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Renzo

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Hi all,

I bought a pre-built desktop a few weeks ago and upon realising I've purchased Lego for adults I'm already thinking about what I could add to it.

The case has one exhaust fan in the back and one on the CPU. I've got space in my case for three 120mm fans in the front and two 120mm fans in the roof.

The motherboard I've got is a ASUS® H410M-A: Micro-ATX, DDR4, USB 3.2, SATA 6GBs and it has two ports for adding fans (one already being used).

If I wanted to add three extra fans, two in the front and one in the roof above the CPU cooler, how do power them?

I've seen case fan splitters and fan controller units. Any recommendations?

Also Corsair LL120 fans or Noctua NF-A12X25 PWM fans? Or an alternative?

Thanks,
J
 
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Renzo

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Sorry I should have said, this is a PC Specialist build! Specs below.

Case
PCS P209 RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-10400F (2.9GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H410M-A: Micro-ATX, DDR4, USB 3.2, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W CV SERIES™ CV-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 80 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
 
Martinr36

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just use a couple of splitters, that's what i did when i shoved a couple of extra fans in the roof of mine recently,
 
SpyderTracks

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You can't simply use splitter if you're using RGB fans as the RGB header is separate to the fan header. You would need an RBG controller like the lighting node pro.

The fan header, you may be able to split.
 
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Renzo

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This might sound daft but my honest preference would be no RGB fans. However if I could install them can you turn the LED's off?

When you say closed off case do you mean there's no tempered glass for viewing inside? My case has a glass panel on the left hand side.
 
SpyderTracks

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Renzo said:
This might sound daft but my honest preference would be no RGB fans. However if I could install them can you turn the LED's off?

When you say closed off case do you mean there's no tempered glass for viewing inside? My case has a glass panel on the left hand side.
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There's no point buyiing RGB fans if you're just going to turn off the RGB, waste of money. Just buy Noctua fans.
 
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Renzo

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That was I was thinking. Thank you.

Also if I have a question about adding RAM, should I start a new thread?
 
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Renzo

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This is going to sound so stupid but, I can upgrade my order via PCS and add another identical stick of RAM (perfect).

Is it as simple as plugging it into the spare slot on my motherboard? Or do I need to update or re-boot anything?
 
SpyderTracks

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Renzo said:
This is going to sound so stupid but, I can upgrade my order via PCS and add another identical stick of RAM (perfect).

Is it as simple as plugging it into the spare slot on my motherboard? Or do I need to update or re-boot anything?
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Why do you want more RAM? What program is requiring more?
 
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Renzo

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I'm an engineering student and I'm using this PC for Solidworks and MATLAB.

Of course you ask a good question and I don't know if I've maxed the RAM out yet...
 
SpyderTracks

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Renzo said:
I'm an engineering student and I'm using this PC for Solidworks and MATLAB.

Of course you ask a good question and I don't know if I've maxed the RAM out yet...
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There's no benefit to having extra RAM unless it's going to be used. Worth checking first.

That board only has 2 DIMM slots anyway, so you'd have to replace all the RAM with a 2 x 16Gb to get any higher.
 
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