would i be able to power 7 case fans with this motherboard and power supply?

Question

MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) ATX Motherbard
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/269183

Corsair HX 850W / PSU / Professional Power Supply Unit / 850W
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/9814186/-/Product.html?opFR=true

Answer 1

This all depends on what sort of graphics cards you intend to put in it. If you put three GTX580s in it then your power supply will be overloaded even without any fans. If you just put in a basic card then you can use dozens of fans if you like. If you put seven fans in it then it will be very noisy - do you really need so many?

Answer 2

Depends on what else you have in the pc. Graphics cards, any led lights and such.



I run dual graphics cards on a pc of mine which uses a 650w power supply and a new motherboard, I have a water cooled cpu and 8 fans. (1 22cm fan, 5 180mm fans and 2 80mm fans.)



In total, my pc doesn't use all of the power it has available. (Using 2 HD 5750 graphics cards.)



So my answer is yes, it would run 8 fans, depending on the size and what other components you have installed.



Maybe try using a power supply calculator like this one: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp



Fill in the info as best you can and it will tell you a bit about how much power your using. Always add some on the end too, so you have space to change things if you need to.

Answer 3

while a skill grant is rated at 4 hundred watts which skill it could grant as much as 4 hundred watts of DC skill. the skill grant takes AC skill out of your wall outlet at one hundred twenty volts and converts it to 12v, 5v, 3.3v DC for the drives, CPU, motherboard, and so on... the reality is that your laptop will use around a hundred watts AC skill or much less. A Kill-A-Watt meter could nicely be offered for around $20 and which will inform you the actual skill utilization of any equipment.