Should i be afraid?

[Constantin]

20 hours ago, charbel1011 said:

im not arguing but a fan can still damage your whole system if it decided to just saying

An air fan will never stop like an on/off switch, just saying

[charbel1011]

I have the asus z170a and i just figured that both of my usb 2.0 headers are already been using by my leds and the other usb 2.0 connector so what are my options here? And i have something on my board called cpu_fan and cpu fan 1 PUMP so which one i need to connect

[Oshino Shinobu]

NZXT has a USB 2.0 internal header hub. You'd need something like that. 

 

For the H100i, you can plug it into either fan or pump headers, it doesn't make a difference.

[W-L]

3 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

I have the asus z170a and i just figured that both of my usb 2.0 headers are already been using by my leds and the other usb 2.0 connector so what are my options here? And i have something on my board called cpu_fan and cpu fan 1 PUMP so which one i need to connect

I would connect it to the CPU header since it would provide a warning if it were to fail, as for the USB connections you can get hubs like these:

https://www.nzxt.com/products/internal-usb-hub

[charbel1011]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

I would connect it to the CPU header since it would provide a warning if it were to fail, as for the USB connections you can get hubs like these:

https://www.nzxt.com/products/internal-usb-hub

Alright one more question i have this psu orsair RMx Series, RM650x, 650W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified and im running asus rog 1070 and nzxt + leds and many usbs and im getting this pump the h100iv2 should i upgrade my psu or is it enough?

[Guest]

 

Just now, charbel1011 said:

Alright one more question i have this psu orsair RMx Series, RM650x, 650W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified and im running asus rog 1070 and nzxt + leds and many usbs and im getting this pump the h100iv2 should i upgrade my psu or is it enough?

That's more than fine. You can hook up the cooler w/o the USB for now. I just controls the lights and fan speed. You can hook it up after you get the hub.

[pyrojoe34]

You have two options:

 

1. use a regular USB cable and plug it into an external USB port (route it through a vent in the case).

 

2. If either of the headers you have used are only using half the header (there are two connections per header which mirror each other) you can just combine both cables into a single header like so (I have also done this in my PC):

use a small flathead or hobby knife to unclip the cables from one header and plug them into the correct, empty slots on the other cable end.

 

This guy basically does what I'm talking about, it's easy, works well, and doesn't cost a dime:

 

[charbel1011]

6 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

 

That's more than fine. You can hook up the cooler w/o the USB for now. I just controls the lights and fan speed. You can hook it up after you get the hub.

One more question, how do you connect the fans? I heard theres one 3 pins and one two pins im confused

[Guest]

1 minute ago, charbel1011 said:

One more question, how do you connect the fans? I heard theres one 3 pins and one two pins im confused

Fan splitter powered by sata.

[pyrojoe34]

28 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

One more question, how do you connect the fans? I heard theres one 3 pins and one two pins im confused

Read my comment above, you probably don't even need a hub. The fans should be plugged into the two cables coming off the AIO so it can control them based on the liquid temperature. With liquid cooling, fan speeds should be based off of water temperature, NOT CPU temperature since they are not directly proportional to each other. Ramping up fan speeds when the CPU heats up but the water is still cool doesn't help cooling and makes unnecessary noise, and after an extended load the CPU temp will drop immediately but the water will still be very hot so you should keep the fans running until the water temp equalizes again. This is why you want the AIO to control the fans, so that it controls the speed based on water temp and not CPU temp (which you can't do through the motherboard).

 

Also, the h100i V2 should have 2, 4-pin fan headers. Just plug the fans into the AIO fan cables. Either use the provided fans or if you are using other fans, just make sure they are less than 0.3A each (the cooler allows for a max of 1.0A but is recommended to stay below 0.8A, the pump itself uses about 0.2A (2.5W) so you have a max of 0.6A to play with when choosing fans). Most fans use between 0.05 and 0.2A but make sure you know what they draw before you try them. If you go over the max amps of the AIO then you could break it and/or your system. The equation is volts*amps=watts, most fans (and the AIO itself) runs at 12V so if you can't find the amps listed, look for the max wattage used, then do watts/12 to get the amps.

