MSI K7T Turbo Fan Headers-Can they handle the FOP38?

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Will this mother boards headers support the voltage needed for the FOP38 from global win? I know the Abit and Asus boards will, but I don't know about the MSI. There website has no insight on the subject, so I'm looking to see if anyone here is able to do so. If not, does the fan come with the 3pin to molex adapter? I'm trying to recommend to a friend a cooler that is avaible locally that will help him with his hot cpu. Thanks

 

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[TranceBear]

Sketch (Jul 20, 2001 10:37 a.m.):
Will this mother boards headers support the voltage needed for the FOP38 from global win? I know the Abit and Asus boards will, but I don't know about the MSI. There website has no insight on the subject, so I'm looking to see if anyone here is able to do so. If not, does the fan come with the 3pin to molex adapter? I'm trying to recommend to a friend a cooler that is avaible locally that will help him with his hot cpu. Thanks

Yes it will, I have run the two biggest H/S combos on this fan header and had 0 problems. The MC-462-A and the Glaciator.

 

[WillysNut]

TranceBear (Jul 20, 2001 05:06 p.m.):

Sketch (Jul 20, 2001 10:37 a.m.):
Will this mother boards headers support the voltage needed for the FOP38 from global win? I know the Abit and Asus boards will, but I don't know about the MSI. There website has no insight on the subject, so I'm looking to see if anyone here is able to do so. If not, does the fan come with the 3pin to molex adapter? I'm trying to recommend to a friend a cooler that is avaible locally that will help him with his hot cpu. Thanks

Yes it will, I have run the two biggest H/S combos on this fan header and had 0 problems. The MC-462-A and the Glaciator.

I know the Glaciator does not have a delta fan. Did your MC-462a have the Delta. I think that might be more of a concern. The Delta 38 is a power hungry, fast spinning fan. I know I've heard that some people choose to run delta's on regular mobo fan headers without problems. In come cases, less voltage to the delta from the fan header, led to a slower speed. Depending on how high you want to get that AXIA, you might want to opt for a 4 to 3pin adapter and give the delta all the juice it wants. My .02. Good luck!

 

[TranceBear]

Thanks for pointing that out, I have run the 38cfm fan on both my Swifttec and my Vantec on that M/B. Both times it ran at the 7,000rpm stock speed.

 

[App]

Before I went over to watercooling, I used the GW FOP 38. I did not connect it to the motherboard, but straight to a 12 V connector from the PSU and that went OK. I connected it, just to try, to the mobo as well and the fan rpm dropped significantly, meaning it could not get the amps it needed. By the way, I'm using the Enermac 550 PSU. Good luck!

 

[klosters64a]

The power drawn from each of the mainboard's 3-pin fan headers should be limited to 2 Watts. Yes, two Watts. As the Delta 38 draws ~4.3 Watts, it should be connected to the Molex main power "daisy chain."

Just because a fan is supplied with a 3-pin connector, it doesn't follow that it's safe to plug it into a mobo 3-pin fan riser.

Psst, Delta. Pick up the clue phone!

 

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Thanks for the help. I will tell him either go with water cooling (my choice of course) or stop worring about the RPM monitoring and hook her up straight to the PSU. Thanks