MSI motherboard Fan headers safe voltage loads

I`m wondering what the safest Voltage/Amp/Wattage load is on these headers.
I have a lot of case/Cpu fans all with different current information, but not sure what is safe to use or not on the headers.
The coolermaster neons are marked as DC12v - 0.16 amp, my thermaltake`s are marked as DC12v - 0.18amp and just found one made by Y.S Tech marked as DC12v - 1.92 watts.  And as for the CPU fans any thing from DC12 - 0.12 to 0.38.
I assume that the lower the amperage the better !
It may be a idea for MSI to include in the manuals a safe range of volt/amps loads for these headers.
And I wish more fan manufactures would supply a 12v molex to header adaptor (most do), but leave the sensor wire free, so you could if you wanted to put that to the header on the mobo.
MSI 6712 (KT4V-L)
XP 1700+ (Stock)
Coolermaster HCC-002 (Modded with 60mm to 80mm fan duct, fitted with 80mm Coolermaster Neon (Blue) fan.
Corsair 512mb 333Mhz XMS2700 LL Memory
WD 120 8mb Harddrive
Lite-on CDRW 52-24-52
Hercules G3-Ti500
Soundblaster 5.1
Enermax 550W
3 Case fans (Coolermaster Neon`s)
2 Purple neon tubes (Streetglow)

Hi,
If I'm not mistaken the max load on the headers is 0.3A...

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