napes22 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm in the process of putting together my new build and am a little confused. I'm using the Corsair H60, and have bought to Gentle Typhoon fans to replace the stock. If I want to run in a push/pull setup, how to I connect fans to the Motherboard. I'll connect the pump to the Power_Header or Sys_Header1. How should I connect the fans? Can I use a fan cable splitter to connect the two GT AP-15's to the CPU_Header? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 15, 2011 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 15, 2011 Connect the pump to the CPU_fan header. The fans can go either at SYS_fan or PWR_fan, either or it will work. Most 3pin on the MB supports up to an Amp but to be sure just check with your MB vendor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsec Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Connect the pump to the CPU_fan header. The fans can go either at SYS_fan or PWR_fan, either or it will work. Most 3pin on the MB supports up to an Amp but to be sure just check with your MB vendor RAM GUY, Forgive me, but I think you might need a (well deserved) vacation or break, you were a bit confused in your reply. With the hundreds of Corsair products swimming around in your brain, that's inevitable. You were obviously thinking of a H80 or H100. Actually, for a H60, you just got one thing backwards. napes, you are right about connecting the H60 pump to the Power_Fan header. It could go to any fan header, but it is safest to put it on the Power_Fan header, since that one usually does not have any fan speed control active on it, so it will always get full power, as it should. The fans you have to replace the standard fan may need more set up attention than the Corsair fan. The Corsair fan on a H60 is a four pin PWM controlled fan, your GT's are three pin fans. The four pin PWM CPU fan header will not control three pin fans in the same way it does PWM fans. Three pin fans on a PWM fan header will run at full speed all the time, and can't have their speed controlled. If that is your plan, then you're fine. Most of the GT fans are low current fans, so you can use two on one fan header with a splitter cable. If you want to control the fans speed, you can use a three pin SYS or Chassis fan header. But those fan headers usually don't have as good control over the fan's speed as the CPU fan header does. You'll need to check your boards fan control software and it's settings in your BIOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psxstudio Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 napes, connect the the pump to the pwr_fan header. as for the fans, follow parsec's recommendation. What I ended up doing for my push-pull setup, I got a cooler master 120mm pwm fan and a pwm splitter. I connected both fans (stock + CM) to the splitter and splitter to the cpu fan header. On my Gigabyte mobo, the cpu fan header is 4 pin pwm type. I had to modify/cut one yellow wire from the splitter so the pwm data going tio the mobo is coming from 1 fan, not both. Hope this helps. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsec Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 JB, your advice is all good, except he has three pin fans for his replacements. OMG, don't you hate those PWM fan splitter with four wires going to both fans? I found some that are wired correctly, they work fine without modification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2011 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 19, 2011 RAM GUY, Forgive me, but I think you might need a (well deserved) vacation or break, you were a bit confused in your reply. With the hundreds of Corsair products swimming around in your brain, that's inevitable. You were obviously thinking of a H80 or H100. Actually, for a H60, you just got one thing backwards. Oops! sorry you're right. Maybe its the holiday season plus monitoring the forums all at the same time :sigh!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psxstudio Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 JB, your advice is all good, except he has three pin fans for his replacements. OMG, don't you hate those PWM fan splitter with four wires going to both fans? I found some that are wired correctly, they work fine without modification. yeah, most pwm splitters has four wires going to both fans... simple to mod but manuf. should wire the pwm splitters properly. which ones are wired properly? JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napes22 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 So am I alright using a 3pin fan splitter on the CPU header with two non-PWM fans? Or since they are not PWM should I connect them to a Molex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psxstudio Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 So am I alright using a 3pin fan splitter on the CPU header with two non-PWM fans? Or since they are not PWM should I connect them to a Molex? if you are using 3 pin fans and a splitter, just plug the female end of the splitter to the mobo 3 pin cpu header. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napes22 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks JB - I'll check the Voltage/Amp settings for the CPU_Header, but I'm assuming the GT's aren't powerful enough to overload the header. I think they are around .083A each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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