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Does the MSI Z390 Gaming Edge support addressable RGB?

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I just recently purchased the MSI Z390-A Pro and when setting everything up I quickly realized it doesn’t have any 5V addressable RGB headers on the board. Looking around on PCPartPicker I came across the Gaming Edge which has RGB on it but I can’t find any specs that indicate it supports addressable RGB. I’m fine with my case fans being adjustable from the case but I also have RGB ram and a RGB CPU cooler coming in. I’d like everything to be synced up. I just ordered an ARGB 12V to 5V convertor but it doesn’t support anything aside from static lights. Which is fine for now but I was looking forward to syncing everything up with MSI Mystic/Razer Chroma. 
 

If not can someone please point me towards a MB in the ~$200 range that would support it? I have an i5-8400 so I’m looking for a Coffee Lake LGA 1151 board. Preferably ATX. 

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1 minute ago, Rambeaux said:

but I also have RGB ram and a RGB CPU cooler coming in.

Rgb ram doesn't require an extra connector 

 

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Yes there are 2 3pin RGB headers, maybe the CORSAIR one wont do the trick but the RAINBOW one will.

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8 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Rgb ram doesn't require an extra connector 

 

My bad. I should’ve specified it’s for my case fans and CPU cooler. I haven’t booted to windows yet because I’m waiting for my CPU cooler to come in. I have my CPU, GPU and drives in my other build right now. I threw a GPU in there because I was checking the BIOs. 
 

My case fans have a 5V connector for the addressable RGBs but I have no place to plug them into the motherboard to sync them with an application on my computer. 
 

don’t judge my cable management yet. It’s my first build and I was gonna tidy it up once I got the drives, CPU and fan in. 

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Yes there are 2 3pin RGB headers, maybe the CORSAIR one wont do the trick but the RAINBOW one will.

Alright thank you. I’m not really in a rush to do that yet so I’ll wait for it to go on sale for Cyber Monday or something. It’s just a luxury and not a deal breaker for me. 

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