Connecting Case Fans To Psu

Two your pc is running so hot that the fans need to be on 100 all the time.

Connecting case fans to psu.

How to connect psu cables. The cpu and psu will be mounted on their respective components but case fans can be situated almost anywhere. On my motherboard theres 3 places where i can connect fans i have only one left on there thus i will now have to connect them to my psu. I can t think of a good reason to direct connect the fan to a power supply unless it s got a speed controller built into the power plug.

Next connect the 6 or 8 pin pci power cable to your video card. The way i look at it there s only two reasons to do it that way. I show you how. Locate any empty 4 plug power connector coming from the power supply and plug the.

When you go to plug in your case fans you notice there aren t enough ports. Power down the computer and turn the power switch off on the power. Attach the case fan to the vented rear panel. Connect your power supply cables beginning with the 24 pin motherboard connector.

If you are new to pc building you might come across this problem. You connect case fans to the motherboard starting with the cpu fan label on your motherboard to your cpu fan. Connect the fan to the power supply. This is important because your bios often tracks fan speeds to the cpu and may prevent the computer from booting if a cpu fan is not det.

Next connect the 8 pin cpu motherboard cable. But i have no idea what connectors do i need in order to connect the fans to my psu. Some motherboards will only require a 4 pin connector.