Stupid Question! How to add extra fans to the MSI K7T Pro2A?

[UKspace]

I will be building an AMD 1.1Ghz System on an MSi K7T Pro2A Motherboard.

I have read that the motherboard only provides connectors for two fans (System Fans i.e 80mm)

I don't know if this plus a heatsink will be enough cooling for the Midi tower Case I have chosen.

How many fans will I need?

How can I add more fans?

Where will they connect?

Will I have to buy some sort of extra fan connectors? If so what is the part called, that I will need?

What does ball bearing fans mean?

 

[Sugadaddy]

You can buy 4-pin fans. They connect directly to your power supply connectors (like the one for your hard drive or cd-rom)

 

[GT1999]

2CoolTek - Fans

 

[Ulysses]

If you want to add auxilliary fans to your case, you'll just have to get busy with the old drill and Dremel tool some Saturday afternoon. But plan it carefully and do all the cutting and drilling with everything, including the PS, out of the case.

You should have at least one fan blowing in (say an 80 or 92 mm.) and one blowing out of the case. If you have a good CPU fan, like the GlobalWIN FOP32-1, then anything else is at your discretion.

Ball bearing = good.

Connect the 3-pin CPU fan to the mobo - the others should be 4-pin types to connect to your PS. When ordering fans, get several adapters, extensions etc.

 

[UKspace]

Thanks to everyone that replied!

Just wondering what the names are of the connectors and extensions that Ulysses talked about, so I can get them from my computer store?

 

[heng1028]

i am planning to get one blue orb for my Pro2-A but the other fan header seems too far for the blue orb to reach

if i use the Y-split of the 3 pin, how can i monitor rpm of both fans at the same time??