Connecting case fans to the power supply

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Zlatan

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Right, I have a mate who wants to install 2 case fans, 1 80mm on the side, and one 120mm on the back.

When I put in a Zalman 80mm fan in my computer my PSU had 2 small connectors for the Zalman case fans' power cable like this:

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However, it seems that his psu doesnt have this, it only has the normal 4-pin power connectors (plus the others, without the small ones I need obviously ;) ) And it seems the 120mm fan needs this small connector as well:

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Any way I can work around that?



Thanks for your help :)
 
Those small connecters are meant to be connected to the mobo or a fan controller, but if you have no place on the mobo to put them or no fan controller then you can just buy a cheap converter that will allow you to plug them into the PSU. This is what I'm talking about...

http://xoxide.com/3to4pinadaptor.html
 
Hmm, I see. I connected them directly to the PSU on my CPU, and it seems to work well enough.

So they'll get the power they need from the motherboard if I cant find the connectors?
 
Zlatan said:
Hmm, I see. I connected them directly to the PSU on my CPU, and it seems to work well enough.

So they'll get the power they need from the motherboard if I cant find the connectors?
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Yes, if you connect them to the correct headers on the mobo then they'll receive the power they need, unless they're some ridiculously powerful fans that suck up a car battery within seconds...Look at your mobo manual and it'll tell you where you can connect fans.
 
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