Extra Case Fan

[cheerful_mortician]

Hey, I just finished my first build, and my cooling setup looks like this.

Other the the PS Fan, and the Retail Intel Fan, I've got one exhaust fan in the back of the case, no intake fans in the front (Still following rule of thumb: have more exhausts then intake), but I still want to place an intake fan in the front of the case.
However, I need help (if you already didn't know), MY mobo (Asus P4s533) only has one spot for a chassis fan with a 4 volt plug (I bought two fans with 4 volt plug), and I was wondering if there was anyway to get power to another fan for intake, from this mother board.

Temps are fine (P42.4ghz: 35 C Idle 40-50 working (gaming)
Mobo:35-40 depending on idle or working.

I just want the intake fan, to shave off a couple degrees.

Thanks

[DrZaius]

The easiest way is to just get an adaptor and connect the fan to a PSU power cable. The only thing you'll be missing is the ability to monitor the fan's RPM.

[Cricket]

3 to 4 pin power adapter

Cricket

[cheerful_mortician]

THANK YOU! MY SAVIOURS!

[ILLPHIL]

why do you need adapters to go from fan to ps cable, or is this a specific case, other than not having enough connections on mobo.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by ILLPHIL why do you need adapters to go from fan to ps cable, or is this a specific case, other than not having enough connections on mobo.

cheerful_mortician stated that his motherboard only had 1 case fan power header (which his rear exhaust fan is using). The fan he wants to install in the front of the case has a 3 pin power plug meant to connect to the motherboard case fan header...but since it's already being used, he needs a 3 to 4 pin power adapter to connect the front fan directly to the power supply (which is what I would recommend anyway...I try not to use any of the fan headers on the motherboard).

3 pin fan connects to motherboard fan header. Requires the 3 to 4 pin power adapter to connect to a power supply power lead.

4 pin fan connects to power supply power lead.

Cricket