Can I connect fans to Molex?

Can I connect fans to Molex?

To do this, plug the fan into your computer’s power supply. The fan will contain either a male or female Molex connector, and sometimes both. The male connector is larger and slides over the female connector. If your fan has both types of connectors, you need only connect one of the two to the power supply.

Does any 4 pin connector work for fans?

Yes! PWM fans come with a 4-pin connectors for fully automatic speed control via your mainboard’s 4-pin PWM fan headers. Please note that 4-pin fans can also be connected to your mainboard’s 3-pin fan headers though.

Can I use Molex to power case fan?

Getting back to your fan, since it is a 4-Pin pass-through molex connector, you can actaully daisy chain them together (i wouldnt connect more than 3 or 4 together) so they all get power from a single source like your 4-pin female power connector on the PSU or a fan controller.

Can you plug fan into RGB header?

Can You Connect Fan to RGB Header? If you have an ARGB fan, you can connect the fan to the RGB header. However, the RGB header needs to be a 3-pin 5V header and not the 4-pin 12V header. If you are trying to insert a normal case fan to the RGB header, it is not recommended.

Do molex fans run at full speed?

Yes, on molex they will run at 12volts witch is the maximum of a normal desktop fan (producing the maximum speed).

How do I connect 4-pin fan to power supply?

If you want to connect any fan directly to a PSU power source so that it runs full speed all the time, you will need a small adapter. The PSU output most often used for this is a female (with holes) 4-pin Molex connector about 3/4″ wide, with four round holes in a straight line.

Can you control fan speed with molex?

If the fans will run suitably at 5v, one option is to simply rewire the fan’s molex connector to connect to the 5v line instead of the 12v one. This will typically make a case fan nearly silent, though it will be running notably slower, and in turn moving less air.

How do I connect fans to my power supply?

There are two common ways fans connect directly to a power supply. Either using a standard 4 pin power connector from the power supply, or by using an adapter board that converts the standard power supply connector to a motherboard style pin header connector.

Can RGB fans work without RGB header?

No. You just need to connect the lighting node to a USB header on your motherboard. You will then connect the RGB cord from the fan(s) to the lighting node.

What do I do if my motherboard doesn’t have an RGB header?

You can have RGB on a non-RGB motherboard by using LED devices with dedicated remote controllers or Razer Addressable RGB controller (or similar LED hubs) that connect to your motherboard via USB and give you access to RGB controls.

How can I speed up my Molex fans?

Can you power RGB fans with molex?

You can then molex to 4 pin fan cables on Amazon. That’s for running the fan itself not RGB. For the RGB part it all depends on the fans. Either they’ll include a controller, connect to the motherboard or you’ll need to buy a controller separately.

Can I connect molex to motherboard?

You can hook the fans up with either the molex connection or the connection to the motherboard. They are there to give people the option in case their motherboard does not have the connections. If you go with the molex connections you will not be able to control the fan speeds from within the system.

Can you control fans connected to PSU?

You cannot change its speed if the fan is connected to a PSU (Power Supply Unit) through a Molex Fan Connector. However, if the fans are connected to the motherboard, either with 3-pin or 4-pin, these third-party applications can control the fans’ speed with a click of a button.