mors_orcus

awesome thank you so much for your help as I confused the crap out of myself with this lol you guys are lifesavers.

omg I just realized I may be extremely stupid lol. so the plan is now to plug the aio and its two fans into pwm cpu fan slots on the mobo. then I will plug the 6 other fans into the commander for their pwm cables and sput the rgb cables into two hubs which will plug into the commnander leds. my only question now is both the aio and the commander what to plug into a usb port on the mobo. however I just realized the pro has usb slots on it. so im assuming I would plug the usb from the aio pump into the commander pro and plug the commander pro into a usb slot on the mobo? is that accurate?

Ok sorry. if someone could just lay out everything id need that would be great but here is my questions: basically from what I see both the h115i and the corsair commander will want to be plugged into the mobo via usb which is how you get the software? how do I rectify this. from more digging it seem I can just plug the pwm cables of the two rad fan into the mobo and use bios to set a fan curve for them and the aio pump. this means id still have 8 rgb cabes and 6pwm cables. As I understand it I can just use two corsair rgb fan hubs for the rgb cables and plug both of them into the commander pro led spots and the 6 pwm fan cables into the 6 spots on the commander pro. this seems to account for everything and I understand it except for how both the h115i and the commander pro have a usb cable that plugs into them and a usb spot on the mobo. So how do I fix that or do plug them both into the mobo?

sorry guys after reading your replies I thought I had it but I just realized I didn't understand something ffrom the beginning ok so the corsair h115i platinum has a usb port and plug in for the mobo. The commander pro has the same thing. do these both need to be plugged in? Do I need the commander pro if I have the h115i? holy cra… idk if im just overthinking this or what but I just realized I have literally no idea how to do this. honestly everything else now seems easy but im completely lost with the fans and aio

Thanks for replying. In order to control the fans speeds an such through icue I would need the commander wouldn't I? Im also now confusing myself as both the aio has a usb plug in and the commander pro... good lord im starting to drown here lol

Hello. Ok so I am getting the corsair h115 and 6 more corsair ll 120 mm fans I am also new so sorry if I am making a mistake, but this is how I currently understand it. since there are 8 total fans. Id need two commander pros to control all of them (for all the pwm slots). unless I am mistaking where I should plug the fans for the radiator in. I would also need two corsair rgb fan hubs. Would it be possible to have one commander pro and extra pwm splitter and two corsair rgb fan hubs? essentially use the two led slots for the rgb fan hubs. then plug 5 fans into the controller and 3 into the splitter and the splitter into the last fan hub on the commander? again I am probably making a mistake but just trying to figure it all out. it seems it would prolly be cheaper to just get two splitters and plug them into two pwm slots on the mobo. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/mors_orcus/saved/rLHqpg build info. thanks for any help in sorting all of this out

Gracias

gracias. ya I figured this is prolly the best way to set it up. my biggest concern is the negative pressure. What I was thinking was getting better front fans that move more air (forgot the mention the front fans have a dust filter so helps keep out dust but doesn't let them pull as much air which is where the negative pressure is coming from (I think). I think with better fans in the front that push more aire should fix the negative pressure so that the airflow moves really nice from front to back. only other option id though of was reversing the top exhaust to an intake. Should give positive pressure but don't know if its a good idea to blow colder air down in that area (cpu liquid cooled so not doing anything there. However as I look at my pic if cool air also comes in from the top most will go out the exhaust behind it but it may help the gpu hot air go out the back …. maybe lol

sorry for adding a reply before anyone else said something. sorry if there is rules again "bumping" not my intention just wanted to add a pic. the three red arrow are the heat from the gpu (im kinda new so assuming those fans on the gpu blow the heat generated by it away from it and not trying to blow case air into the gpu. the blue arrow on the back outside is for the room air coming in due to negative pressure (toilet paper confirms air is going in that way lol. thanks guys

Hello looking for better air flow and positive pressure. 2 120 intakes in front pushing through the cpu cooler radiator. one 120 exhaust on top and 120 rear exhaust )where everyone’s exhaust is lol temp are ok but looking to make this ideal. Currently has negative air pressure when the fans get going. 20801i gpu so it pumps out some heat. 9900k seems to be cooled fine by liquid with rad where it is. any suggestion for best possible air flow and making it positive pressure. can likely add a pic when I get home