Let me start out by saying that Im doing a build similiar to Jayz2cents Skunkworks. I know....WAY OVERKILL!!! Im very new to this and I apoligize if things dont make sense. Havnt decided on the majority of parts yet but know that I want to do custom water cooling like he did it. Going to have 2 custom water cooling loops one for the cpu and one for the dual 1080 video cards using the Caselabs sm8 case.
Going to have a total of 14 fans.
4 fans for the 560mm radiator cooling GPUs on bottom of case
2 fans for the 280mm radiator cooling GPUs on bottom of case
4 fans for 480mm radiator cooling CPU on top of case
3 air fans in front of case
1 air fan in back of case
I want to be able to control the fan speeds for the GPU rad fans separate from the CPU rad fans and separate from the air fans front and back. So 3 separate fan controls.
What is the best way to accomplish this so I can control the fan speeds to each of the 3 fan groups using BIOS or software program?
I was told you need to use the PWM 4-pin fan headers on the motherboard to control the speeds of the fans.
Jay uses 3 of these in his build to combine all the fans together
http://www.performance-pcs.com/modmytoys-4-pin-power-di...
So im guessing you atttach all the fans you want to one of these blocks. Than do you buy an adapter that will have Molex on one end that attaches to the 8 way block and a 4 pin female connection on the other end that connects to the 4-pin male fan header on the motherboard? The adapters that I see only have 3-pin which than I think I would lose fan speed control.
What headers would I need on my motherboard? Three 4-pin PWM headers? And if I add in 2 of these pump/resovoir combos: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-revo-d5-pwm-incl-... , will I need 2 more 4-pin headers for a grand total of 5 headers? The evga Z170 Classified motherboard as this: Fan Headers – 7 (2 PWM, 5 DC / PWM). Does that work?
Is there a better way to do this to accomplish what I want? Am I missing something?
thanks in advance for your feedback....im very new to this stuff
Going to have a total of 14 fans.
4 fans for the 560mm radiator cooling GPUs on bottom of case
2 fans for the 280mm radiator cooling GPUs on bottom of case
4 fans for 480mm radiator cooling CPU on top of case
3 air fans in front of case
1 air fan in back of case
I want to be able to control the fan speeds for the GPU rad fans separate from the CPU rad fans and separate from the air fans front and back. So 3 separate fan controls.
What is the best way to accomplish this so I can control the fan speeds to each of the 3 fan groups using BIOS or software program?
I was told you need to use the PWM 4-pin fan headers on the motherboard to control the speeds of the fans.
Jay uses 3 of these in his build to combine all the fans together
http://www.performance-pcs.com/modmytoys-4-pin-power-di...
So im guessing you atttach all the fans you want to one of these blocks. Than do you buy an adapter that will have Molex on one end that attaches to the 8 way block and a 4 pin female connection on the other end that connects to the 4-pin male fan header on the motherboard? The adapters that I see only have 3-pin which than I think I would lose fan speed control.
What headers would I need on my motherboard? Three 4-pin PWM headers? And if I add in 2 of these pump/resovoir combos: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-revo-d5-pwm-incl-... , will I need 2 more 4-pin headers for a grand total of 5 headers? The evga Z170 Classified motherboard as this: Fan Headers – 7 (2 PWM, 5 DC / PWM). Does that work?
Is there a better way to do this to accomplish what I want? Am I missing something?
thanks in advance for your feedback....im very new to this stuff