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Do RGB accessories lose power/lighting if you connect a lot?

Ja55ie
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Not sure the best way to word this but I want to know if there would be any loss in power/brightness is you have many items going through an RGB chain?

For example in my build i have the RGB controller (which is a 4pin rgb one) going through 5 case fans, and 2 more case accessories which would be 7 pass throughs in total.

 

Would there be any loss in power having the single RGB connection going through 7 items? 

Thanks, 

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3 minutes ago, Ja55ie said:

Not sure the best way to word this but I want to know if there would be any loss in power/brightness is you have many items going through an RGB chain?

For example in my build i have the RGB controller (which is a 4pin rgb one) going through 5 case fans, and 2 more case accessories which would be 7 pass throughs in total.

 

Would there be any loss in power having the single RGB connection going through 7 items? 

Thanks, 

Nope, they just simple take a little 1 watt per fan maybe less.

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5 minutes ago, Ja55ie said:

Not sure the best way to word this but I want to know if there would be any loss in power/brightness is you have many items going through an RGB chain?

For example in my build i have the RGB controller (which is a 4pin rgb one) going through 5 case fans, and 2 more case accessories which would be 7 pass throughs in total.

 

Would there be any loss in power having the single RGB connection going through 7 items? 

Thanks, 

At some point yes. Imagine the power line feeding the LEDs can only supply say 1 liter of water per minute. Each of the LEDs will consume up to say 100mL a minute. So you can only plug in 10 LEDs if you want full brightness. If you plug in more, then every LED gets less and less water.

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