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HELP!! How do I install RGB fans to my Z390-a pro motherboard?

 

I'm completely new to building pcs and I don't know what kind of RGB fans I should buy for my motherboard/how to install them. Please help T-T

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15 minutes ago, peachu said:

 

I'm completely new to building pcs and I don't know what kind of RGB fans I should buy for my motherboard/how to install them. Please help T-T

 

 

The motherboard has a single 4-pin 12V RGB header, rated for up to 3A.

Most RGB fans are under 0.5A, so you could daisy-chain multiple RGB fans to the one RGB header.

Check the specs of the fans you ant to buy, and just make sure the current does not exceed the 3A, and you'll be fine.

 

4-pin RGB is also know as 5050 RGB.

Unlike the 3-pin 5V ARGB, you cannot control the colors of the individual LEDs -- ARGB = Addressable RGB.

You get the color to say... Blue, and everything connected to that header is Blue.

 

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Example, CoolerMaster SF120R RGB fans.

4-pin RGB, RGB Current rating of 0.2A.

So, using the 3A RGB header, you can technically hook up to 15 of these fans to the one RGB header on the motherboard.

https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/masterfan-sf120r-rgb/#specifications

 

 

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7 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

The motherboard has a single 4-pin 12V RGB header, rated for up to 3A.

Most RGB fans are under 0.5A, so you could daisy-chain multiple RGB fans to the one RGB header.

Check the specs of the fans you ant to buy, and just make sure the current does not exceed the 3A, and you'll be fine.

 

4-pin RGB is also know as 5050 RGB.

Unlike the 3-pin 5V ARGB, you cannot control the colors of the individual LEDs -- ARGB = Addressable RGB.

You get the color to say... Blue, and everything connected to that header is Blue.

 

image.png.613c85ecab7ae3e09a81739bc8747d06.png

 

Example, CoolerMaster SF120R RGB fans.

4-pin RGB, RGB Current rating of 0.2A.

So, using the 3A RGB header, you can technically hook up to 15 of these fans to the one RGB header on the motherboard.

https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/masterfan-sf120r-rgb/#specifications

 

 

ahh tsym i was so confused about the difference between 5v and 12v

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