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Size (mA) limit to fan plugged into MVE mobo plugs?

billyray
Level 7
My case fans aren't going very fast. They're pretty big, about 180mm or so. Even with the Bios set to "turbo" they barely go 600 rpm. The case is cool, but just wondering..
Notebook: Asus G73jh with 8 GB ram, 160GB Intel ssd, 500GB 2nd drive.
Desktop: Asus Maximus V Extreme, BIOS 1501, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance, with Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X OC, Corsair H80i water cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU, Cooler Master HAF X tower case on wheels! :cool: built 9/28/12
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kkn
Level 14
is it stock case fans or some you added later?
it can be that they are made to go at that speed too?

Zka17
Level 16
Until those fans meet the 12V and 1Amp/header criteria - you are good to go! But, that's the point of the big fans... to spin slower and deliver the same amount of air as the smaller ones does at higher RPMs... usually lower speed means lower noise...

The case fans are stock to the Cooler Master HAF X

Thanks for the replies! 😄
Notebook: Asus G73jh with 8 GB ram, 160GB Intel ssd, 500GB 2nd drive.
Desktop: Asus Maximus V Extreme, BIOS 1501, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance, with Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X OC, Corsair H80i water cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU, Cooler Master HAF X tower case on wheels! :cool: built 9/28/12

Macforth
Level 9
billyray.......your case came with the following fans:-

Fan Position Size RPM Loudness CFM Power Amp

front 230x30 700 19dba 110 3.36 0.16
top 200x30 700 19dba 110 3.36 0.16
side identical to immediate above
back 140x25 1000 19dba 61 1.68 0.14

There is a position on top for a second 200x30. The 230x30 has similar figures as it is almost the same fan (even to impellor length), and has the same holes ......they are actually 230 x 200 x 30, and have slightly beefed up sides with the goal of preventing some vibration.

As to your quiery.......none of these fans will strain the max amperage of any of your MVE fan pin outlets.......the 3 top fans (in the list) have a max of 700 rpm, are reasonable quiet, but at the same time move a very decent quantity of air.
Just finishing TJ 11 WC.. trying to control cooling via total PWM
Asus Max V Extreme
Intel 3770K
Corsair 16gig Platinum 1866
2 X GTX 690 (EVGA) with aftermarket EVGA water blocks and backplates
Samsung 830 Series 512GB + 3 WD mechanical HD's
Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Swiftech MCP35X2
Alphacool NexXxos UT60's quad, triple and single 120's
Rad fans 11 x NF-F12 PWM
Corsair 1200i PSU
Swiftech Maelstrom
AFT Pro-57U card reader

Hey Thanks Macforth! That answers my question! So is there any reason why the fans are operating around 300/400 rpm instead of 700? Is the mobo telling the fans to slow down? I have them set for "standard" in the fan profile in the BIOS.
Notebook: Asus G73jh with 8 GB ram, 160GB Intel ssd, 500GB 2nd drive.
Desktop: Asus Maximus V Extreme, BIOS 1501, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance, with Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X OC, Corsair H80i water cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU, Cooler Master HAF X tower case on wheels! :cool: built 9/28/12

Macforth
Level 9
Yes there is a reason. You have mentioned standard in bios...that will slow the fans . There appears to me to be a two way control of fans on the M5E. Most of the thermal controls in this motherboard are controlled by the super IO chip, which is a Nuvoton NCT6779D. Fans can be controlled either via PWM or DC. In the bios I think Q fan turns on PWM. Your fans are not PWM so I would turn that off and run Fan Xpert 2 in the AI Suite. You can then run the fans at 100% if you wish and make a save, Fan Xpert 2 will over-ride the Bios control and will run CPU fans with a PWM outlet and control the rest in a DC method. Have a play with that and yell if you can't figure it out. What CPU cooler are you using?
Just finishing TJ 11 WC.. trying to control cooling via total PWM
Asus Max V Extreme
Intel 3770K
Corsair 16gig Platinum 1866
2 X GTX 690 (EVGA) with aftermarket EVGA water blocks and backplates
Samsung 830 Series 512GB + 3 WD mechanical HD's
Swiftech Apogee Drive II
Swiftech MCP35X2
Alphacool NexXxos UT60's quad, triple and single 120's
Rad fans 11 x NF-F12 PWM
Corsair 1200i PSU
Swiftech Maelstrom
AFT Pro-57U card reader

Oh, OK. I don't have Windows installed yet, so I can't use AI suite. I will be installing Windows 7 Pro 64bit as soon as it gets delivered from New Egg. Right now I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit, for system testing etc. I'll leave it installed even after Windows is installed. I keep Ubuntu on the final partition of the 2nd hdd. Right now it's even booting from the 2nd hdd. But once Windows is installed, it will be booted from a super grub 2 cd. That way Windows boots without asking for an OS, and hides Ubuntu, but it can be started easily with the CD.

I have the Corsair H80 liquid cooling on the cpu. It was easy to install, and works great. The cpu (I7-3770k 3.5ghz) is running at about 84 degrees f. with a normal desktop usage. I posted a pic in the build forum.
Notebook: Asus G73jh with 8 GB ram, 160GB Intel ssd, 500GB 2nd drive.
Desktop: Asus Maximus V Extreme, BIOS 1501, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance, with Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X OC, Corsair H80i water cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU, Cooler Master HAF X tower case on wheels! :cool: built 9/28/12

Zka17
Level 16
billyray, those 84 degrees are Celsius of Fahrenheit?! Because for Celsius is way to high!!! Also, be sure that you're watching the core temps...

It's Farenheit!
Notebook: Asus G73jh with 8 GB ram, 160GB Intel ssd, 500GB 2nd drive.
Desktop: Asus Maximus V Extreme, BIOS 1501, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance, with Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X OC, Corsair H80i water cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU, Cooler Master HAF X tower case on wheels! :cool: built 9/28/12