Attaching fan to card.

[hyperbob]

I have a 60mm delta fan I want to attach to my GF2Ultra.
It is a thin fan that is quiet. Can the card handle the power if I plug it into it? It is 3pin power. I think it is about 3 watts.

[TechnoFile]

Just to be safe, I'd go ahead and wire it into a molex connector from your power supply.

[Silversinksam]

I definitly agree with TechnoFile, you dont want to run that fan off the Video cards power, the AGP slot is limited with the amount of current it recieves and that delta fan will most likely cause you undo amounts of problems if you try to plug it into the videocards fan header.

I have the same card as you and I replaced the gpu cooler with a new heatsink and I just plugged the new fan into the mobo fan header. Its the Exact same fan that your talking about.

[Amedeo602]

it's recommended that you don't even use the 3 pin connectors on the mobo for the delta, so i wouldn't dream of plugging it into the vid card

[Silversinksam]

Amedeo602,

He's talking about the Delta thin fan, not the Black Label fan that we all know is notorious for destroying mobo fan headers. The Delta thin fan features 11 blades, draws 3 watts and spins at about 5600 rpm and can be plugged into the mobo fan header no problem.

If Im not mistaken he's refering to this fan:

http://www.overclockers.com/articles295/pep66t3.jpg


;)

[hyperbob]

I have a delta 38 on my mobo header and its fine because my ASUS mobo has a max of 4.2 watts and the black label is only 4 watts.

[hyperbob]

Originally posted by Silversinksam
Amedeo602,

He's talking about the Delta thin fan, not the Black Label fan that we all know is notorious for destroying mobo fan headers. The Delta thin fan features 11 blades, draws 3 watts and spins at about 5600 rpm and can be plugged into the mobo fan header no problem.

If Im not mistaken he's refering to this fan:

http://www.overclockers.com/articles295/pep66t3.jpg


;)



Yes thats the one im talking about.