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Hey Guys, I’ve recently read about the benefits of Bias Lighting and how it can help in reducing eye strains. I am really intrigued by this and wish to set it up for my 24 inch PC monitor and 2 60 inch TV we have at home. Although LED light strips are very new to me so I just have some questions regarding this, sincerely appreciate your help with this! 1. Since I’m buying it for 3 different components, will I be fine with just buying a super long LED strip and cutting it into 3 pieces? Or do I have to buy 3 separately? 2. Because the voltages here in Australia is different than what’s in the US, will I have any issue buying these ones from Amazon and plug it into Australian TV/monitor/USB/power sockets? https://www.amazon.com/Backlight-Lighting-Waterproof-Compatible-Upgraded/dp/B07JK9FDRP/ref=zg_bs_17534489011_33?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F40KAH155D3YQFS6PQVT https://www.amazon.com/Led-Strip-Lights-PANGTON-VILLA/dp/B072QWJRBS/ref=zg_bs_15704861_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KX6Q1M4HXRYA0G8F89FR 3. The two popular ones I found both mention they are very safe being 5V, is 5V generally better than the 12V ones which are more common? (I.E. less chance of breaking, setting on fire etc.) 4. Since I have multiple devices that need the LED light strips, is it better to buy ones that’s Bluetooth connected or remote controlled? 5. Are there any specific Bias Lighting modules you would recommend for long sessions in front of the computer, and also for watching TVs? Or are the ones I linked decent enough for the job? Sorry if my questions sound silly haha, bias lighting generally sounds awesome and I’m really eager to learn more about this. Thanks for all your help with this! Best Regards, Johnson

Ahh thank you guys so much for this!

Ahh thanks again for the reply, in this case I’ll just buy another 4-pin PWM splitter for the new case fans (ML140) and use the original Noctua Y splitter with the CPU fans. (The store set up my PC initially but don’t know why it wasn’t used in the first place) Are there any good brands or models of PWM splitters to buy? Also while browsing some threads, I see people comparing PWM splitters with hubs and also fan controllers. What are these other things and would it be advantageous to get those as well?

Hey LoGiCalDrm, Thank you so much for your replies, this really helped clearing up my questions, sincerely appreciate the help! Although something important I noticed just now, my motherboard only have 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin). However both of my CPU cooler fans are 4-pin and are connected to these two connectors. My question is, what’s the difference and is there any disadvantage that one of the 4-pin PWM fan is connected to a 3-pin Connector on the Motherboard?

Hey guys I bought 2x Corsair ML140 case fans hoping to cool down my system further, both of these fans are using 4 pin PWM connectors and is connected to my motherboard via a Y cable from Noctua: https://noctua.at/en/na-syc1 However there’s a warning message on there saying the following: Common mainboard fan headers support up to 9.6 or 12W (check your mainboard manual for detailed information). Please thus make sure that the combined power draw of the fans connected to one fan header using NA-YC1 adaptors does not exceed this value! Although when reading through the manual of my motherboard (ASRock Z97 Extreme6), there isn’t any mention of how many Watts the fan header supports. http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Manual/Z97%20Extreme6.pdf What I’m wondering is, will my motherboard have sufficient capacity to handle all the fans I’m using? I currently have 2x Noctua NF-A15 140mm fans cooling my CPU and connected to the two Mobo CPU Fan Connectors. Along with 2x Corsair ML140 cooling the system which are connected to the one Mobo Chassis Fan Connectors via a Y-cable. (I also have 2x Fractal Design fans connected to my case’s fan controller directly but don’t think this will have an effect.) Anyway appreciate any help that can be given on this matter! P.S. The ML140 fans I installed are REALLY loud, more than 3 times the amount of noise of my original fans. Is this an indication something might be wrong as these are supposed to be quiet fans? Sorry about this, I am really new about all these.

Ahh that’s really interesting, thank you so much for explaining this to me in detail. So my original concern is no longer an issue since no matter how low the FPS drops (even single digits), FreeSync will still be active to provide smoothing. By the way I’m really curious to know, what does a “doubled” frame look like in comparison with frames that’s “quadrupled”? Will the doubled frame look somewhat smoother than the one that’s displayed four times? Cheers and thanks again Glenwing!

Hey guys, thank you all SO MUCH for your responses, sincerely appreciate this! Anyway I’m hoping to purchase a 1080p monitor, whether Displayport or HDMI would be fine although which would be better for displaying lower framerates? And looks like I won’t be underclocking to 20Hz haha. Although for this instance, would it be better for me to buy a monitor which have 30Hz minimum or buy a cheaper one and then under clock it down to 30Hz? The 30Hz ones all have 144 or 120Hz as their upper limit and are quite expensive. But I’m not sure if I buy a cheaper option with 75Hz max, that I can tweak my lower limit to 30Hz or not. Appreciate if you guys can recommend me a good monitor that’s suitable for my situation. Thank you so much again for your responses!

