>Case fans pull what 4 watts? 5 watts?

That's really high. Like usually they are 100-150mA (so sub 2W) Lots of controllers would be 1A max.

The tolerances are for noise mostly. I'd consider the noise (and longevity) the single most important part of fans (else most fans can spin close to 3k rpm and cool)

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lostlogin an hour ago | parent [-]

Very high. A Mac mini averages about 6w all up. Though with that fan it would sure run cool.

	▲	kllrnohj 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		A mac mini uses a lot more than 6w under load. 2024 M4 base mac mini has a rated max of 65W[1] and the M4 more than doubles that number to 140w 1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103253