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Nelson2112

Nelson2112

Nelson2112

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Evening everyone.

I am currently building a new PC, and have a question about my argb hubs.

I purchased a MSI Gungnir 300r case which has 4 120mm fans connected to a hub, which has two cables that I would presume connects to an rgb header + fan header.

Also my cooler { Corsair H100i Cappelix XT } has 2 120mm fans which connect to a hub !

My question is, if I power both hubs and then connect the msi fan hubs cables to the corsair hub, will this work, or cause issues ?


Thanks in advance for any input.
 
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The Corsair hub probably needs the awful icue software to work. I removed this garbage from my pc after it was causing problems and now control everything ARGB through Windows doing away with multiple different ARGB software. Do the Corsair fans need to be connected to a Corsair hub or can they be connected to any hub? I would try them on a normal hub to see if they can be controlled from there, anything to Avoid icue being installed.
 
Morning pastymuncher
Thanks for the reply

Here is what the manual says for the icue stuff

Connect pump 24-pin cable to your Commander CORE
Connect pump tach cable to the CPU_FAN header on your motherboard
Connect each fan to the Commander CORE
Connect each fan RGB lead to the Commander CORE

Using the attached USB cable, connect the Commander CORE to a motherboard
USB 2.0 header
Connect pump power cable to an available SATA power plug from your power supply

Would it be safe to connect the corsair fans to the msi hub ?

Thanks
 
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Most, if not all, pc fans are 12v powered these days and modern ARGB is 5v powered (3 pin ARGB header on the motherboard) so as long as they stick to that and they have standard plugs and not their own design to force people to use their own eco system they should be fine. I would be trying everything to avoid having to install icue.

***Edit*** I just looked at a couple of reviews of your AIO and that's exactly what Corsair has done, they used their own design of ARGB connectors so that you have to use their ecosystem so you have no choice but to use their hub and install icue. It's a pretty scummy thing to do but then again it's Corsair. Personally if the AIO hasn't been installed I would send it back for a refund and buy a much cheaper one. You can buy a Thermalright Frozen Prism 240mm ARGB for £50 or the 360mm version for £53, Thermalright Aqua Elite V3 240mm for £54 or the 360mm version for £52 (for some reason cheaper than the 240mm). If you wanted a even fancier ARGB cooler the Thermalright Frozen Notte 240mm ARGB is only £54 with the 360mm version at £71 but it is designed for more performance so the fans are louder at full speed.
 
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If you are on Windows 11 you can control the colours/pattern through that as well. I have done it this way after OpenRGB took several rescans to pick up my Corsair keyboard. You can find it unders Settings>Personalisation>Dynamic Lighting. You may need to enable it in the motherboard bios first (I did).
 
Signal rgb is best rgb software by a mile
In my opinion anyway lol
Especially if using multiple different manufacturers stuff
In the build

Last time I tried windows dynamic lighting
It picked up none of my stuff
Will need to have another look see if it's improved
Though to be fair I am not the average user
There's 7 manufacturers leds in my build
No sticking to one companies eco system for me lol

Signal rgb (free version) picks all of them up
 
Just looked at it again
Only thing it now recognises is my old
Logitech g502 mouse
Changes its speed and pattern/preset
Though refused to change its colour

It's possible though as Pastymuncher mentioned
Might need bios setting support for motherboard lights
And possibly stuff connected to motherboard headers
Though signal rgb doesn't require it
So not sure why windows dynamic lighting would

Not sure my x570 has that option anyway
 
Got a bios update today
Actually now do have bios setting for windows dynamic lighting

It's better but still doesn't pick up
My ram and my lian li fans

There's a few simple effects
Like breathing, wave and about 4 others
It's progress I guess
But looking at what it can do
And comparing it to signal rgb
It's like windows employed a 5 year old
And signal rgb employed a master craftsman
Will depend how much effort windows deploys to it

But for me personally
I would rate dynamic lighting 5 out of 100
With signal rgb at least 90 (free version)
The free version has dozens of presets
And not just simple ones either which is the point of addressable leds
You can create complicated effects
That's before you even dig into signal rgb options
Where you can reposition the devices in the layout
And individually "paint" every solitary led
Should you want to go to that level of granular control
 
My ARGB fans are connected to a fan hub which is connected to a ARGB header on my motherboard, are yours connected the same way? It even picks up my Asrock 7900GRE. It's weird how it works 100% for me yet doesn't for you and no doubt many others. I don't care about effects as anything but a solid colour is too distracting. Same with my Corsair keyboard. If I have it on a shifting pattern I keep making mistakes when typing so that is also set to a solid colour.
 
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My ARGB fans are connected to a fan hub which is connected to a ARGB header on my motherboard, are yours connected the same way? It even picks up my Asrock 7900GRE. It's weird how it works 100% for me yet doesn't for you and no doubt many others. I don't care about effects as anything but a solid colour is too distracting. Same with my Corsair keyboard. If I have it on a shifting pattern I keep making mistakes when typing so that is also set to a solid colour.
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My fans are original lian li al120
Connect to a controller box/hub
After that part totally forget if connect to usb
Or motherboard headers
Ben a long time since put them in
But either way
Signal rgb recognises lian li controllers
Then you just have to tell it al120
From the drop down list
And how many on each channel of the controller

Dynamic lighting does now pick up my gpu block
As that's definitely connected to motherboard header
If it picked up my ram would have scored it a bit higher

I also have keyboard in one solid colour
As my typing style is weird enough
Without adding mistakes from flashing keyboard lights lol
But signal rgb allows different effects on each device
So I can have static colour on which I choose
 
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