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Hi guys sorry to bore you with such a simple problem but I've just thrown together a low end 'gaming' PC for my son with leftover bits that got replaced on my last upgrade. It's only an AMD FX-8350 running 16GB of 1866MHz DDR3 and a Radeon R7 260X but it's sporting a 500GB SSD, an 800w SilverStone titanium PSU and a 240mm AIO CPU cooler so there's room for improvement there, he's going to save his pocket money and get a Radeon RX 570/580/590 and maybe for birthday or Christmas he'll get a motherboard, CPU and RAM upgrade. It's his first ever desktop PC so it's enough to get him started anyway (so we can game together).
I ordered (from Overclockers):
* Kolink Inspire Series K1 RGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window
* Akasa Venom R20 RGB All In One Water Cooler - 240mm
We're on our 2nd faulty Akasa unit now. First one arrived leaking with a punctured and twisted radiator (presumably damaged in transit) and the second one arrived seemingly in tact and without any leaks however when you turn the unit upside down and back again you can feel/hear the water glugging inside like the system is half empty, I hooked it up anyway to see if it would work, you can feel/hear the pump working but it makes some very strange noises and it's not cooling effectively as the CPU temp gradually reaches the default 90 degree shutdown temperature simply sitting in BIOS! I have an RMA for this and will be returning it in the post later today. Will have to wait until later in the week (hopefully!) for the replacement. Has anyone else had any issues with these Akasa units? I've got a Corsair 360mm AIO in my own setup and it's run flawlessly since day one :-/
ANYWAY that wasn't the main question. My main question is that because it's an ancient motherboard obviously there's no RGB header. Presumably I need some sort of RGB controller to make the lights on it work? The 3-pin plug from the pump is plugged into the CPU fan header but there's a 4-pin RGB plug. The case comes with its own RGB fans at the front and its own controller. The controller has ten 6-pin sockets marked FAN1 to FAN10 and two 4-pin sockets marked LED1 and LED2. Seems logical to me that the 4-pin RGB plug from the AIO should go in LED1 or LED2 on the controller however it doesn't fit (the plug from the AIO is too big for the sockets on the controller / the pins are spaced further apart).
I have Asked Overclockers on a webnote TWICE to help me with this but clearly my question is so elementary/retarded it's not worth them bothering to respond.
Do I need to buy a separate controller? I've looked at various different RGB fan/LED controllers but there never seems to be any sort of plug/socket standard or dimensions quoted. Clearly there's at least two different types as the plug from the AIO doesn't fit the controller that came with the case.
Someone please help!
I ordered (from Overclockers):
* Kolink Inspire Series K1 RGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window
* Akasa Venom R20 RGB All In One Water Cooler - 240mm
We're on our 2nd faulty Akasa unit now. First one arrived leaking with a punctured and twisted radiator (presumably damaged in transit) and the second one arrived seemingly in tact and without any leaks however when you turn the unit upside down and back again you can feel/hear the water glugging inside like the system is half empty, I hooked it up anyway to see if it would work, you can feel/hear the pump working but it makes some very strange noises and it's not cooling effectively as the CPU temp gradually reaches the default 90 degree shutdown temperature simply sitting in BIOS! I have an RMA for this and will be returning it in the post later today. Will have to wait until later in the week (hopefully!) for the replacement. Has anyone else had any issues with these Akasa units? I've got a Corsair 360mm AIO in my own setup and it's run flawlessly since day one :-/
ANYWAY that wasn't the main question. My main question is that because it's an ancient motherboard obviously there's no RGB header. Presumably I need some sort of RGB controller to make the lights on it work? The 3-pin plug from the pump is plugged into the CPU fan header but there's a 4-pin RGB plug. The case comes with its own RGB fans at the front and its own controller. The controller has ten 6-pin sockets marked FAN1 to FAN10 and two 4-pin sockets marked LED1 and LED2. Seems logical to me that the 4-pin RGB plug from the AIO should go in LED1 or LED2 on the controller however it doesn't fit (the plug from the AIO is too big for the sockets on the controller / the pins are spaced further apart).
I have Asked Overclockers on a webnote TWICE to help me with this but clearly my question is so elementary/retarded it's not worth them bothering to respond.
Do I need to buy a separate controller? I've looked at various different RGB fan/LED controllers but there never seems to be any sort of plug/socket standard or dimensions quoted. Clearly there's at least two different types as the plug from the AIO doesn't fit the controller that came with the case.
Someone please help!
