Fan help needed

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For those interested in what is going to be monitored.

3 fans- 2 S-Flex "F's" on separate channels (1 for each fan controller), and 1 Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZV9 (actually a bit embarrassed to admit I own this but I like the way it looked, works good enough on a 6600LE). Specs are completely unknown for the Zalman. I will also be checking a DDC 3.2 RPM's.

Temps- CPU, GPU are certain, I'd like to maybe also do a case temp and possibly a water temp as well.

Edit: I managed to kludge a fuse for my DMM and did several tests on the Zalman. Max reading I got was .46A which would make 5.52W.

Orbitals require dallas digital temps.

Unless your using the 3 prong digital temps the Oribital is a no go.

I have 3 WL, so i know. :T

Well, Orbitals for me were way over priced so I ruled them out.

i thought the priciple with DC motors is that they only spun as fast as as the current they got.

So if you didnt have enough current in the controller, it would only cause it to spin slower no?

AFAIK, your right....but my fan controllers were only designed to handle 2.5W. The fans automatically spin up to full on startup then drop down to temp controlled, if I were to put fans that pull more than 2.5W, the controller would fry when it would try to under volt that fan because it would be absorbing more power than it was designed to dissipate as heat.