Quote Originally Posted by delewin View Post
I apologize if it seems to be deviating from the topic of the original thread. I am very impressed with the Xigmatek S1283. I have many years experience in the building of “straight” PCs. (No heavy modifications.)

The Sunon fan has a 3 pin connector and not a 4 pin that is required for a CPU fan.

Is it the case that all I need to do is plug in a standard 4 pin fan into the CPU header and plug my Sunon 3 pin into a speed controller / monitor, such as an AeroCool Cool Panel 2, etc. That way the motherboard is happy and I am happy to use this 100+ CFM fan on the Xigmatek S1283.

Or, can I just plug the Sunon into the first 3 pins of the 4 pin CPU fan header? (I don't think this will work!)

Thank you for your advice.

David
Yes it will work fine with only 3 pins, in fact it should have a little tab sticking up that only goes across 3 pins, that should guide you in where to put the connector. As far as the thermal paste application method, if you want more of a direct explanation, have a look here...

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appi..._quad_wcap.pdf

however you want to set the line so that all 3 of the heat pipes will intersect that line of thermal paste.