[W-L]

16 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

Alright one more question i have this psu orsair RMx Series, RM650x, 650W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified and im running asus rog 1070 and nzxt + leds and many usbs and im getting this pump the h100iv2 should i upgrade my psu or is it enough?

As said there would be nothing to worry about both enough wattage and good quality. 

[charbel1011]

22 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Read my comment above, you probably don't even need a hub. The fans should be plugged into the two cables coming off the AIO so it can control them based on the liquid temperature. With liquid cooling, fan speeds should be based off of water temperature, NOT CPU temperature since they are not directly proportional to each other. Ramping up fan speeds when the CPU heats up but the water is still cool doesn't help cooling and makes unnecessary noise, and after an extended load the CPU temp will drop immediately but the water will still be very hot so you should keep the fans running until the water temp equalizes again. This is why you want the AIO to control the fans, so that it controls the speed based on water temp and not CPU temp (which you can't do through the motherboard).

 

Also, the h100i V2 should have 2, 4-pin fan headers. Just plug the fans into the AIO fan cables. Either use the provided fans or if you are using other fans, just make sure they are less than 0.3A each (the cooler allows for a max of 1.0A but is recommended to stay below 0.8A, the pump itself uses about 0.2A (2.5W) so you have a max of 0.6A to play with when choosing fans). Most fans use between 0.05 and 0.2A but make sure you know what they draw before you try them. If you go over the max amps of the AIO then you could break it and/or your system.

Do i need to connect the AIO fans to the fan header in the motherboard?

[pyrojoe34]

9 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

Do i need to connect the AIO fans to the fan header in the motherboard?

No, connect them to the fan headers on the AIO so the AIO can control the fan speeds based on the water temperature.

 

FYI, the default fan curve Corsair uses for their AIOs is not great so once you get the AIO plugged into a USB header/port and install Corsair Link (read my signature before using Link BTW), you can customize the fan curve within Link so it runs quieter. This is the fan curve I use on mine:

The default makes the fans go at 100% when the water temp reaches 40C which is unnecessary and loud. I set the curve to stay at 25% until it hits 36C, then hit 40% at 40C, then ramp up to 85% by 50C. Just keep in mind that you always want to keep the water temp below 50C so adjust your own curve as needed to keep the max temp of the water below 50C. (This curve is the one for my H80i V2 on my GPU, but I use the same curve with my H110i GTX for my CPU).

[charbel1011]

15 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

No, connect them to the fan headers on the AIO so the AIO can control the fan speeds based on the water temperature.

 

FYI, the default fan curve Corsair uses for their AIOs is not great so once you get the AIO plugged into a USB header/port and install Corsair Link (read my signature before using Link BTW), you can customize the fan curve within Link so it runs quieter. This is the fan curve I use on mine:

The default makes the fans go at 100% when the water temp reaches 40C which is unnecessary and loud. I set the curve to stay at 25% until it hits 36C, then hit 40% at 40C, then ramp up to 85% by 50C. Just keep in mind that you always want to keep the water temp below 50C so adjust your own curve as needed to keep the max temp of the water below 50C. (This curve is the one for my H80i V2 on my GPU, but I use the same curve with my H110i GTX for my CPU).

Thank you for this info bud! i appreciate it a lot one more question if you don't mind it says i need the sata connector to power up the pump do the sata connector comes with it? and how do you connect the sata connector if so

[pyrojoe34]

1 minute ago, charbel1011 said:

Thank you for this info bud! i appreciate it a lot one more question if you don't mind it says i need the sata connector to power up the pump do the sata connector comes with it? and how do you connect the sata connector if so

It has the connector on the AIO side, you just need to have a free SATA power connector coming off your PSU to plug it into. Your PSU should have plenty of extra SATA connector on it so you're good to go.

