How do I setup all these fans >_<

Gaibuh · March 8, 2021

Heyo! I'm pretty new to computers so please be gentle on me.

My current setup is:

CASE: Asus tuf GT301

MOBO: Asus tuf gaming b460m-plus (wifi)

COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition

3 rgb case fans to a hub with an external sata power and a cable leading to chasfan1 header and another leading to the add_gen 2 header.

What I want to do:

I want to purchase 4 Cooler Master MASTERFAN SF120R RGB and my goal is to move the 3 rgb case fans that came with the case to be rear exhaust and top exhaust omitting the current non-rgb case fan that's currently only rear exaust.

Then I want to use 3 of the new rgb fans as front intake and use the 4th as the pull on my cooler and to use the current cooler pull as a push on the other side of the tower and connect it to CPU_OPT.

My question:

How do I do all this. the fans have a link plug on them so i can link the 3 argb for the front to one header on my mobo and the cpu rgb one to another header for split control. Do those fans get power through the same cable or is there a seperate power cable i'd have to connect to my chassfan1 header and have rear and top exhaust to the chasfan2 header. That leaves me with another question would a hub with external power that only using the signal from those headers be ideal or can i just get extenders and link all the fans together to the chassis fan headers.

Fasauceome · March 8, 2021

15 minutes ago, Gaibuh said:

use the 4th as the pull on my cooler and to use the current cooler pull as a push on the other side of the tower and connect it to CPU_OPT.

why not use the 4th as push so that it's visible? I think you should take the stock fan of the 212 and put it on the rear side of the cooler as pull and have the RGB fan on the front as push. Unless you have your CPU cooler directing air upwards instead of towards the back of the case, then the RGB fan as pull on top of the cooler makes sense. But then perhaps you could attach the 212 cooler as the rear case exhaust and have 2 RGB fans on the cooler.

19 minutes ago, Gaibuh said:

My question:

How do I do all this. the fans have a link plug on them so i can link the 3 argb for the front to one header on my mobo and the cpu rgb one to another header for split control. Do those fans get power through the same cable or is there a seperate power cable i'd have to connect to my chassfan1 header and have rear and top exhaust to the chasfan2 header. That leaves me with another question would a hub with external power that only using the signal from those headers be ideal or can i just get extenders and link all the fans together to the chassis fan headers.

The fans don't get power from the RGB cable, they run off a standard 4 pin PWM header. So the best way to connect is to daisy chain all the RGB where convenient and use splitters where necessary for the fan power.

A hub will use the signal from the header unless it's the kind of hub that has its own controller and can have the speed set automatically (but those aren't as good in my opinion) so any hub that connects via a 4 pin header will be able to be controlled by the motherboard.

Gaibuh · March 8, 2021

32 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

why not use the 4th as push so that it's visible?

This is what I meant, got my terminology mixed up.

33 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The fans don't get power from the RGB cable, they run off a standard 4 pin PWM header. So the best way to connect is to daisy chain all the RGB where convenient and use splitters where necessary for the fan power.

A hub will use the signal from the header unless it's the kind of hub that has its own controller and can have the speed set automatically (but those aren't as good in my opinion) so any hub that connects via a 4 pin header will be able to be controlled by the motherboard.

sounds good, thanks for all the help