[SOLVED] How many watts per channel should I be looking at in a fan controller?

[Jeffsta]

I have 5 x 120mm red LED fans, but only 2 fan ports on my Motherboard. If I install a fan controller, how many watts per channel should I be looking at? They range from 8 to 60 watts per channel according to pcpartpicker. Or should I just use PWM Fan splitters and connect 3 fans to 1 mobo port and 2 fans to the other port instead?

 

[tennis2]

Most motherboard fan headers are 12V @ 1A = 12W. So there's your watts per channel.

2 way fan splitters are safe since there's almost no fans that draw more than 0.5A each (unless you're using high speed delta fans). 3 way requires some research into the particular fans being used. Please provide that info.

 

[Jeffsta]

2 way fan splitters are safe since there's almost no fans that draw more than 0.5A each (unless you're using high speed delta fans). 3 way requires some research into the particular fans being used. Please provide that info.

The fans are these Corsair AF120 Red LED 120mm. They are only 3 pin, so I'm not sure the PWM splitters will work, since they are 4 pin.

If I use a fan controller, would I be able to use something like this Thermaltake Commander FT Fan Controller? Or do you have a better suggestion?

 

[tennis2]

All 4 pin fan headers are compatible with 3 pin fans.

Corsairs Website says each fan has a power draw of 0.3A. I probably wouldn't hang 3 of them off a single mobo header, but a 2 way splitter would work just fine.