Acer Nitro N50-640 Desktop - Can my PSU handle 5 120mm Be Quiet! Light Wing aRGB fans?

I'm basically ready to case swap my Acer Nitro N50-640 desktop gaming PC. I pulled a lot of information for the swap on these forums and throughout the bits I could find on the internet (reddit, youtube.)

I want to add (5) 120mm Be Quiet! Light Wing fans which I know will be powered by SATA and will need a controller to work, my question is will my PSU be able to handle it? Currently everything is pretty much stock except upgrades I did, RAM (32gb) and GPU (RTX 4060), plus added two 92mm fans inside my current case which I used a 4pin splitter running from my CPU fan (these I plan to remove). I also plan to add a Noctua NHU95 CPU cooler as well.

Right now the stock PSU is a proprietary 500W.

Motherboard model is DB.E2V11.001

Light Wing info:

Power Connector Type	4-Pin
Voltage	12 Volts (DC)
Wattage	2.52 watts
Cooling Method	Fan

Thank you in advance for any help!

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sri369

What is the max power pull of your system, esp CPU and GPU. Generally PSU are designed with some capacity in buffer, and considering these 5 fans add up to only 15W you should be good. But this also doesn't mean that you can do on adding more items. If you intend to add a cooler and what not, upgrade the PSU to a stronger version.

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/712855/acer-nitro-n50-640-desktop-can-my-psu-handle-5-120mm-be-quiet-light-wing-argb-fans

Work it out, as the Nitro N50-640 has either a 300W or a 500W Acer fitted PSU, so add up the TDP of the cpu, gpu, ram and drives etc and all the peripherals that you might connect to the desktop. Go to PC Power Supply Calculator and work it out as that will capsulate the PSU that you need. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

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sri369

What is the max power pull of your system, esp CPU and GPU. Generally PSU are designed with some capacity in buffer, and considering these 5 fans add up to only 15W you should be good. But this also doesn't mean that you can do on adding more items. If you intend to add a cooler and what not, upgrade the PSU to a stronger version.

WrathofGoth

Thank you for the comment help. I figured out my current PSU can handle the fans I want to put in (down to 3 ARGB from 5) but now I am just a little confused on how to add them.