Power consumption of PC case fans.

[The_Absolute]

I just bought a Coolermaster HAF 932 full tower PC case for my gaming rig. It has about Five or Six, large case fans in it. I also bought a Coolermaster V8 CPU air cooler. It say's on the box of the V8, that the cooler itself can consume a maximum of 180 watts of electricity. I find it utterly impossible that it would require that much power to spin a fan. I have a Corsair TX750, 750-watt PSU. Does this cooler really take up that much power? What about the case fans?

 

[Equate]

Does this cooler really take up that much power?

No. http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2314"

It consumes 3.84 watts, it dissipates up to 180.