I just finished assembling my new PC, based on the above mentioned Strix X299-XE, and I have to say there aren't a whole lot of fan headers on this board. Also, the extra fan headers and temp probes card I'm sure was listed as included in the box on ASUS' website just days ago is now almost barely mentioned.
Of course, that add-on board isn't in the box either. So here I am, stuck with 5 case fans and only 3 fan headers to run them off of (and one is labelled as M.2 fan, not case fan)! I tried using the two pump headers, but the fans ran 100% duty cycle all the time and made a horrendous racket. Is there no way to reconfigure these headers as fans instead of pumps, or are they hardwired to go full tilt constantly and no PWM control or supply voltage adjustment? I'm rather bummed by this actually. I have just as many case fan headers on my old socket 1150 Haswell uATX mobo as on this full-sized, much higher-powered, Core i9 ATX board!
I could use fan splitters of course, and I will have to in the short term, but these don't allow individual RPM monitoring and control, which is something I like, so I really need to get hold on that add-on fan controller board. Where is this thing sold? My local PC dealers don't carry board-specific stuff like this...
Also, can one order an additional graphics card support plate from somewhere? I'm going dual barrels in this rig, so it would be nice to have two supports...
Also again, no trusted platform module connector, but a 1960s era RS-232 header? Wow, excellent priorities there! lol
Thanks for any help! 🙂