I have an Antec Two Hundred case with a Gigabyte GA-P67XUD3-B3 mobo. The case came with two fans (one 120mm and one 140mm) that exhaust out the back and top. This case can handle three more 120mm fans, two in the front and one on the side panel. I would like to fill these with three fans pulling air into the case, creating positive air pressure. This may be a noob question, but how do I connect these three fans to a single fan header on the mobo? How does the Maximum PC crew connect multiple fans in a case? Is my only choice to buy a fan controller or can this be accomplished without one?
The DocTor responDs: You could buy a fan controller ($20-$100), but we would probably just use a splitter cable or power distribution block. You can get two-way splitters for about $4 and three-way splitters for about $8. Just search for “fan splitter” or “power distribution block” on any tech-oriented store. You won’t be able to control the three new fans independently, of course; you’d want a fan controller for that. And depending on the fans, you may not get enough power from the mobo header to run them all at full speed, so a fan controller is probably a better option. But if you don’t mind running all three fans at the same speeds from the same header, you can do that for under $6. If you want all three to run at full speed, use a Molex-to-three-pin distribution block.
