How many RGB elements on single port?

[Tegneren]

So I just upgraded to full custom water cooling, but now find myself with more RGB stuff than I have places to connect it. CPU, GPU, pump/reservoir, case and five fans now can all light up in glorious RGB.

So in total nine items in need of a way to connect them. Luckily the fans all have a piggy-back, so I can chain them together, but the rest of the stuff dont.

My motherboard only have only one a-rgb port, and I have a 3-way splitter on it, but that means I have to chose what to connect when I of course should light up the entire city. That's just the right thing to do, you know.

 

So the question is is it OK to just get another splitter, or do I need to get a controller?

If the last, what is a good cheap one?

[SpookyCitrus]

Are all of the RGB compatible with each other? I.E. The same manufacturers and controlled by the same software?

[Alex Atkin UK]

27 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

So the question is is it OK to just get another splitter, or do I need to get a controller?

If the last, what is a good cheap one?

The limit is usually on the number of LEDs due to the maximum current, which is usually around 3A I believe.  So you have to figure that out for yourself.  I'd hope the documentation for the items themselves tell you, the motherboard manual should certainly detail what is supported.

[Tegneren]

45 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Are all of the RGB compatible with each other? I.E. The same manufacturers and controlled by the same software?

Yes the watercooling stuff are all EK quantum series, and fans and case are Fractal Torrent. They use standard a-rgb, and i'm currently using armoury crate to control it.

[Tegneren]

22 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

The limit is usually on the number of LEDs due to the maximum current, which is usually around 3A I believe.  So you have to figure that out for yourself.  I'd hope the documentation for the items themselves tell you, the motherboard manual should certainly detail what is supported.

Ok. I will see what I find

[manikyath]

in theory the limit is in the thousands for the controller used for aRGB, but for power delivery (and speed) reasons PC aRGB implementations are usually limited to 60 LEDs.

 

now.. that's 60 in series, nothing is stopping you from hooking 'N' number of strings in parallel to that header, but for that you really want to pull power and ground from somewhere else than the header, because the header isnt made for that much power.

[PcBeExpensive]

use a argb hub.

[thrasher_565]

4 hours ago, manikyath said:

in theory the limit is in the thousands for the controller used for aRGB, but for power delivery (and speed) reasons PC aRGB implementations are usually limited to 60 LEDs.

 

now.. that's 60 in series, nothing is stopping you from hooking 'N' number of strings in parallel to that header, but for that you really want to pull power and ground from somewhere else than the header, because the header isnt made for that much power.

it depnds. if you want a copy on an led then could be infinity. but normal animations are set for about 100 leds. so you could have an infinity sets of a 100 leds... all depends.

 

thermltakes quad ring i bleave has like 150 leds and 6 fans. and say there an animation that will light each led once then repeat. so the animation need to no there 900 leds so it nos when to start over.

Edited February 21, 2023 by thrasher_565

[NorKris]

so dont tell us the name of the MB or the devices?  hmm

[Tegneren]

1 hour ago, NorKris said:

so dont tell us the name of the MB or the devices?  hmm

Asus Strix B550-f

Fractal Torrent Black RGB (w/5 fans and a RGB stripe on the case)

EK-Quantum Magnitude D-RGB - AM5

EK-Quantum Vector Master RX 6800XT/6900XT D-RGB

EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 PWM D-RGB

[NorKris]

1 hour ago, Tegneren said:

Asus Strix B550-f

Fractal Torrent Black RGB (w/5 fans and a RGB stripe on the case)

EK-Quantum Magnitude D-RGB - AM5

EK-Quantum Vector Master RX 6800XT/6900XT D-RGB

EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 PWM D-RGB

Asus says 500Leds or 3A  (we are going after 3A)

 

Fractal 5 ARGB fans + Strip, around 10 per device so 60 ARGB-Leds

Magnitude has 30 ARGB-Leds

Vector has 7 ARGB-Leds

Kinetic has *could not find* but lets guess 12 ARGB-Leds

 

2,75A or 110 Leds

 

Yes it will work, but dont add much more 

[Tegneren]

5 hours ago, NorKris said:

Asus says 500Leds or 3A  (we are going after 3A)

 

Fractal 5 ARGB fans + Strip, around 10 per device so 60 ARGB-Leds

Magnitude has 30 ARGB-Leds

Vector has 7 ARGB-Leds

Kinetic has *could not find* but lets guess 12 ARGB-Leds

 

2,75A or 110 Leds

 

Yes it will work, but dont add much more 

Thank for looking up the info. The Kinetic has a ring with about 20-30 leds, so that pus a little bit closer i guess.

I guess i will just get another splitter to connect it all then

[NorKris]

10 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

Thank for looking up the info. The Kinetic has a ring with about 20-30 leds, so that pus a little bit closer i guess.

I guess i will just get another splitter to connect it all then

did u count them? i could not find any info xD 

[Tegneren]

16 hours ago, NorKris said:

did u count them? i could not find any info xD 

Yeah, I was at work so I just found a picture of it an counted 

[NorKris]

19 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

Yeah, I was at work so I just found a picture of it an counted 

well at work we got nothing better to do right

this is the best i can do:

 

cuz at 20+ ur in trouble ;o