Thermaltake Armor+ MX Fan Woes

If you own a Thermaltake Armor+ Mx PC case, you will probably notice that the 230mm blue LED side fan looks great, effective, but also very loud. In case, you are wondering. okay, I will just get a fan controller to fix the speed. Hang on a minute, none of them will work.

The side fan is wired not to the traditional 3 pin fan connector, but a strange looking connector to molex configuration. Take a look below:



























No PC hardware stores that I know of sells anything like this, and if you need a replacement cable of this sort, not even Thermaltake can help you. They just don't sell this part. So what then can you do? There are only 3 options. One is to cut the wires up, and replace the connector with a 3 pin version. Two is to replace the entire fan. Three is to do the 7V fan mod to reduce the fan speed. I suggest doing the 7v fan mod, as it is the easiest solution available. A guide can be seen here.