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There are a few projects about working on creating a unified control system for all manufacturers, one of those is Jacknet - https://rgbsync.com/
Not all manufacturers have an SDK available for developers to play with unfortunately, so support is not universal.
Fingers crossed they get it together, there can't be much benefit to them to keeping in proprietary surely.
Well instead of us having to guess and give suggestions that you sound like you don't have the budget for, hopw about telling us what motherboard you are after so we can make sure you do get something that is compatible?
Maybe and I applaud their efforts, but no one seeems to of made ARGB controllable - therefore my point still stands. Excuse the rant, but:
Whats the point of only controlling it with that kind of software when I have 7 items (6 fans and my PSU also has ARGB LEDs) that are on my ARGB header which no one can control except Asus Aura Sync (and even then only one colour, really Asus, REALLY?! The ARGB controller I receieved with my first ARGB fan is capable of doing a rainbow effect or show a couple of LEDs on a fan so why can't we controll that better with Aura, or is this why they want us to go to Amroury Crate?)
Sorry for the rant: it is not aimed at you (it's aimed at all the ARGB board manfacturers but especially Asus ie don't be so locked down)
FYI that software still looks like it needs motherboard software installed if it wants to control everything though so again what is the point of that? Lucky for me I can control my RGB on my motherboard (headers and LEDs on IO panel) and my GPU though iCue. It is just disappointing that Asus didn't open up the ARGB for them when they have clearly worked with Corsair to allow iCue to controll the other RGB stuff (and even then you need Aura - no mention of Armoury Crate! Though Armoury Crate uses newer versions of the stuff in c:\programdata\package cache which if you don't clear out before reinstalling Aura will cause you merry hell as Aura will just say it is installed but won't work)
Ha, not worries, I can hear your frustration!
I don't have a strict budget, just annoys me to have to spend £90 on 3 fans, but if that's what it takes it's not too much of an issue. For motherboard I as looking at the MSI Tomahawk X570, but I don't really have any preferences.
The biggest problem for aRGB fans and some other kit is the proprietary connectors used by the likes of Corsair, Phanteks, etc.
Aquacomputer do fan controllers, RGB hubs and the like which can interface with Corsair, NZXT and a couple of others.
Their RGB suite is one of the best out there, and it's part of their system monitoring software that is also excellent.
They have their own RGBpx kit with proprietary connectors, but they also do adapters (male and female) that interface with standard 3-pin aRGB connectors, so you can use any other such kit freely.
The only thing they can't control is motherboard stuff though, which is down to whichever motherboard and RAM you choose.
Happily, though, Aquacomputer stuff runs off a USB header, so you don't even need a mobo with RGB headers.
I read something about the aquacomputer stuff, but then got confused when I went on their website - seemed to imply that it only worked with their own fans or something. I probably read it wrong.
So I could get something like that and run the fans, but it wouldnt do the RAM or motherboards?