I've recently installed three Corsair RGB fans in my PC, which has an AMD 7600X processor and a 6950 XT graphics card. Ever since adding these fans, my computer crashes whenever I try to do anything demanding. It was running smoothly before, so I'm wondering if these new fans are drawing too much power, causing the crashes. Do you think that's possible, or could it be something else?
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It sounds like the fans might be sharing a power source that can't handle the load. Are all three fans connected to the same motherboard pin or header? If they're drawing too much power from a single source, that could definitely cause crashes when you put your system under stress.
Actually, all three fans are linked to my AIO cooler and using the CPU fan header. I've even unplugged the other fans that aren't part of the AIO setup, but it still crashed.