With the noctua fans you can just plug them in to the motherboard. That is exactly what they are made for and the power connectors match up exactly. That makes it a quick and easy swap, no splicing.

Weird that the wires aren't color coded. That's pretty much standard across PC fan industry but even so the pinouts are always the same and there are wiring diagrams online. I just bought a bunch of noctuas (and a few other brands) and they were all color coded.

It's odd that PinMonk had the noise from the monitor. In 3 different WoZ my noise has always been the case fan.

Yeah, if you get the PWM version then I think the mobo has control over it but I am not sure if that is hardwired in the mobo or if that is a BIOS software setting, never bothered to look. I am very anal about sound (heck, I made a product to stop the pop) and the noctua is dead quiet. I have them on all of my printers (3 fans per printer) and all of my JJP games. Sounds like you got a knockoff maybe.

Gruntle. LOL

Except you never have the right plug or pins and then you end up with 50 different connectors and pins up the wazoo! Oh you wanted 14-20 pins? We only have 18-24, cram those wires in! Slowly built my collection over time now I had to order a huge Akro organizer for them all. We now have an identification system and compatibility matrix hung on the wall.