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Hello. I hope this is the right section for this. im having a problem figuring out how to hook up the lighting in my case. Here is what I currently have: 6 EK vardar RGB fans and 2 silver stone LED strips with the one LSB01 control box, and an aorus gaming 7 MB. i didn’t realize the control box used custom connections and not the standard RGB connections like those found on the RGB fans. I can’t plug the fans directly into the control box. all are 12v and match what my MB headers provide power wise. Problem is, now since I have to change my configuration plan all I can come up with to do is connect the fans to a splitter and have them go to the headers and not the control box. I’ve read splitters are a bad idea though. Knowing the motherboard i have and the type of fans, is it okay to plug three fans via a splitter into one header without overloading it? Each fan has 9 LEDs. If I add an LED strip, that’s another 18 LEDs. any ideas?

First post. Hello! I usually just search for every thing and get an answer, but didn’t find an exact match and I want to make doubly sure I’m not messing something up. after I delidded my 8700k I applied some conductonaut between the die and IHS and put it into motherboard. All was well in that regard. However, motherboard had issues and I had to RMA. As I remove the CPU, the IHS (which I chose not to glue a corner at the time) moved slightly, perhaps an 1/8 of an inch. I put it back into place. Should I take the IHS off and replace the old conductonaut with some new or will it not hurt anything? Mind you the CPU had mere minutes of operating time so when I say “old” it’s really not old, per se. I have more thermal grizzly and the safest bet would be to just replace it, this logic is not lost on me. However I’m curious to simply know if this is even an issue to begin with. thanks for taking the time to read this post.