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you really have to use the motherboard RGB header for led. as far as i know the wires for RGB and fan control on a fan is two separate wires. so if you think you dont have enough fan header/RGB header, purchase a fan/led splitter 

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I'm planning on getting a custom loop to cool my 9900k and I was wondering how I am supposed to control/power the RGB. I'm looking at 3 EK-Vardar EVO 120ER RGB fans, 1 EK Maximus XI Hero RGB monoblock, and 1 EK RGB pump/res combo. I've never used any RGB components before. The page for the Vardar fans says they use standard 4-pin 12V RGB connectivity. Does this mean I have to plug one cable from the fan to a 4-pin PWM header like you would for normal fans and another cable to one of the RGB headers on my motherboard? If this is the case, I don't think my motherboard has enough RGB headers on it to support all the RGB components I'm getting. Asus's website says the Maximus XI Hero has 2 Aura RGB Strip Headers and 2 Aura Adressable Strip Headers. Will I need to get something like an RGB controller and if so what would you guys recommend?

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you really have to use the motherboard RGB header for led. as far as i know the wires for RGB and fan control on a fan is two separate wires. so if you think you dont have enough fan header/RGB header, purchase a fan/led splitter 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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3 hours ago, Martin2132 said:

you really have to use the motherboard RGB header for led. as far as i know the wires for RGB and fan control on a fan is two separate wires. so if you think you dont have enough fan header/RGB header, purchase a fan/led splitter 

Thank you for this answer. I wasn't aware you could use splitters for RGB headers. :)

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