I'm stuck. Just putting together a new system and all I have are 3 wire fans for the heatsink. The CPU fan connection on the motherboard is a 4 pin thingy.<br>I can plug in the 3 pin connector but ...

Apple changed its long-standing 30-pin dock connector out for an 8-pin new standard ... but this is still based on USB 2.0 specs, not 3.0 or Thunderbolt. That means gains will be modest, not ...

The fact that the earth pin is the longest means that it's the first to connect – because it goes into the socket ahead of the other two. So the connection you make when you plug in is safer ...