Gigabyte MOBO LED question

[CaptainPanda]

Kinda new at building, so this might be a simple question: I'm looking at the Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming 3 motherboard for a new build, and I had a question regarding wiring RGB LED lighting.

 

The case has 3 RGB intake fans that are Fusion compatible, 1 non-LED exhaust fan, and I would like to run at least 2 RGB strips in the case as well. It seems simple enough to connect the LED strips into the RGB header for Fusion control there, but I'm confused when I come to the case fans; from what I'm seeing on the specs, the MOBO has 2 case fan headers and 1 labeled 'Water Cooling Fan Header.'

 

My questions, then, are thus:

 

1. Can I connect the intake fans to a PWM splitter and plug that into a case fan header?

2. If I do, will the LED fans still be Fusion-controllable?

3. What is the difference between the case fan headers and the 'Water Cooling Fan' header?

 

Your help is most appreciated.

[Matty2048]

6 minutes ago, CaptainPanda said:

2. If I do, will the LED fans still be Fusion-controllable?

 

i think if it is a fancy 4 pin one they are idk tho

[W-L]

On 12/29/2017 at 12:46 PM, CaptainPanda said:

-SNIP-

You would need to wire the RGB fans to the board's RGB header for control just note your header has a max rated amperage so you must not exceed that when installing RGB LED's and fans. 

 

As for the fan connections you can use splitters a good rule of thumb is ~3-4 fans per header depending on the fan, as for the watercooling header it's usually just a full power header or one with higher amperage capabilities. 

[CaptainPanda]

21 hours ago, W-L said:

You would need to wire the RGB fans to the board's RGB header for control just note your header has a max rated amperage so you must not exceed that when installing RGB LED's and fans.

The MasterFan Pro 120's have only a single 4-pin connector; do they need to be connected to both the fan headers and the RGB header to work properly?

[W-L]

1 hour ago, CaptainPanda said:

The MasterFan Pro 120's have only a single 4-pin connector; do they need to be connected to both the fan headers and the RGB header to work properly?

Yes the fan connector and RGB connector must both be connected they are two completely independent systems. 

[CaptainPanda]

1 hour ago, W-L said:

Yes the fan connector and RGB connector must both be connected they are two completely independent systems. 

How would I do that with the single connection point on the fans?

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, CaptainPanda said:

How would I do that with the single connection point on the fans?

You will need RGB splitters for all your components, just note as said before you want to make sure you don't exceed the max amperage of the RGB header so you will need to take into account how much each device draws.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cooling-rgb-accessories/1-to-3-rgb-splitter-cable/

http://www.performance-pcs.com/rgb-splitter-cable-1-to-4-female-strip-connector-black.html

 

 

[CaptainPanda]

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I'm still not understanding. The fans only have one wire coming off of them. But I have to connect the fans to both the fan header *and* the RGB header? If there's only one wire coming off the fan, how can I connect it to both headers? I can understand connecting the three fans to a splitter and then connecting the other end to a MOBO header, but do I need to split the wire coming off the fan first, and then connect each end of the splitter to another splitter to plug them back into both the RGB header and the fan header?

 

EDIT: Apologies, I hadn't seen a clear enough image of the fans in question; the MasterFan 120 Pro RGB fans *do* have a dual connector coming off of them for header and RGB.