CPU headers. I would like to sleeve the fan wires, however 2 of the fan Headers are in the middle of the MOBO. I want to eliminate the use of the 2 headers in the undesirable locations and I am thinking I can run individual cables to a hub so I don’t loose fan control. If I simply run them to power, they will just run at 100%. After researching and reading some of the horror stories of blown MOBO’s has given me pause however and it is obvious I need some additional feedback as well as a better understanding of the available options. Any thoughts?