The orange bracket that is surrounding it is used for high end heat sinks.
Cpu fan power connector motherboard.
You can connect a 3 pin fan to a 3 pin or 4 pin header on the motherboard.
A three wire fan connecting to a four pin fan header.
A four wire fan.
Installing a 3 pin fan to the motherboard.
3 pin connectors are usually used for the smaller chassis fans with lower power consumption.
4 pin connectors are usually used by cpu fans with higher power consumption.
Using this connection over one fof the power supply will allow the motherboard to control the speed of the fan based on the cpu temperature.
This is where the cpu fan will connect.
Fans and on board fan headers are backwards compatible.
The four wire connectors are for processor fans with higher power consumption.
Chassis and cpu fans may use either 3 pin or 4 pin power connectors.
Proper fan connector placement is shown in the.
This is where the cpu will plug in.
When connecting a three wire fan to a four pin fan header the fan is always on.
4 pin connectors are usually used by cpu fans with higher power consumption.
There is no fan control.
The sensor cable relays pump rpm information to both the bios and to the corsair link v2 software and lets your.
The three wire connectors are for small chassis fans with lower power consumption.
Fans and on board fan headers are backwards compatible.
3 pin connectors are usually used for the smaller chassis fans with lower power consumption.
Chassis and cpu fans may use either 3 pin or 4 pin power connectors.
Proper fan connector placement is shown in the.