120mm fan with molex connector driver#
120mm fan with molex connector Pc#

I think that it says in the motherboard manual that there is a program on the driver disc that allows you to see temperature readings for your computer. Would you add one on the front where it has space for two? Or is that unnecessary. I just used the stock intel CPU heatsink and then the Antec 300 has one rear and one top case fan. So I think, and you can tell me if I'm wrong, cooling isn't going to be a major issue. My build is pretty moderate, i3-2100, 8GB Ram, eVGA Geforce GTS450, seagate 1tb hdd, dvd-rw, antec 550W truepower. Left them on low, started up and they started spinning, and the little controller that hangs off will change the fan's speed. So yeah I just took one of the cables from the PSU, it has 3 molex connectors on it, plugged one into each of the fans that comes with the Antec 300.

120mm fan with molex connector Pc#

I built this pc from scratch, my first time. I'm just so glad that everything went ok. Thanks for the responses! So it all worked out. You can keep the fan connectors separate as well if you wish.ĭont worry too much though as it would be very hard to 'blow up' your PC by connecting fans. Getting back to your fan, since it is a 4-Pin pass-through molex connector, you can actaully daisy chain them together (i wouldnt connect more than 3 or 4 together) so they all get power from a single source like your 4-pin female power connector on the PSU or a fan controller. This is most likely what they meant in the video you referenced. Generally case fans have a smaller 3-pin female connector that will connect directly to your motherboard's 3-Pin male connectors.

Your description sounds like the molex connector on the fans are 4-Pin pass-through molex connectors (as oppossed to more common 4-pin male molex). I ask mostly because I saw some video where a guy mentioned plugging case fans into something on the motherboard, but I can't see how I'd go about doing that with my setup. Can I just take the cable from the PSU with some molex connectors on it and plug one of those into each fan connector, then control the speed with the little switches you can click between high medium and low? Sorry if it's a real newbie question, I'm almost there, just don't want to rush and blow everything up. The fan connectors have what seems to be the male end on one side and female on the other for molex. Is this the right way to go about it? I have an Antec 300, it's my first build. The motherboard must sense this fan, or else the computer will not turn ON and run. The CPU fan must be connected to the motherboard fan header marked 'CPU_fan'. You don't have to connect fans (except the CPU fan) to the motherboard fan headers. Here are two examples (3-pin, 4-pin)Īnd yes, if you have speed control switches, they will work to control the fan speed.

Will the little controllers that hang off of the fans that come with the Antec 300 not control the speed if you plug it right into a molex connector? I was thinking they would just be electrical, control the amount of power that can go into the fan, not connected to the motherboard in any way. Yeah, I see some pins on the motherboard for a fan to plug into, but they are tiny little pins and the connectors on the fans that came with the case are big molex ones, I'm not sure if there is some adaptor I would need?