06-04-2015, 06:07 AM
(06-02-2015, 09:24 PM)kandrathe Wrote:(05-30-2015, 04:32 AM)LavCat Wrote:I'd 2nd that motion... The only reason to use the MOBO fan connector may be if you want the MOBO to vary the speed of the fan depending on the temp of the CPU. This is often a sound issue (slower = quieter). Aka... ASUS Fan Xpert 2(05-30-2015, 03:56 AM)DeeBye Wrote: I'm in the process of re-locating a mobo/cpu to a new case, and I'm not quite sure how to handle adding extra case fans. The old case had no fans, but the new one will have at least two. The motherboard is a ASUS F2A85-M which only has a single 4-pin case fan slot (unless I'm blind).
As I see it, my options are to use a y-splitter to the case fan slot on the motherboard, or to just connect the case fans directly to the power supply via the molex connectors. Are there pros or cons for either option? Am I overthinking this?
I'd connect the case fans to the power supply.
Not true, there are other reasons to use onboard fan connectors, specifically to not draw additional power from the PSU and instead use the power going through the board to supply the power to the fan.
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Heisenberg said Everything is Uncertain.
Therefore, everything is relatively uncertain.