Question 1

Hi, I am wondering how this 4 wire fan will connect to my 3 pin connector motherboard.  The wiring diagram was not included in the documentation.  Can this even be done?  Usually it is power, ground and some feedback from the mother board for speed.  Maybe one of the wires is for the  LED so it stays a constant brightness regardless of the speed of the fan?  I am using this on a Gateway DX-4300 with AMD processor.

Thanks!

Accepted Answer

4 wires are positive, negative, ground, and final one is the motherboard control of the fan speed. If you plug this in to your motherboard then you will lose control of the regulated speed and it will run at full rpm 24/7. However, usually all motherboards have a 4 pin dedicated to a cpu fan. Check again. You don't want it running at full rpm. Trust me it's loud.

Question 2

Will this cooler fit an i7-5930k, and does it cool sufficiently?

Accepted Answer

I used on an MSI Z97-G45 Gaming main board with an 1150 socket. CPU is i7-4790k running at 4GHz and cooling is great. However, It was not easy to get the bracket to line up but with the LGA 2011-v3 socket on your i7-5930k you will not have a cooling problem but I do see a compatibility problem, they do say it works with that socket type and I didn't see any hardware in the box for it. It's possible that Enermax might give you free adapters but I am not sure.....So  my 2 cents ...YES on cooling and NO on will it fit... Maybe the Intel BXTS13X Water/Liquid Cooling Thermal Solution for Socket LGA2011  or the  EVERCOOL TTC-NK35TZ/RPW/V5(KU) 95mm PWM Z-AXIS Titan Universal CPU Cooler.....BOTH have LGA2011 in the specs but not V3...Good luck...

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