Need help finding a 4 pin power supply connector (fans)

[tnecniv]

Alright, so I just got the Arctic Cooling AccelS1 Rev 2 Cooler for my EVGA 8800GT, along with the Turbo Module Sleeve Dual Fans.

The installation went well (I think) but the fans don't work. I'm not exactly sure if its the fans that are defective or if its the 3-pin connector on my motherboard that doesn't work. The fans came with a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter to connect to my power supply (Corsair 520HX), but I don't have any of the 4-pin power supply connectors.

I've been looking on newegg and can't really find any of the power supply/fan connectors. All of the descriptions are kind of confusing and I don't want to order the wrong adapter.
Anyone have an idea of where I can get one of these connectors or which on newegg?

 

[daw123]

Originally posted by: tnecniv
Alright, so I just got the Arctic Cooling AccelS1 Rev 2 Cooler for my EVGA 8800GT, along with the Turbo Module Sleeve Dual Fans.

The installation went well (I think) but the fans don't work. I'm not exactly sure if its the fans that are defective or if its the 3-pin connector on my motherboard that doesn't work. The fans came with a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter to connect to my power supply (Corsair 520HX), but I don't have any of the 4-pin power supply connectors.

I've been looking on newegg and can't really find any of the power supply/fan connectors. All of the descriptions are kind of confusing and I don't want to order the wrong adapter.
Anyone have an idea of where I can get one of these connectors or which on newegg?

I'm surprised that your PSU doesn't have 4-pin molex connectors.

I'm guessing that the fan to molex adapter you were talking about was something like this.

Wait a minute your PSU does have molex connectors.

In that case, just look for an adapter like the one that I linked. Even if you don't currently have any spare molex connectors (i.e. if they are all used) from your PSU, the apdater can share a molex connector with something else (it has both female and male molex connectors to connect it inline with something else).

 

[tnecniv]

I HAD spare connectors in the box that the PSU came in, but my brother rented out our house and I moved to college, and he trashed everything in my room, so those are gone. The fans came with an adapter for the 3-pin to 4-pin so I just need the connector that goes into the PSU.

 

[Beanie46]

So, what you're saying is you're using absolutely no Molex connections in your computer at all.....not on your optical drives or hard drives, although if you've completely moved to SATA drives for both, that may be a reality.

If that's what's happened, you're stuck to having to contact Corsair for a cable with Molex connectors on it that plugs directly into your power supply as neither Newegg nor any other store sells the cables that plug directly into your 520HX power supply.

Now, if you're actually using an optical drive with a Molex electrical connector, then you need this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16812198025

That's a 4-pin Molex Y-splitter, so your 3-to-4 pin connector plugs into it since, as I see it on AC's website, your 3-to-4 pin adapter isn't a pass through adapter but simply a deadend type.....unplug a power connector from an optical drive, put this into line with that connector, then one end back into the optical drive, then the other end is free to plug your 3-to-4 adapter into it.