The fans either plug directly into your motherboard, or they will use a molex connector.

That to is also easy, its pretty much the only three pin connecter on motherboards, and they only go on one way so it is easy to see where they need to go.

If all else fails look in the manuel will come with your motherboard, it should have a diagram in it.

Nah it really is easy. I did my first build in the summer and its a piece of cake.
When you see the plugs and everything its not hard to figure out. I actually think that putting the PSU in was easer than putting fans in. I stripped a countless number of screws trying to get them into the fan. The fans dont come pre threaded and it is really kinda annoying to do it. I got a thermaltake 80 mm fan and that thing was easy but my 120s were hard. It takes a little time but its not that bad.

i decided to get a head start and checked out how my fan plugs in, and hooks onto the case and stuff. and you were most definitely right. it's very simple indeed.

my current case has a single fan dedicated to the cpu. it's attached to the back of the case in front of the vent using the plastic of the fan to hook into some pre-cut holes in the metal. and it has a green hood that folds down over the heat sink of the cpu and sucks all the heat out through there.

and the wire for it plugs straight into the motherboard.

while i was at it, i gave both my fan, and my heat sink a very thorough cleaning. took some cotton swabs and alcohol and removed as much dust as possible from the fan, and used a cloth to clean inbetween the teeth of the heat sink. and DAMN that thing gets dusty. i knew it would be dusty. but the amount of dust in there was enough to turn the cotton black on one side. that shiz is nasty. holy crap.

anyway. that should drastically reduce any heat that poor cpu is producing. i'm putting that celeron through so much everyday. i'm amazed it hasn't died yet. all the thermal compound that was on it is drying out fast, and it's no longer one thin film over the cpu. it's now patchy and getting dirty from all the dust. not a good thing.

good thing i won't be using this much longer. another 4 months and this piece of 5h17 is out the window.

Just a note on the Chakra - It does come with a fan mounted on the front lower bezel with Blue LEDs. It blows across the 6 slot drive bay. Another Bonus is the the full front bezel has a washable filter. So all you need to add is maybe a 120mm on the back for major cross flow. I put in one of those whisper quiet models with a filter and set the big-un to blow out the side. You can check my system specs in the drop-down if you are curious.

The only annoyance I had with putting mine together is the placement of the non-raided SATA connector on my MoBo, which is at the back bottom and my C drive is top front. I had to get an extra long SATA cable for that one. Another bonus though is the screwless card bail for the cards and the snap in drive bay module rails.

but the sata connection is only a problem for your motherboard. not a problem for the case. correct? if i had my sata connection in a different spot on my motherboard, i wouldn't have to worry about the length of the cables, yes?

but yes. that sounds very awesome indeed. and i like the idea of a filter ^^.

as i mentioned, my current pc picks up massive amounts of dust. and i'd like to avoid experiences like that if possible. so filter == awesome.

and are you sure it comes with that other 120mm with the led at the front? according to newegg, it only comes with that one 250mm. typically it says in the specs that it has however many fans and where they're located....i could be wrong. i assumed that if it said nothing about any pre-installed fans aside from that obvious one, then it had no other fans.

i've looked into that little issue further. according to another buyer, there is only the 250mm installed. so i'll have to buy two more fans. no biggie.

i just have one question. if i chose to install those two fans, how would i have to hook them up? my current motherboard only has one fan power connector. and i can only imagine the new one will have just one as well. will the second one have to use a molex connector? or does the mobo support more than 1 fan?

or should i rely on the instruction manual to tell me how to hook my fans up?

You just look at the motherboard, plug in the fans where it allows, if you are all out, the fans will have molex connectors.

i almost feel stupid for asking that...

*feels like a n00b*

woot! 350th post!

If you like Silverstone take a look at some Antech cases. There about the same price with some great cases.

it might be counterproductive to do so at this point. one of the other posters already found a decent case that i like for almost half the price. and its got good reviews from others. so i'm 90% going for that one. it'll give me a good chance to learn how to install fans.

speaking of which...i'm looking at 2 fans. but i'm not sure if i should get one of each, or two of the other and here's the rationale:

i need two 120mm fans. i found one from Zalman that's got a green led. CFM rating is 39.

the second fan is a Scythe model. S-Flex or whatever it is. it's supposed to be super quiet, and it has a CFM of 63.7.

my question is...would it be safe to install one of each? one pushes twice the air the other one does. would they work well together? or should i get two of the scythe ones?

i wanted a green led because green light with black around it looks very cool. but it doesn't have to be. two of those green leds would bother me at night so...it's one of each, or 2 scythes. problem there is 2 scythes would cost me nearly 50 bucks........yeah.

suggestions?