Computer Motherboard Question
So how do you tell how many fans your motherboard supports? I'm looking to buy a motherboard after I juts bought the tower and the tower can have up to 6 fans. Is there a certain name for the fan slots? Or do most of them have 6+ slots?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K23BYCI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
This is the one I was planning of getting
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K23BYCI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
This is the one I was planning of getting
More often than not, not all fans can connect to the motherboard. My motherboard specifically only supports four... yet I have six fans (and really need to replace one very large one with two smaller ones... as its too heavy to rotate correctly apparently).
Also, always been a fan of ASUS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118
Also, always been a fan of ASUS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118
What do you need to look for when searching for a motherboard then that says how many fans it supports?
and I like that motherboard you posted alot, its got more usb 3.0 ports than the one I found, and the speed of the motherboard
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Noxzema, you're a ...fan... of ASUS? ;)
Fans on the motherboard are nice because mobos will often control the fan speed using built-in sensors. But there are other options. You can hook up a fan directly to the PSU. Or you could have your own temperature regulator in there.
Fans on the motherboard are nice because mobos will often control the fan speed using built-in sensors. But there are other options. You can hook up a fan directly to the PSU. Or you could have your own temperature regulator in there.
To be honest... I don't really like hooking up fans to the motherboard. Even on Windows, there isn't that great of an interface to control them, outside of maybe your BIOS... and even then, it often doesn't let you directly change fan speed or setup patterns for it to follow.
In my motherboard, the M5A97, it has preset profiles... that it doesn't follow at all for whatever reason. Supposedly its better in the 2.0 version of the board but provide that I have no intention of getting it, it doesn't matter much to me.
Anyways, having a secondary controller that you can control viaUSB or similar is probably more flexible. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005
I've unfortunately not had enough heat issues to justify getting one though.
In my motherboard, the M5A97, it has preset profiles... that it doesn't follow at all for whatever reason. Supposedly its better in the 2.0 version of the board but provide that I have no intention of getting it, it doesn't matter much to me.
Anyways, having a secondary controller that you can control via
I've unfortunately not had enough heat issues to justify getting one though.
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