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chris635:
Shane
I have a thermaltake smart 850w (80 plus ceritfied) modular power supply. It comes with enough connections for 9 sata and 6 or 8 molex connections. I will be running 6 120mm fans. Can I daisy chain the fans, say two per connection or should I give them their own moles connection?
Chris
Shane:
The fans don't take much power and you should be able to have them all hooked onto one with each other :-)
This has a graph showing power consumption down the page a bit.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/120mm-fan-roundup-1_20.html
I also have all my fans set with the auto fan control to keep things quiet. If things start to get hot the fan speeds auto increase.
Shane
chris635:
How do i set it up with the auto fan control? just daisy chain them off of motherboard?
Chris
Shane:
Yes the motherboard should have connectors for them. But I dont know if it will have 6. That is a lot of fans lol. I only have 3 in my system.
Once they are plugged into the motherboard you can enable the fan control under the hardware monitor in the bios.
Shane
chris635:
My motherboard hasn't arrived yet so I will check. And yes it is a lot of cooling, my wife keeps it warm in the living room, so I want it to be cool LOL!
Chris
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