Hey guys, I’m hoping to purchase a new FreeSync monitor and just have some questions on the Low Framerate Compensation (LFC) feature. I kinda have a special gaming situation here, I play Total War, Mount & Blade and Men of War extensively. I always run mods which triples the amount of troops on screen because I enjoy larger scale battles. Because of this I’m frequently bottlenecked by the CPU (already 4.7GHz OC) and runs below 30 framerate. It doesn’t really bother me though because I enjoy sitting back and watching the huge battles unfold. Hell, I even cap some of my games to 30 FPS to prevent wild framerate fluctuations. This is also the reason why I’m really interested in this LFC feature, since my games run at 20-30 FPS most of the time. Although I just have some questions regarding this feature: 1) First of all if I understand correctly, LFC works to double the frames when the FPS falls below the monitor’s FreeSync range. https://www.amd.com/Documents/freesync-lfc.pdf So what happens when the FPS dips to a level that’s even lower than half the minimum refresh rate? (Say I only have 19 FPS in game, but have a 50-144Hz Monitor.) What does LFC do in this instance and does it still help smooth the frames somewhat? 2) Secondly I understand it’s possible to change the FreeSync range of a monitor using CRU. However will it be viable to underclock a monitor down to 20Hz so that I can still get FreeSync even in this low FPS range of mine? Or will underclocking the FreeSync range so low be damaging to my monitor? 3) And the most important question, what are some good monitors on the market that can allow me to underclock to 20Hz? Can’t seem to find much info on this, but I’d very much like to purchase a monitor and underclock it according to my gaming needs. Anyway what are some of the monitors which would be most suitable for my situation? AOC G2460PF seem like a very popular option with a 35Hz minimum, but I’m not sure how well it can underclock and whether I can get it to 20Hz or not. Thank you so much for reading this, I know it may be an unusual question, but I would very much appreciate any help and info that you can give. Cheers and happy holidays!

Hey guys, I've got some further questions on the type of fans I'm hoping to purchase. However I think it really deserve its own thread as I'm hoping to ask some questions regarding the specifics of fan model so let's continue the discussion here: Cheers guys!

Hey guys, I’m hoping to buy a new fan to cool down my GPU which gets extremely hot while gaming, however I’m unsure whether to purchase an Air Flow or Static Pressure fan. I’m using a Fractal Design Define R5 case, with the two stock 140mm fans (GP14 @1000RPM) currently as intake and exhaust. I’m going to add a single fan that’s more powerful than the current ones, however there are two things I’m uncertain of. Firstly would it be cooler for my GPU if the more powerful fan is blowing directly towards the card? Or would it be cooler to have the two GP14 fans blowing from the front, and the more powerful fan as an exhaust, sucking out hot air in the back? And this leads on to my second question, which would be the more suitable fan for me to purchase? Would it be a high air flow one or a static pressure one? Also I’m not sure how much it affects this, but my PC case have two fan filters in the front and bottom. I’ve uploaded a pic of my system here: http://imgur.com/a/edHgp So given my current situation, which type of fans would be most suitable for my setup? Also any recommendation on the specific fan model I can purchase? It’s the first time I’ve added a fan to my PC, don’t have much of a clue and only know it’s supposed to be 140mm haha. Thank you so much for reading this, sincerely appreciate any help and suggestions. Cheers and wish you a happy new year!

Ahh thank you so much for your help guys, appreciate it! I'm using an Fractal Design Define R5, with dust filter in the front and bottom. Just a question though, if I put the new intake fan in the bottom, does it suck in more dust than usual even with the filter?

Hey guys, I’m thinking of adding more fans to my system, to cool my GPU and more importantly in controlling the amount of dust getting in to my pc case. Thus I’m hoping to set up a positive air pressure with more intake airflow than exhaust. However I am confused with the following, because I’m using the massive Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler to cool my processor, it has two 140mm fans attached on top of the heatsink like this: http://noctua.at/en/nh-d15.html So I have a total of 4 fans (140mm) in my system, 1 intake in the front, 1 exhaust in the back, and 2 fans in between attached to my heatsink. What I’m wondering is, because I’m hoping to create the positive air pressure, does the 2 fans attached to my heatsink count as intake or exhaust? I can’t find any definite info on this, I remember reading an article stating the CPU fans also affects the air pressure. So I’m hoping to ask you guys, do I need an extra intake or exhaust fan in my situation, to create this positive air pressure I’m hoping to achieve? Thank you so much for reading and I appreciate your responses!