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Hi all

Before I kick off, if the post is in the wrong place, please help me, I'll be sure to move it.

Im getting around 15-20 Cooler master sickleflow RGB fans for a build, and want to be able to control the lot.

All I can find, other than the cooler master RGB hub, is their 1 to 5 connector

Link: Cooler Master Addressable RGB 1-to-5 Splitter Cable

Can this be used on the following hub

Link: Cooler Master MFP-ACBN-NNUNN-R1 Addressable RGB LED Controller - Wootware

I can't seem to find any solid info on this. If you know of any forums that have tonnes of info on RGB setups, feel free to send a link and I'll be sure to go read.
 
Hi all

Before I kick off, if the post is in the wrong place, please help me, I'll be sure to move it.

Im getting around 15-20 Cooler master sickleflow RGB fans for a build, and want to be able to control the lot.

All I can find, other than the cooler master RGB hub, is their 1 to 5 connector

Link: Cooler Master Addressable RGB 1-to-5 Splitter Cable

Can this be used on the following hub

Link: Cooler Master MFP-ACBN-NNUNN-R1 Addressable RGB LED Controller - Wootware

I can't seem to find any solid info on this. If you know of any forums that have tonnes of info on RGB setups, feel free to send a link and I'll be sure to go read.
Theres no reason it shouldn't work with a splitter, however you won't be able to control the fans individually.
So each of the 5 fans will act as a single fan in the rgb control panel if I am not mistaken.

You can also get a hub like this which has 10 ports, but even on here it will all be controlled as a single fan device.
So LED 1 for example will be the same on all the connected devices.


@Fox22743 / @PC Rescue will be able to assist in a bit more detail.
 
Theres no reason it shouldn't work with a splitter, however you won't be able to control the fans individually.
So each of the 5 fans will act as a single fan in the rgb control panel if I am not mistaken.

You can also get a hub like this which has 10 ports, but even on here it will all be controlled as a single fan device.
So LED 1 for example will be the same on all the connected devices.


@Fox22743 / @PC Rescue will be able to assist in a bit more detail.
I agree

I had 9 fans in my case with 3 x 3-way splitters to that controller. I basically had 3 RGB zones that consist of 3 fans each.
 
Hi all

Before I kick off, if the post is in the wrong place, please help me, I'll be sure to move it.

Im getting around 15-20 Cooler master sickleflow RGB fans for a build, and want to be able to control the lot.

All I can find, other than the cooler master RGB hub, is their 1 to 5 connector

Link: Cooler Master Addressable RGB 1-to-5 Splitter Cable

Can this be used on the following hub

Link: Cooler Master MFP-ACBN-NNUNN-R1 Addressable RGB LED Controller - Wootware

I can't seem to find any solid info on this. If you know of any forums that have tonnes of info on RGB setups, feel free to send a link and I'll be sure to go read.
Are the fans you're getting RGB or ARGB?
 
Hi

I had 7 fans running off this FAN EXPANSION HUB - MOLEX TO 10 X 4PIN PWM for power... was safe at least.

I then addressed them via a single onboard ARGB 5v header.
This is the nice thing of the Aorus Commander RGB/Fan Hub.
8 ports and each addressable individually.
So can run 8x4pin pwm fans, 8x3pin argb, and 8x4pin rgb off it.
RGB and ARGB on the same 'header' is also individually controllable.

Only down side is it works through the dog-shit RGB software RGB Fusion...
 
Wow, what quick feedback! Thanks all xD

@Thanatos_ZA I see, it makes sense as well, as you are feeding the same info to 5 different fans. I was looking at the lamptron expansion hub, and thought getting two of those would fix it, but I'm glad you clarified it, would have been a fail lol.

@PsychoErtjie awesome stuff, that confirms the above, thanks xD

@PC Rescue they will be ARGB fans. I know cooler master make both sickleflows (RGB and ARGB), and price wise i figured id just go ARGB.

@WinstonG Im running an X570-F strix board, so we should probably be able to do roughly the same thing. Did you connect them all to a commander pro + lightning node and then to ARGB header?
 
This is the nice thing of the Aorus Commander RGB/Fan Hub.
8 ports and each addressable individually.
So can run 8x4pin pwm fans, 8x3pin argb, and 8x4pin rgb off it.
RGB and ARGB on the same 'header' is also individually controllable.

Only down side is it works through the dog-shit RGB software RGB Fusion...
Agreed on the software, have a gigabyte gpu and needed to use it to control RGB. I uninstalled and left the GPU to do standard cycle through colours. Its clunky as hell.
 
Agreed on the software, have a gigabyte gpu and needed to use it to control RGB. I uninstalled and left the GPU to do standard cycle through colours. Its clunky as hell.
Yep, at least Asus released a SDK so people could 'write' their own rgb software, but gigabyte is being speshul as far as that is concerned.
 
Yep, at least Asus released a SDK so people could 'write' their own rgb software, but gigabyte is being speshul as far as that is concerned.
Gigabyte software has always been a weak point
 
Gigabyte software has always been a weak point
As much as I love my board I have to agree.
Other Co.'s software has improved quite a bit in the last year or so since I switched from Asus to Gigabyte, but the software for this board is still a pain in my ass.
As we speak RGB Fusion decided to freeze... taking my beautiful rgb with it :(
 
@Night Viking

Yes sort of...

Ran power from the hub I bought as it had individual capacitors per fan...and then the RGB from the Lighting Node Pro which is included in the 2 pack of ML140 fans via one ARGB 5v header. Then used a combination of iCUE software and motherboard software.
 
Hi guys, thanks again for the replies xD

I really wanted a x570 Xtreme, but Capitec said no hahaha. The asus board is solid though, does everything I ask and surprised me with a few things I didnt expect, which is cool.

I think for financial sanity, I will control the fans in groups, say per radiator or inlet and exhaust. It will most likely spend most of its time on a single colour and I'll design a few things in aura based on what the system allows.

@WinstonG thank you for showing out the fan controller, ill be sure to grab two hubs to power the fans.

I'll be sure to check in daily for updates, maybe someone drops a RGB bomb for us and we can swim in the colours hahaha.
 

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