Fan Speed + RGB Question

Psywar · October 15, 2019

Hello everyone,

This is sort of a new build, but not really.
I have moved all my old hardware over to a new computer case: The Fractal Design Meshify S2

The motherboard is an asus m5a97 r2.0 and I am running an AMD FX 8350. The hardware is about 9 years old now.
The only reason I mention this is because I also have RGB questions and as you can tell from the motherboard it does not have RGB support.

The Meshify S2 has a fan hub that came with it - I ended up buying 2x 3pk of the 140MM Fractal Design Prisma AL14 RGB fans and I got their Adjust R1 RGB Controller.

I have all 6 fans hooked into the fan hub.

What I would like to do if possible is find a PCI slot fan controller and hook the hub into that so I can control the fan speed/noise from the rear of the PC.
Is this possible?

The second thing I do not like the Adjust R1 RGB Controller because it has to sit inside of the case and I cannot access it. At night time I would like to have the ability to shut the RGB off.
Is there another RGB controller I could use that would allow me to control this via software or possibly wireless?

Here is a sexy photo of my "new" rig.

GrockleTD · October 15, 2019

mmm... gluten free crust... anyways, i am not overly familiar with those fans, but i do believe there is some way to control them that is slightly less obnoxious. i would check a specific build video by jayz2cents, (should be the most recent one) since he mentions controlling the RGB, just can't personally check atm or remember what it was

Meganter · October 15, 2019

9 minutes ago, Psywar said:

The Fractal Design Meshify S2

That case and the Empire wallpaper, a man of good taste

Anyway, since you use the fan hub from the case via the motherboard you should be able to tweek the fan speed/noise via the bios.

For the ARGB I have no idea maybe some fan ARGB hub that can be connected to the USB header of the motherboard (kinda like the corsair lightning node pro).

Edit : shut down your PSU during night time so the led can go off.

Vector0102 · October 15, 2019

@Psywar I found this on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QZ4ZLGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07QZ4ZLGW&linkCode=as2&tag=joshjaks-20&linkId=a92f7bed7322adc7e66ef1df23de371e

There is also a video on this in YouTube, this might fulfill your needs.

Video: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwjS2Je9oZ7lAhUA6nMBHUb1BJAQwqsBMAB6BAgHEAQ&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Edited October 15, 2019 by Vector0102
Added video link

Psywar · October 15, 2019

20 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

mmm... gluten free crust... anyways, i am not overly familiar with those fans, but i do believe there is some way to control them that is slightly less obnoxious. i would check a specific build video by jayz2cents, (should be the most recent one) since he mentions controlling the RGB, just can't personally check atm or remember what it was

Haha! The best kind of pizza crust is the tasteless gluten crust!
I will check out jayz youtube feed later today at lunch and see if I can find out how he is controlling his RGBs.

17 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

That case and the Empire wallpaper, a man of good taste

Anyway, since you use the fan hub from the case via the motherboard you should be able to tweek the fan speed/noise via the bios.

For the ARGB I have no idea maybe some fan ARGB hub that can be connected to the USB header of the motherboard (kinda like the corsair lightning node pro).

Edit : shut down your PSU during night time so the led can go off.

I do pride myself on my wonderful taste!
That case is super sexy though it is very hard to deny. The only thing I do regret is there is no front panel for a single fan controller bus, but I still am really happy with the decision to upgrade.

I was not sure if the Thermaltake or Corsair stuff would work, but I might look into that a little deeper and see if anyone is using this combination.

12 minutes ago, Vector0102 said:

@Psywar I found this on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QZ4ZLGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07QZ4ZLGW&linkCode=as2&tag=joshjaks-20&linkId=a92f7bed7322adc7e66ef1df23de371e

There is also a video on this in YouTube, this might fulfill your needs.

Thank you for the suggestion!
I will find the youtube video for this on my lunch break.
This might actually work well. I think I might even be able to rig up something to show the display in my window of the case.

Psywar · October 15, 2019

3 hours ago, Vector0102 said:

@Psywar I found this on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QZ4ZLGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07QZ4ZLGW&linkCode=as2&tag=joshjaks-20&linkId=a92f7bed7322adc7e66ef1df23de371e

There is also a video on this in YouTube, this might fulfill your needs.

Video: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwjS2Je9oZ7lAhUA6nMBHUb1BJAQwqsBMAB6BAgHEAQ&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Dude!
I really like this. It is kind of pricey, but it is dope as all hell.
It takes up 3 PCI slots which is fine and the best part is it removes that gap and puts something cool there.
I think I might pull the trigger on this.