Originally Posted By: gbeer
Where there are two strings of connectors for disk drives. Is it better to have all the drives on one string, or to balance the drives across the strings?

They're probably commoned inside the PSU anyway. You might as well use both tho unless it really restricts your airflow.

Originally Posted By: gbeer
My suspicion is, the new fan just can't get to the rpms the smaller fan achieves.

Does the case fan actually have the 3rd sensor wire connected?

You should be able to disable the fan FPM check in the BIOS.