Argb Fans in a RGB Build
I just recently finished a build, and I bought some fans to populate my case. I have a MSI Tomahawk Max B450 (rare board I know :) ) Any way while building it I saw the two Jrbg headers and I thought, "I gotta light this up!" Well fool that I am I bought six ARGB MF120 Halo fans from Cooler Master only to find out that if I use those headers I will probably see one light (I have not plugged them in but I understand that 12v and 5v do not play well. So here I am six dark, but good fans, and my question is. After looking around a bit, I cant seem to find any solid advice on ARGB controllers that do not need motherboard support.
Any suggestions?
For reference here are the ones I found...
Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks in advance.
Posted Mar 4, 2020, 12:46 AM UTC
Get Cooler Master ARGB controller that plugs into a USB header in your motherboard. Not sure if they sell separately but I have some kits that I can perhaps part out and sell you the controllers.
Honestly that is the first thing I was looking to do, but they sure make finding their controllers hard to do! Let me know if that is something you are willing to do, I would appreciate it.
Side note I have four system PWM headers, so just to head that off at the pass I am good on fan ports lol, just going to split two of them
EDIT: I actually was able to source a couple of the Cooler Master controllers. I appreciate the offer!
How did this work out for you?
It worked out really well! I ended up needing two controllers.
Nice! Which ones did you end up using? I'm looking into this one.
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/rgb-accessories/argb-led-controller/