Fan wattage ratings

[Ibanez81]

Im wondering if anyone knows the Wattage ratings of the Noctua NF F12 & Bitfenix Spectre Pro fans.

The Noctua fan says its less than a 2W standard fan or something??

Reason i ask is im after a Fan Controller but want to know how much watt i need per channel.

 

[SieB]

According to Noctua the NF F12 run at 0.6w

http://www.noctua.at...42&lng=en&set=1

And acording to this

http://www.bitfenix....color-variance/

The Spectre Pros are 0.11amp so 12 * 0.11 = 1.32w

 

[Ibanez81]

Ah thanks, so 12w Per channel will do me fine then

 

[SieB]

Yep, should have no probs, those Nocua's are a surprisingly low wattage for how good they are.

 

[tristan]

watts=volts x amps. incase you need it again.

 

[ExplosiveToaster]

I'm going to sound pretty stupid but, if you were to buy some fans, eg BitFenix Spectre Pros and put them on a fan controller, let's say It's 30w a channel. If cranked to max would they have the same performance as those exact same fans plugged into the psu directly?

 

[Perturabo]

The fan controller even when set to max has some inherent resistance that will slow them, although its not going to be enough to be noticeable.

 

[S_I_N]

I'm going to sound pretty stupid but, if you were to buy some fans, eg BitFenix Spectre Pros and put them on a fan controller, let's say It's 30w a channel. If cranked to max would they have the same performance as those exact same fans plugged into the psu directly?

yes they will run a tad slower but not enough to worry about. But I can tell the difference between controller at full and direct to psu.