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08-07-2006, 04:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
aexin Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 46	How much wattage can Asus A8n Withstand? With an asus a8n sli motherboard, how much wattage can the 3 pin fan headers withstand?

08-07-2006, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
sPlAtOiD Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,630	Well even with a higher watt power supply like say a 600 watt it will still put out the same wattage to each of your devices as a 300 watt power supply It can just handle more devices without burning itself out. __________________ CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2533 MHz (9 x 281) Motherboard Name MSI P35 Diamond / P35D3 Platinum (MS-7356) Motherboard Chipset Intel Bearlake P35 System Memory 3328 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM) BIOS Type AMI (11/02/07) Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) Audio Adapter Creative Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350) Sound Card Total Size 763.8 GB (658.2 GB free) Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (192.168.1.100)

08-07-2006, 09:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
aexin Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 46	Wha? I mean the plugs on the motherboard, if I plug a high wattage fan in, can it burn the headers out?

08-07-2006, 09:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,191	Why would it burn the headers? The headers are feeding the power, not the fan. lol

08-07-2006, 11:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
aexin Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 46	sorry, im a noob at this, this is the first computer I actually opened the case door on

08-08-2006, 01:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,191	Well now you know.

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He means, will the fan suck too much juice from the fan ports.

And no, it won't.

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