I recentley purchased a RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB530P. It comes standard with 4 fans and a 530 modular PSU. The only problem i have is that the PSU only came with enough cables to hook 3 of the fans up. The only thing i noticed is that several of the fans had not only the male cables that would hook into my PSU but female cables as well. I was wondering if it was possible to hook several of the fans up together through these cables or if that would cause some sort of problem.
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Should work no problem.
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thats called daisy chaining (connecting multiple fans/devices into each other) and is fine as long as they do not draw more than the wire is able to supply.
A few will be no prob even with the PS you have. If you want to know for sure take a look at the center sticker of the fan and there should be a # like .15A (15 hundredths of an amp). Some are more and some are less. One of the 18ga wires from the PS should be able to supply about 10A (10 amps)
I say should because not all PSs are equal. But if the fan was .15A and you put 10 of them together that would be 1.5A.
A few will be no prob even with the PS you have. If you want to know for sure take a look at the center sticker of the fan and there should be a # like .15A (15 hundredths of an amp). Some are more and some are less. One of the 18ga wires from the PS should be able to supply about 10A (10 amps)
I say should because not all PSs are equal. But if the fan was .15A and you put 10 of them together that would be 1.5A.