bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,433 Member For: 15y 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/11/16 09:35 AM Share Posted 27/11/16 09:35 AM ok cool thanks guys so I either look for fan connections on the mother board or get fans with said iso connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 13d Gender: Not Telling Posted 27/11/16 10:26 AM Share Posted 27/11/16 10:26 AM I just used some automotive crimp connections and crimped it all together. I used the speed sensor wire off of one of the fans only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/11/16 10:48 AM Share Posted 27/11/16 10:48 AM (edited) @Ford Freak You are asking a quite simple question which is fine as we all start at the start with everything. You need to check out Linus Tech Tips on Youtube mate. Just search the channel content for your answers. From watching this channel and others like Jayztwocents, my interest was piqued to build a gaming pc that kicks ass like crazy for a just few thousand dollars including peripherals such as $800 monitor and ?$100 mouse (I already had a 500 year old keyboard and a large 5.1 speaker setup). Fwiw I run all of my fans from the mobo, including my cpu cooler. You could use a molex connector but generally you wouldn't. Edited 27/11/16 10:50 AM by Puffwagon wtf is going on with the formatting Keith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 27/11/16 11:47 AM Share Posted 27/11/16 11:47 AM (edited) you can always buy one of these if you have limited fan headers on the mother board https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35719/cablemod-3-pin-fan-to-3x-3-pin-fan-adapter-black I have used mobo fan connections in the past coupled with a 2 fan controllers, one that was included with the case, and one that came with the power supply. I now just use the 2 fan controllers, both take up to 3 fans each, Have 5 fans in total with water cooled setup. Did have up to 10 fans at one stage with air cooled setup! Edited 27/11/16 11:49 AM by bloodycrashboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/11/16 11:54 AM Share Posted 27/11/16 11:54 AM Yup a fan controller cost 2 thirds of fa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 13d Gender: Not Telling Posted 27/11/16 12:13 PM Share Posted 27/11/16 12:13 PM On 11/12/2016 at 11:14 AM, bloodycrashboy said: Does my effort look awesome? yeah dude it looks freaking awesome and I love every part of it. with the air bubbles, on our falcons the coolant reservoir is the highest point of the cooling system, this makes bleeding (in my experience) a breeze. I notice, unless im wrong that the fill point and coolant level is below the radiator which would make it a pain to bleed versus having the res and coolant level at the highest point. how long is the coolant rated to last for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/11/16 12:19 PM Share Posted 27/11/16 12:19 PM (edited) http://www.coolantexperts.com/coolant_overview/traditional_coolant Edit: check the bottle. Edited 27/11/16 12:20 PM by Puffwagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 4m 26d Posted 27/11/16 12:35 PM Share Posted 27/11/16 12:35 PM They say every 6 months in a pc setup. Im not sure you'd really need to do it that often and I guess it would also depend if any additives were put in too. Notmal coolant id guess you prob wouldnt have too change it for the life of the system? If it was just distilled water then yeah change regularly coz of algae build up, but generally happens even with additives just prolonged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 27/11/16 07:37 PM Share Posted 27/11/16 07:37 PM I have read people using car coolant for 12 months between changes without a problem, and their water blocks were still 100% as clean as the day they were fitted. as far as bleeding the system goes, I did run just the pump and and tipped the case in all directions which has dislodged the air lock/bubble in the GPU water block. I know what you are saying @skidxr6t about the res being a lot lower than some other components in the system, but temps have stabilised quite good now so I think all the air is out of the system 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/11/16 09:39 PM Share Posted 27/11/16 09:39 PM Are you running 2 gtx 690's bcb? How does that go on firestrike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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