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    What to do with Molex fan conectors?

    I have an Antec 900 case which has 4 fans, all of which have a Molex power connector. At the moment, I have all 4 chained together and crammed into a spare drive bay. It does work OK, but it's untidy and a real pain when I'm working inside my PC - I've give my heatsink and gfx card a few whacks disconnecting them. What can I do to tidy things up a little? I was thinking some sort of junction box but at least the front two fans must be detachable without the need for a soldering iron. Was also considering a fan controller but since the fans are tri-cools and have speed selectors already attached, this would probably only make things worse.
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    Re: What to do with Molex fan conectors?

    Have you got any spare fan headers on your motherboard? If so you could use molex to 3-pin convertors to connect them straight to your motherboard.

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    Re: What to do with Molex fan conectors?

    I only have 2 free but have 4 fans. There is a side panel window however, and this would look untidy. Thanks all the same

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    Re: What to do with Molex fan conectors?

    ah there are loads of tips for cable management. PM me if you want me to PM you pics of my A900 and how i have set it up

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    Re: What to do with Molex fan conectors?

    Quote Originally Posted by thunder12 View Post
    ah there are loads of tips for cable management. PM me if you want me to PM you pics of my A900 and how i have set it up

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    Re: What to do with Molex fan conectors?




    This isnt my A900 coz i cba to take pics haha. Mine looks practically the same as these two pics. You just need to utilise the space on the back panel as much as possible.

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