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Old 05-25-2003, 11:41 AM   #3
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Yes... and No.... "normal" or "typical" if you prefer, fans have no problems running off the motherboard. The only real exception is if you use special high powered fans, which normally come with connectors to hook directly to your PS anyway.

Any quality mobo will have No problems running as many fans as it supports, which is typically CPU, front, and rear fans. Besides, all that is normally needed is the CPU fan and rear case fan to keep things cool.

Hooking them up to the motherboards allows RPM monitoring which is a good thing. It lets you see early fan problems, which hooking them up direct does not.

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