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Old 07-10-2008, 02:15 PM   #1
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Fan wiring question

I am putting together a new pc and have a fan question. My system consists of
Lain-Li inferno case
Thermaltake 750 watt modular psu
Asus P5 x38 motherboard
4 gigs or Corsair ram
Intel 2 core wolfdale cpu 3.0g
500 gig sata hard drve
2 sata optical drives
Zalman ZM-MFC 1 fan controller
Evga 8800 gt video card

My question involves wiring the fans through the fan controller. My cpu fan and my memory cooler fan I just want to run direct and not through the controller. However I have several 80mm and 120 mm case fans I would like to run through the controller and adjust as needed. MY modular wire will go from the power supply to energize the controller the way I see it.It has the beefy 4 wire connector with a red, 2 black, and a yellow wire. The outputs for the fans however are very small 3 wires. How should I proceed? I'm not sure the tiny wires could handle the current of the big fans, or am I mistaken?
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You can purchase 4pin to 3pin adapters for the fans. http://www.crazypc.com/products/54021.html
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Old 07-10-2008, 05:03 PM   #3
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Thanks for the info and the link, I just ordered six...Zoya
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