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My motherboard died and was replaced a while ago and all has been running fine until the kids recently started playing games on it. I first noticed how fast the CPU fan was crunching and fired up the temperature monitor - 88C. I have a Cooler Master heat sink in a push-pull configuration to replace the factory Intel ready to go in but I only have 2 fan headers on the new motherboard (the old one had, I think, 5 or 6) - one for the CPU and one for a case fan. Therein lies my question.
I've found splitters that will allow you to connect 2 fans to one header but I'm not sure I like that scenario from an undervoltage or overdraw perspective.
There are also adapters that allow fans to be wired to the Molex connector but, I assume, they would then always run at 100%, which I don't want.
And finally we have fan controllers. The most expensive of the bunch, especially if you want it to have temperature sensors to change fan speed as necessary. I know the picture below isn't one with temp sensing, just posted as an example.
With price in mind, which do you guys think is my best option to get both CPU fans and more than one of the case fans running?
I've found splitters that will allow you to connect 2 fans to one header but I'm not sure I like that scenario from an undervoltage or overdraw perspective.
There are also adapters that allow fans to be wired to the Molex connector but, I assume, they would then always run at 100%, which I don't want.
And finally we have fan controllers. The most expensive of the bunch, especially if you want it to have temperature sensors to change fan speed as necessary. I know the picture below isn't one with temp sensing, just posted as an example.
With price in mind, which do you guys think is my best option to get both CPU fans and more than one of the case fans running?