# Best way to control a 12v PC fan with raspberry pi?

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**Category:** Projects\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/best-way-to-control-a-12v-pc-fan-with-raspberry-pi/4016 "2017-02-17T09:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![rrfrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@rrfrog](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/rrfrog)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/best-way-to-control-a-12v-pc-fan-with-raspberry-pi/4016/22 "2018-09-26T23:26:56Z")

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Would I be able to connect a three wire PC fan directly to a Raspberry Pi 3’s GPIO pins?

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