Corsair SP120 fan power

[Mark Carr]

I have a new PC with a Corsair iCUE 220t case with factory supplied 3 x SP120 case fans and a Lighting Node Core controller. I have bought 3 additional SP120 fans, assuming I simply locate them in the case and connect them to the spare ports on the Lighting Node Core controller. However, I didn't realise I also need to separately power the fans and my motherboard (ASUS Prime B550 Plus) doesn't have any spare connectors (they're all in use by the 3 factory supplied fans). I gather a case fan hub would solve this issue and would draw its power from a spare SATA connection directly from the power supply? Any reccomendations on the most suitable hub for this, or are they all pretty much the same, give or take the number of ports they have?

Many thanks for any assistance you can provide.

 

[Danny75]

Three of these will sort you out unless your case has a bay for a fan hub which won't require any fan header connected to the motherboard:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 3 x EK Water Blocks EK-Cable Y-Splitter 2-Fan PWM (10cm)= £2.99

Total: £11.71 (includes shipping: £2.74)


There are internal SATA fan hubs as well but you still need to connect to one motherboard fan header (or some can run them at full speed without connecting).

There are also cable splitters with SATA but they'd all run at the same speed. Whereas using the above splitters would give you some degree of independent tuning.​