[Oberon75]

All of the parts are on the way here (should be here Tuesday) for my new build. I was reading over the manual that I downloaded from ASUS website for my new motherboard, and noticed that the CPU fan connection on the MOBO is a 4-pin. The CPU cooler I'm getting (Thermaltake Spin-Q VT) has a 3-pin connection. While it looks like it should hook up without any problems, I'm curious as to the difference between the 4-pin & 3-pin fan connection. Is the fourth pin to control the speed of the fan? Is it for a heat sensor? Just curious as to what I might miss out on, and if there may be any problems associated.



ASUS Sabertooth x58 MOBO
i7-950
Crucial 6GB (3x2) 1600 DDR3
EVGA GTS 450 GPU
XFX 650 XXX power supply
Thermaltake Spin-Q VT CPU Cooler
Logitech Wave wireless keyboard and mouse
Seagate Barracuda 250GB
Samsung EcoGreen 1.5TB
Lite-On Blu-Ray drive
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Apevia X-Alien case (existing case)

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It'll be fine. The 4th pin is usually for dynamic fan control, however many Asus boards use their own technology that can throttle the fan speed regardless of how pins it's connected to.

[Neil Jones]

It'll be fine. The 4th pin is usually for dynamic fan control, however many Asus boards use their own technology that can throttle the fan speed regardless of how pins it's connected to.

[Oberon75]

sweet, gracias!