Corsair Link Help (Multiple Devices)

[Arcanum Luminarium]

I am planning on purchasing an AIO cooler. I am thinking the Corsair h100i AIO v2. I also have a Corsair power supply with corsair link. My Motherboard has 2 USB Headers. One of them my powersupply is plugged into. If I get the corsair AIO it wants me to use the other header to control the LED which I do want control over so I can match my system. Only problem is I also plan to purchase the NZXT Hue Plus lighting kit. However that as well requires use of a USB Header for Control of the RGB strips. How can I make this all happen without compromising my build. I noticed the powersupply has a mini or micro plug on it, but not sure what that is used for. Can i connect the AIO to that somehow for control. Any ideas to make this build work while not having cords running every where would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Arcanum

 

THE BUILD THUS FAR:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME EATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card
Case: Inwin 707 BLACK ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)

[Nexxus]

for the love of god dont use corsair link, its GARBAGE. 

 

plug the h100 in, turn the LED off unplug it and use hue plus and remove the cancer that is Corsair link.

[astrosheen]

one option is this I have one and it works great for these devices https://www.nzxt.com/products/iu01-USB-Expansion

just keep it away from flash drives and things that require most of usb 2.0's bandwidth 

 

[Arcanum Luminarium]

2 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

for the love of god dont use corsair link, its GARBAGE. 

 

plug the h100 in, turn the LED off unplug it and use hue plus and remove the cancer that is Corsair link.

Why do you feel corsair link is such garbage? Please be specific.

[Arcanum Luminarium]

2 minutes ago, astrosheen said:

one option is this I have one and it works great for these devices https://www.nzxt.com/products/iu01-USB-Expansion

 

Great idea! Thanks for that one. Going to keep that idea on the backburner!

 

[astrosheen]

Just now, Arcanum Luminarium said:

Great idea! Thanks for that one. Going to keep that idea on the backburner!

 

not many people know about it :-)

[Nexxus]

3 minutes ago, Arcanum Luminarium said:

Why do you feel corsair link is such garbage? Please be specific.

its UI is one of the worst things to navigate in my life, my h100i doesn't listen to ANYTHING you tell it in terms of specific colours, I was ripping my hair out trying to make the h100i white and it would simply go back to this gross yellow once it got into windows, but it wasnt just link either I remember trying to get other colours out of it and it just gave me whatever colour it damn well pleased. updating firmware is hit or miss, the whole thing is a fugly disorganized mess

 

furthermore h100is are notorious for having LEDS die out on them so you are better off just banking on not using the lighting on it then anything to be blunt with you 

 

but dont take my word for it go look upo corsair link complaints and complaints about h100 LEDs dying there is no shortage of them. 

[astrosheen]

1 minute ago, Nexxus said:

its UI is one of the worst things to navigate in my life, my h100i doesn't listen to ANYTHING you tell it in terms of specific colours, I was ripping my hair out trying to make the h100i white and it would simply go back to this gross yellow once it got into windows, but it wasnt just link either I remember trying to get other colours out of it and it just gave me whatever colour it damn well pleased. updating firmware is hit or miss, the whole thing is a fugly disorganized mess

 

furthermore h100is are notorious for having LEDS die out on them so you are better off just banking on not using the lighting on it then anything to be blunt with you 

 

but dont take my word for it go look upo corsair link complaints and complaints about h100 LEDs dying there is no shortage of them. 

I haven't had any issues with the leds after updating to corsair 4.0. 

[Nexxus]

Just now, astrosheen said:

I haven't had any issues with the leds after updating to corsair 4.0. 

You could literally tell me it would grant me free blowjobs and it wouldn't sway me. The whole thing is cancer and from what I have seen of the latest iterations they are nothing more then a new coat of paint over same garbage. 

[Bl00dgod]

5 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

its UI is one of the worst things to navigate in my life, my h100i doesn't listen to ANYTHING you tell it in terms of specific colours, I was ripping my hair out trying to make the h100i white and it would simply go back to this gross yellow once it got into windows, updating firmware is hit or miss, the whole thing is a fugly disorganized mess

 

furthermore h100is are notorious for having LEDS die out on them so you are better off just banking on not using the lighting on it then anything to be blunt with you 

 

but dont take my word for it go look upo corsair link complaints and complaints about h100 LEDs dying there is no shortage of them. 

not only that crappy GUI

if you already set everything up for custom fan controlls etc its suffers on demenzia

every few days or sometimes many times a day it forgets or resets everything, or you have <placenumberhere> wrong "copies" of your devices that show wrong values

not to mention the crappy loud AF standard fans, corsair could do better for that price