MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum CPU Fan Header Question

[Waylay00]

Hey guys. I have a question about using my Vantec Tornado on an MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum. Does a 3 pin fan have to be connected to the motherbaord cpu fan header in order to boot? My Vantec Tornado is 4 pin and I'll be using of course a 4pin molex connecter. I also don't want to connect any of my case fans to the cpu fan header because I am using a fan controller. Can I just leave the CPU fan header without anything plugged into it?

 

[Andres3605]

i think so, i have seen many neo2 with water cooling and others, i dont think they are conneceted to the mobo fan header

 

[Waylay00]

K that's good. I think I would be fine even if it did require to be plugged because the Tornado comes with a 3 pin connector for monitoring fan speeds.