ARGB fans setup!

[EvilGenius]

Hey everyone, 

 

I'm switching my one year old setup to a new case with 6 new argb Artic P12 fans. My case will be the Corsair 4000D.

 

My motherboard is a Asus B550-F Gaming. I attached my motherboard layout so you can see what headers I have. 

 

I would like to plug the 3 front fans (intake), 1 fan in the back (exhaust) and the 2 on my CPU cooler radiator (exhaust). How can I plug all those fans and have access to control all of them, rpm and lighting? The front one will always be the same speed and probably the same color, so might be easier. But if there's a way I can individually control all my fans I would be happy. 

 

For sure the CPU fan I want them to go with the CPU temperature but still want to be able to control the lighting. 

 

Will I need a controller, a hub or something else in that setup? 

 

How would you plug everything? I'm open to suggestions. 

 

Would you use the application of the motherboard for the lighting effect(Aura Sync), Corsair Icue, or something else? 

 

Thanks in advance! 

[NorKris]

On 5/3/2023 at 8:07 PM, EvilGenius said:

Hey everyone, 

 

I'm switching my one year old setup to a new case with 6 new argb Artic P12 fans. My case will be the Corsair 4000D.

 

My motherboard is a Asus B550-F Gaming. I attached my motherboard layout so you can see what headers I have. 

 

I would like to plug the 3 front fans (intake), 1 fan in the back (exhaust) and the 2 on my CPU cooler radiator (exhaust). How can I plug all those fans and have access to control all of them, rpm and lighting? The front one will always be the same speed and probably the same color, so might be easier. But if there's a way I can individually control all my fans I would be happy. 

 

For sure the CPU fan I want them to go with the CPU temperature but still want to be able to control the lighting. 

 

Will I need a controller, a hub or something else in that setup? 

 

How would you plug everything? I'm open to suggestions. 

 

Would you use the application of the motherboard for the lighting effect(Aura Sync), Corsair Icue, or something else? 

Hi, 

All ARGB needs an controller(with Aura/armorycrate), here is the one u should use 

ur fans can be controlled by the MB as well. u dont need icue unless u buy corsair ram. 

front intake for radiators is best for thermals 

[EvilGenius]

22 minutes ago, NorKris said:

Hi, 

All ARGB needs an controller(with Aura/armorycrate), here is the one u should use 

ur fans can be controlled by the MB as well. u dont need icue unless u buy corsair ram. 

front intake for radiators is best for thermals 

So I would daisy chain all my fans argb cable to the argb port you showed me. The power for the fan to control the speed I plug them on cha_fan headers around the motherboard I guess? 

 

I have my radiator at the top right now pushing air through the radiator and out of the case and my temps are good. It's more my gpu that I have issue with temps right now. With upgrading my case and fans I hope it will help my gpu's hotspot to go down from 105 degrees celcius. On my actual case if I want to be lower I open my side panel but I only go down to around 95 for the hotspot. My actual gpu temp is in the 70s but the hotspot is pretty high I found. My friend has the same gpu and is gpu temp is high 60s or low 70s and his hotspot is high 70s. 

 

It might be my gpu thermal pads that need to be change. It's still under warranty with Asus so I might ask for a RMA. If I change them my self I will lose the warranty I'm guessing. 

 

So for the fans I don't need a separate controler/hub device? 

[NorKris]

17 minutes ago, EvilGenius said:

So I would daisy chain all my fans argb cable to the argb port you showed me.

Yep

 

17 minutes ago, EvilGenius said:

 The power for the fan to control the speed I plug them on cha_fan headers around the motherboard I guess? 

If some of the P12 fans are on the Rad, some in the front i would prob split them up.

other than that there is nothing WRONG with putting them all on Cha_Fan1

 

18 minutes ago, EvilGenius said:

 

So for the fans I don't need a separate controler/hub device? 

The speed of the fans would be controlled in Armory crate -> fan speed what ever its called now