Connecting Case Fans To Psu

When you go to plug in your case fans you notice there aren t enough ports.

Connecting case fans to psu.

The cpu and psu will be mounted on their respective components but case fans can be situated almost anywhere. Connect your power supply cables beginning with the 24 pin motherboard connector. The way i look at it there s only two reasons to do it that way. 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.

One being that you had no other choice. Power down the computer and turn the power switch off on the power. I show you how. 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.

Some motherboards will only require a 4 pin connector. But i have no idea what connectors do i need in order to connect the fans to my psu. 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. You connect case fans to the motherboard starting with the cpu fan label on your motherboard to your cpu fan.

Next connect the 6 or 8 pin pci power cable to your video card. If you are new to pc building you might come across this problem. It s common to find intake fans toward the bottom of a system usually at the front. Attach the case fan to the vented rear panel.

Two your pc is running so hot that the fans need to be on 100 all the time. Locate any empty 4 plug power connector coming from the power supply and plug the. Connect the fan to the power supply.