Fan controller concerns

Nocturnal

Lifer
Jan 8, 2002
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I recently built a new rig. I put 4x Deltas that spin at 4000RPM and my heat sink/fan onto a Sunbeam rheobus fan controller. Each channel on the controller is rated for up to 30w.

Am I at risk if I change the fan speed throughout the day? Will I burn my power supply out by doing this? I'm not even sure if it has any negative affect seeing that the PSU has to give out a lot of power to the fans as I change them each one by one.

My system is as follows:

Seasonic M12D 850W
ASUS Rampage Formula X48
Intel QX9650 CPU @ 3.0GHz
1x300GB Velociraptor
1x1TB 7200.11 Seagate
eVGA Geforce GTX280 not overclocked
8GB Mushkin Red memory

Should I be concerned that I may be hurting the PSU if I change the fan speeds throughout the day?

Update: Another question, is it safe to turn the fan off completely? I'm trying to test something as I can hear some weird rattling as though a fan is spinning down on its own. I'm trying to rule this out. Will it be safe if I leave like 3 of the fans completely off while I test the others?
 
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thescreensavers

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Aug 3, 2005
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No you will not burn your psu by changing fan speeds lol. Wattage constantly changes from idle to load.. So every so often changing your fan settings wont do anything.
 

Nocturnal

Lifer
Jan 8, 2002
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Thanks! I appreciate it. I'm far into this game but yet I still have a lot to learn.