Will i have enough power, and if so how much will i have left over for other components?

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See i was wanting to get 2 more fans which will make 5 fans total and my motherboard pretty much only supports one case fan, besides the CPU fan and i was buying a fan controller so i can use all five and that way i just need to plug one cord into the Motherboard for my fan controller to use all five fans. My XFX puts out 550W and is 80 plus certified and i was wondering can someone tell me what my PC uses and how much i will have left over for my fans??


CASE: Rosewill Challenger
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Pro4
GPU: MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G 384-Bit
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
OS: Windows 8.1
SSD: SanDisk Ultra Plus 128G
HDD: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
PSU: XFX TS Series 550W
DVD-Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
 
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Nice choice. Honestly, there isn't really a need to go way higher than that unless you're going to be doing some upgrades to the system. Hope we helped, and be sure to mark a best answer.


Hi - You'll be fine. It boils down to +12v amps, your system needs less than 30, your PSU has 45 +12v amps.
Fans require less than 5w each, not really an issue. So, 5 of them will only require 2 - +12v amps.
 

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Omg wait you are telling me all of my components together only use 30W? :D
 


No, I'm telling you 5 fans are apprx 25 wats or 2 - +12v amps (25w/12a)
The CPU, GPU, and the fans draw their current from the +12v rail(s), you have plenty of
+12v amps available.
 

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Hmm ok i see so i would have enough for 2 new case fans, a touch screen fan controller, 1 HDD fan and one SSD fan? Each fan uses 4W i think.

Here is each one, i hope someone can tell me how many watts they are all together

HDD COOLER-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150005&cm_re=HDD_fan-_-35-150-005-_-Product

SSD COOLER-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997035&cm_re=SSD_fan-_-17-997-035-_-Product

FAN CONTROLLER-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005&cm_re=fan_controller-_-11-992-005-_-Product

And two 140mm case fans.
 

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Nice choice. Honestly, there isn't really a need to go way higher than that unless you're going to be doing some upgrades to the system. Hope we helped, and be sure to mark a best answer.
 
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