[charbel1011]

1 minute ago, pyrojoe34 said:

It has the connector on the AIO side, you just need to have a free SATA power connector coming off your PSU to plug it into. Your PSU should have plenty of extra SATA connector on it so you're good to go.

Just a normal sata connector the one u usually connect Hard drives on it?

[charbel1011]

7 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

It has the connector on the AIO side, you just need to have a free SATA power connector coming off your PSU to plug it into. Your PSU should have plenty of extra SATA connector on it so you're good to go.

or which one?

[pyrojoe34]

8 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

Just a normal sata connector the one u usually connect Hard drives on it?

Yes. The AIO would have it... although, I don't believe the H100i V2 actually has a SATA connector any more (the older versions did). It just has one 3-pin 12v fan cable that you plug into the CPU-fan header on your motherboard for power, one USB cable that you plug into a USB2.0 header on the mobo (or you can use a regular USB cable into an external USB port), and one cable that splits into two 4-pin fan headers where you plug the two AIO fans into.

 

Here, you see the one 3-pin that you plug into the motherboard, the one cable with two 4-pins that you plug into the fans, and the USB port to connect a USB cable:

[charbel1011]

2 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Yes. The AIO would have it... although, I don't believe the H100i V2 actually has a SATA connector any more (the older versions did). It just has one 3-pin 12v fan cable that you plug into the CPU-fan header on your motherboard for power, one USB cable that you plug into a USB2.0 header on the mobo (or you can use a regular USB cable into an external USB port), and one cable that splits into two 4-pin fan headers where you plug the two AIO fans into.

So the 3 pin connector for the power comes from the AIO and not the waterblock right it's a seperate cable from the fans ones right?

[pyrojoe34]

4 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

So the 3 pin connector for the power comes from the AIO and not the waterblock right it's a seperate cable from the fans ones right?

Look at the picture I linked above. There are two cables attached to the AIO block: the 3-pin is what gives the entire AIO (including the pump and fans) power and it's plugged into the CPU-fan header on your motherboard. The other cable coming out of the block splits into two 4-pin fan headers and that's where you plug the fans into. The last cable (optional but recommended) is not attached but plugs into the USB port on the side of the block and this is what allows you to control the AIO LED, pump and fan speeds as well as monitor the temperatures.

[charbel1011]

6 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Look at the picture I linked above. There are two cables attached to the AIO block: the 3-pin is what gives the entire AIO (including the pump and fans) power and it's plugged into your motherboard CPU-fan header. The other cable coming out of the block splits into two 4-pin fan headers and that's where you plug the fans into. The last cable (optional but recommended) is not attached but plugs into the USB port on the side of the block and this is what allows you to control the AIO LED, pump and fan speeds as well as monitor the temperatures.

So i did read now your post above and im sorry so basically you're saying it's better to connect the pump to cpu header better than the pump header? right

[pyrojoe34]

1 minute ago, charbel1011 said:

So i did read now your post above and im sorry so basically you're saying it's better to connect the pump to cpu header better than the pump header? right

Yea that's what I recommend otherwise you'll get CPU fan errors on boot up if nothing is plugged into the CPU fan header. 

[TahoeDust]

10 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Look at the picture I linked above. There are two cables attached to the AIO block: the 3-pin is what gives the entire AIO (including the pump and fans) power and it's plugged into the CPU-fan header on your motherboard. The other cable coming out of the block splits into two 4-pin fan headers and that's where you plug the fans into. The last cable (optional but recommended) is not attached but plugs into the USB port on the side of the block and this is what allows you to control the AIO LED, pump and fan speeds as well as monitor the temperatures.

I am pretty sure the newer version has a sata power connector.  I know my H115i does.

[charbel1011]

2 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

I am pretty sure the newer version has a sata power connector.  I know my H115i does.

No just checked and it doesn't

[charbel1011]

Is it possible to get a defective cpu that won't transfer the heat to the cooler? or it's impossible?