AMD Wraith Max - some questions

[nheather]

Hi,

I have just bought some upgrade components including an AMD Wraith Max cooler. I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help with

1. The fan comes with three leads, one is permanently attached which is for the fan. The other two are detachable and plug into sockets on the fan. I assume that these are for the LED lighting, but why are there two. At the board end one has a 4x1 plug and the other has a USB 2.0 header plug. But they also have different sockets at the fan end. Are these both for the LED lighting, if so I assume you only ever fit one of them, if so why would you pick one over the other. And if you aren’t interested in the LED lighting I assume you don’t need to fit either.
2. Thermal paste. Is the pre-installed stuff any good? Or should I use third party stuff? I have some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[nheather]

Many thanks. I’ve been doing some research myself and it seems that to get the full LED functionality, you need both cables.

The RGB is for lighting effects on the fan blades. The USB is for lighting effects on the ring and AMD logo on the fan casing. Apparently if you don’t fit the USB then the case lighting defaults to white and cannot be changed.

I’m not bothered about lighting as I have a solid case so I’ll leave them both off.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[nheather]

Mine only has the rings around the centre - has no RGBs on the fans.

The AMD logo on mine is white and cannot be changed.

Yes, that is what I am saying (according to what I have read, not from experience).

The colour of LEDs on the fan are controlled by the RGB cable.

The colour of the LEDs in the AMD logo and the ring on the case outlining the fan are controlled by the USB cable. If you don’t have the USB cable connected, these will default to white and cannot be changed.

Cheers,

Nigel