aRGB Controller Device

[Aaralli]

I have a PC with an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC. I want to add 6 argb fans to my case, replacing the current 3 rgb ones and having 3 on a liquid cooler I'm going to buy. Is it possible to split the single aRGB header into 6 or maybe even more argb cables?

[Aaralli]

I built a gaming PC a few months ago, specs are:

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x

GPU: XFX RX 580 Black Edition

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16gb 3200mhz

Mobo: MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon

PSU: Bitfenix Formula Gold 650 Watts

 

I'm going to buy a Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360r soon, which has 3 argb  fans on it, and three deepcool 120mm fans also with argb. My motherboard only has one argb header. I saw that Cooler Master has a splitter from 1 to 3 headers, but is there one that can split it into 6?

[Kisai]

3 minutes ago, Aaralli said:

I built a gaming PC a few months ago, specs are:

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x

GPU: XFX RX 580 Black Edition

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16gb 3200mhz

Mobo: MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon

PSU: Bitfenix Formula Gold 650 Watts

 

I'm going to buy a Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360r soon, which has 3 argb  fans on it, and three deepcool 120mm fans also with argb. My motherboard only has one argb header. I saw that Cooler Master has a splitter from 1 to 3 headers, but is there one that can split it into 6?

Technically you can, but you shouldn't.

 

Check the motherboard to see the power supplied by the header. If it's only 1A and the fans are greater than 2 watts, then you can not put 6 on one. It's preferable to have a separate controller, and some headers are 12V and some are 5V. This MB has 6 headers by itself, of which they're for different purposes. There's also a specific corsair header.

 

 

So you have

JRGB1 , JRGB2

JRAINBOW1

JCORSAIR1

PUMP_FAN1

SYS_FAN1, SYS_FAN2, SYS_FAN3, SYS_FAN4

and CPU_FAN1

 

 

So according to this, all the fan connectors are 4-pin fan. So these 6 can have fans directly connected to them as DC or PWM.

 

JRGB1 and JRGB2 are 12V. JRAINBOW is 5V

JCORSAIR is 5V, of which this is intended to be connected to a 6-fan hub that's connected to a SATA power connector.

 

So what I'm gonna say is, read the manual. There's lots of warnings about RGB LEDS.

 

 

 

[Aaralli]

2 minutes ago, Kisai said:

Technically you can, but you shouldn't.

 

Check the motherboard to see the power supplied by the header. If it's only 1A and the fans are greater than 2 watts, then you can not put 6 on one. It's preferable to have a separate controller, and some headers are 12V and some are 5V. This MB has 6 headers by itself, of which they're for different purposes. There's also a specific corsair header.

 

 

So you have

JRGB1 , JRGB2

JRAINBOW1

JCORSAIR1

PUMP_FAN1

SYS_FAN1, SYS_FAN2, SYS_FAN3, SYS_FAN4

and CPU_FAN1

 

 

So according to this, all the fan connectors are 4-pin fan. So these 6 can have fans directly connected to them as DC or PWM.

 

JRGB1 and JRGB2 are 12V. JRAINBOW is 5V

JCORSAIR is 5V, of which this is intended to be connected to a 6-fan hub that's connected to a SATA power connector.

 

So what I'm gonna say is, read the manual. There's lots of warnings about RGB LEDS.

 

 

 

So... Using Corsair fans and a Corsair fan controller is probably the only way I could get 6 argb fans to work properly?

[Aaralli]

My motherboard only has a single aRGB header, so I want to buy a device that I can plug 6 or more adressable rgb cables into and control the rgb lights in my case fans. I want it to have as many control options as possible... Maybe even a remote or something if possible. Does something like this exist? If there isn't one with 6 or more aRGB ports, could I buy two of the same one and use them like that?

[Kisai]

5 hours ago, Aaralli said:

So... Using Corsair fans and a Corsair fan controller is probably the only way I could get 6 argb fans to work properly?

That might be the best option, though you might need Corsair RGB fans to actually control the lights and fan speed on them that way. 

 

The alternative is JRainbow which needs to be connected to a different type of Hub, but AFAIK only does ARGB. Not fans. MSI produces(or brands) chassis that support "Mystic Light" which is what is intended to connect to JRainbow. The Chassis includes an ARGB hub.

 

The rabbit hole for RGB lighting is deeper than I thought.

 

This one: 

https://cougargaming.com/products/cooling/vortex_rgb_hpb120CK_fan/

 

Supports up to 8 of their own fans. So I guess the ARGB fans probably have both a 12v and a 5v connection to them and that's the difference vs stand-alone. I don't know if you can mix-and-match anyone elses ARGB fans.

[Aaralli]

21 hours ago, Kisai said:

That might be the best option, though you might need Corsair RGB fans to actually control the lights and fan speed on them that way. 

 

The alternative is JRainbow which needs to be connected to a different type of Hub, but AFAIK only does ARGB. Not fans. MSI produces(or brands) chassis that support "Mystic Light" which is what is intended to connect to JRainbow. The Chassis includes an ARGB hub.

 

The rabbit hole for RGB lighting is deeper than I thought.

 

This one: 

https://cougargaming.com/products/cooling/vortex_rgb_hpb120CK_fan/

 

Supports up to 8 of their own fans. So I guess the ARGB fans probably have both a 12v and a 5v connection to them and that's the difference vs stand-alone. I don't know if you can mix-and-match anyone elses ARGB fans.

Well see, I don't care about connecting the actual fan headers to a hub, since those can go right into my motherboard. I just need aRGB headers to go into a controller or hub or SOMETHING, you know?